2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Jayhawks 129th season. The Jayhawks were led by fourth-year head coach David Beaty. They were members of the Big 12 Conference. They played their games at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, formally Memorial Stadium. The stadium was renamed following the Jayhawks 2017 season in December 2017 after a $50 million renovation was completed that was donated by Kansas alumnus David Booth.[1]

2018 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record3–9 (1–8 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDoug Meacham (2nd season, fired 10/10)
David Beaty (interim)
Defensive coordinatorClint Bowen (5th season)
Home stadiumDavid Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 47,233)
2018 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Oklahoma y$^  8 1   12 2  
No. 9 Texas y  7 2   10 4  
Iowa State  6 3   8 5  
No. 20 West Virginia  6 3   8 4  
TCU  4 5   7 6  
Baylor  4 5   7 6  
Oklahoma State  3 6   7 6  
Kansas State  3 6   5 7  
Texas Tech  3 6   5 7  
Kansas  1 8   3 9  
Championship: Oklahoma 39, Texas 27
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The Jayhawks ended multiple losing streaks during the season, the longest being a 46 game road losing streak which ended with a 31–7 win over Central Michigan. The win also ended a 12 game losing streak against FBS opponents.[2] With a 27–26 win over TCU, KU ended a 10 game losing streak against Big 12 teams. With back–to–back wins over Central Michigan and Rutgers, Kansas earned back-to-back wins against any opponent for the first time since 2011 and their first back-to-back wins over FBS opponents since 2009.[3] Two other major losing streaks were still active at the end of the season, they have lost 44 consecutive road games in the Big 12 as well as 30 consecutive losses against teams ranked in the AP Poll. Following their 7th loss of the season to Kansas State, the Jayhawks became ineligible for a bowl game for the 10th consecutive season.

On November 5, Kansas athletic director Jeff Long announced that Beaty will not be retained as head coach but he was able to finish the season and was officially fired at the end of the season.[4]

All-conference players lost

PositionPlayer1st/2nd/HMReason
TEBen Johnson2ndGraduation
DLDorance Armstrong2ndEntered NFL Draft

Returning all-conference players

PositionPlayerYear1st/2nd/HM
DLDaniel WiseSr.1st
OLHakeem AdenijiJr.HM
WR/KR/PRSteven SimsSr.HM
DBBryce TornedenJr.HM
KGabriel RuiSr.HM

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12 media poll was released on July 12, 2018 with the Jayhawks predicted to finish in last place receiving all last place votes.[5]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Oklahoma509 (46)
2West Virginia432 (2)
3TCU390 (1)
4Texas370 (1)
5Oklahoma State300
6Kansas State283 (2)
7Iowa State250
8Texas Tech149
9Baylor125
10Kansas52

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.No. 18 (FCS) Nicholls*Jayhawk TVL 23–26 OT24,305
September 82:00 p.m.at Central Michigan*ESPN+W 31–718,127
September 1511:00 a.m.Rutgers*
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FSNW 55–1428,044
September 222:30 p.m.at BaylorFS1L 7–2636,725
September 2911:00 a.m.Oklahoma Statedagger
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FSNL 28–4818,364
October 611:00 a.m.at No. 9 West VirginiaESPN2L 22–3857,419
October 202:30 p.m.at Texas TechFS1L 16–4854,402
October 272:00 p.m.TCU
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FS1W 27–2615,069
November 311:00 a.m.Iowa State
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FSNL 3–2715,543
November 1011:00 a.m.at Kansas StateFSNL 17–2150,062
November 176:30 p.m.at No. 6 OklahomaFOXL 40–5586,371
November 2311:00 a.m.No. 11 Texas
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FS1L 17–2415,219
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Source:[6]

Game summaries

Nicholls

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 18 (FCS) Colonels 7 3 7 36 26
Jayhawks 7 3 0 103 23

At Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0 7 14 10 31
Chippewas 0 0 7 0 7

Rutgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 7 7 0 0 14
Jayhawks 17 14 10 14 55

At Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0 0 7 0 7
Bears 7 16 3 0 26

Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 10 10 14 48
Jayhawks 0 7 7 14 28

At West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 7 0 7 8 22
No. 9 Mountaineers 14 7 7 10 38

At Texas Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 3 0 6 7 16
Red Raiders 3 21 3 21 48

TCU

1 2 3 4 Total
Horned Frogs 0 10 7 9 26
Jayhawks 7 0 10 10 27

Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cyclones 14 6 7 0 27
Jayhawks 0 3 0 0 3

At Kansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0 3 7 7 17
Wildcats 0 0 14 7 21

At Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 7 3 7 23 40
No. 6 Sooners 7 14 14 20 55

Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Longhorns 7 0 14 3 24
Jayhawks 0 0 0 17 17

References

  1. Hancock, Peter (December 20, 2017). "KU football stadium to be renamed after donor David Booth". KU Sports. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. "Kansas routs Central Michigan, snaps 46-game road skid". ESPN.com. September 8, 2018.
  3. "Takeaways, run game lead Kansas to 55–14 blowout of Rutgers". ESPN.com. September 15, 2018.
  4. "Kansas' David Beaty won't return for fifth season as football coach". ESPN.com. November 4, 2018.
  5. "Sooners Picked to Repeat in Big 12 Preseason Football Poll".
  6. "2018 Kansas Jayhawks Football Schedule". KUAthletics.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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