1971 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 1971 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Don Fambrough, the Jayhawks compiled a 4–7 record (2–5 against conference opponents), tied for fifth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 286 to 187.[1][2] They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

1971 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1971 record4–7 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coachDon Fambrough (1st season)
CaptainKenny Page, Bob Childs
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1971 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Nebraska $ 7 0 0  13 0 0
No. 2 Oklahoma 6 1 0  11 1 0
No. 3 Colorado 5 2 0  10 2 0
Iowa State 4 3 0  8 4 0
Kansas State 2 5 0  5 6 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0  4 6 1
Kansas 2 5 0  4 7 0
Missouri 0 7 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Dave Jaynes with 748 passing yards, Delvin Williams with 509 rushing yards and John Schroll with 491 receiving yards.[3] Kenny Page and Bob Childs were the team captains.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 11Washington State*W 34–0
September 18Baylor*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 22–0
September 25at Florida State*L 7–30
October 2at Minnesota*L 20–38
October 9Kansas State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS (rivalry)
W 39–13
October 16at No. 1 NebraskaL 0–55
October 23at Iowa StateL 24–40
October 30Oklahoma State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
L 10–17
November 6No. 13 Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
L 14–35
November 13at No. 2 Oklahoma
L 10–56
November 20Missouri
W 7–2
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
gollark: Teams can just be pushed centrally by a company, regardless of whether anyone actually likes using it.
gollark: (and use it while gaming™ and such)
gollark: "Optimized well" is a stretch, but it seems to be less bad; they probably have slightly more pressure to not be too awful because people actually choose to use it.
gollark: It might just be that it's annoying and doesn't work in Firefox, I had to install an ungoogled-chromium instance for it.
gollark: Really? They broke that?

References

  1. "1971 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  2. 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 185.
  3. "1971 Kansas Jayhawks Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.