1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jack Mitchell, the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big 8. Kansas played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

1964 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record6–4 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 44,900)
1964 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Nebraska $ 6 1 09 2 0
Oklahoma 5 1 16 4 1
Kansas 5 2 06 4 0
Missouri 4 2 16 3 1
Oklahoma State 3 4 04 6 0
Kansas State 3 4 03 7 0
Colorado 1 6 02 8 0
Iowa State 0 7 01 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19TCU*W 7–338,000
September 26at Syracuse*L 6–3828,000
October 3Wyoming*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
L 14–1738,000
October 10at Iowa StateW 42–619,706
October 17Oklahoma
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 15–1442,130
October 24at Oklahoma StateW 14–1336,500
October 31at Kansas StateW 7–021,300
November 7No. 5 Nebraskadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS (rivalry)
L 7–1444,509
November 14Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 10–737,000
November 21at MissouriL 14–3450,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 48 Gale Sayers Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach

Jack Mitchell

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Vs. TCU

At Syracuse

Vs. Wyoming

At Iowa State

Vs. Oklahoma

1 234Total
Sooners 0 1400 14
Jayhawks 7 008 15
 

[1]

At Oklahoma State

At Kansas State

Vs. Nebraska

1 234Total
No. 5 Cornhuskers 7 700 14
Jayhawks 0 700 7
 

Vs. Colorado

At Missouri

Awards and honors

1965 NFL Draft

PlayerRoundPickPositionClub
Gale Sayers14Running backChicago Bears
Brian Schweda8101TackleChicago Bears
Mike Shinn8108EndGreen Bay Packers

[2]

  • Gale Sayers was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1965 American Football League draft.[3]

References

  1. "Kansas Defeats Oklahoma, 15–14". The New York Times. October 18, 1964. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  2. "1965 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.
  3. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395
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