American college football season
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.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | TCU* | | W 7–3 | 38,000 | |
September 26 | at Syracuse* | | L 6–38 | 28,000 | |
October 3 | Wyoming* | - Memorial Stadium
- Lawrence, KS
| L 14–17 | 38,000 | [1] |
October 10 | at Iowa State | | W 42–6 | 19,706 | |
October 17 | Oklahoma | - Memorial Stadium
- Lawrence, KS
| W 15–14 | 42,130 | |
October 24 | at Oklahoma State | | W 14–13 | 36,500 | |
October 31 | at Kansas State | | W 7–0 | 21,300 | |
November 7 | No. 5 Nebraska | - Memorial Stadium
- Lawrence, KS (rivalry)
| L 7–14 | 44,509 | |
November 14 | Colorado | - Memorial Stadium
- Lawrence, KS
| W 10–7 | 37,000 | |
November 21 | at Missouri | | L 14–34 | 50,000 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
Jack Mitchell - Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Sooners | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | • Jayhawks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | KU | Gale Sayers 93-yard kickoff return (Gary Duff kick) | Kansas 7–0 | | 2 | | OU | Grisham 1-yard run (Metcalf kick) | Tied 7–7 | | OU | Rentzel 6-yard run (Metcalf kick) | OU 14–7 | | 4 | 0:00 | KU | Bob Skahan 26-yard run (Mike Johnson run) | Kansas 15–14 | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • No. 5 Cornhuskers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Jayhawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 2:32 | Neb | Freeman White 92-yard pass from Bob Churchich (Duncan Drum kick) | Nebraska 7–0 | | 2 | 14:25 | KU | Ron Oelschlager 3-yard run (Gary Duff kick) | Tied 7–7 | 8:46 | Neb | Bob Hohn 1-yard run (Drum kick) | Nebraska 14–7 | |
Player | Round | Pick | Position | Club |
Gale Sayers | 1 | 4 | Running back | Chicago Bears |
Brian Schweda | 8 | 101 | Tackle | Chicago Bears |
Mike Shinn | 8 | 108 | End | Green Bay Packers |
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- Gale Sayers was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1965 American Football League draft.[4]
- ^ "Wyoming edges Jayhawks, 17–14, despite 82-yard jaunt by Sayers". Omaha World-Herald. October 4, 1964. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kansas Defeats Oklahoma, 15–14". The New York Times. October 18, 1964. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- ^ "1965 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395
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