Football

KU MILESTONES


Milestone Games and Wins
Event Date opponent Outcome Score
First Game Nov. 22, 1890 Baker L 22-9
100th Game Oct. 18, 1902 KC Medical School W 13-0
200th Game Oct. 18, 1913 Drake W 11-0
300th Game Oct. 23, 1926 Nebraska L 20-3
400th Game Nov. 25, 1937 Missouri T 0-0
500th Game Oct. 9, 1948 Iowa State W 20-7
600th Game Oct. 11, 1958 Iowa State W 7-0
700th Game Oct. 5, 1968 New Mexico W 68-7
800th Game Sept. 24, 1977 Washington State W 14-12
900th Game Sept. 20, 1986 Utah State W 16-13
1,000th Game Sept. 2, 1995 Cincinnati W 23-18
Longest Uninterrupted Series
Event Date opponent Outcome Score
1st 94 Kansas-Nebraska (from 1906)
6th 89 Kansas-Kansas State (from 1911)
11th 81 Kansas-Missouri (from 1919)
Miscellaneous Marks
 
Overall Record: 511-487-58 (110 seasons)
Overall Winning Seasons: 49
Overall Losing Seasons: 50
Overall .500 Seasons: 10
Record in Season Openers: 56-47-7
Record in Home Openers: 41-22-2
Record in Conference Openers: 38-50-4
Record in Conference Home Openers: 22-25-1
Record in Homecoming Games: 37-45-5
Record in Night Games: 36-43-6
Total Points Scored: 17,586 (110 seasons, 1,056 games)
Most Consecutive Wins: 18 (1907, 1908, 1909)
Most Consecutive Wins over an Opponent: 10 vs. Kansas State (1956-65)
Most Wins in a Season: 10 (1899, 1905, 1995)
Longest Home Winning Streak: 15 (1908-1910)
Most Ties in a Season: 3 (1919, 1923, 1934)
Most Shutouts in a Season: 9 (1905)
Most Consecutive Shutouts: 7 (1904-1905)
Memorial Stadium Attendance: Game: 51,574 vs. Kansas State, 1973, Season: 253,000 in 1992 (6 games), Average: 44,652 in 1969 (5 games)
Most-Played Rivalries
NCAA Rank Games Opponent Series Record 1st Game
2nd 108 Missouri 49-50-9 1891
3rd 106 Nebraska 21-82-3 1892
15th 97 Kansas State 61-31-5 1902
16th 95 Oklahoma 62-27-6 1903
National Rankings - Kansas Final Top 25 Finishes
 
9th (AP); 10th (UPI); 10th (USA Today/ESPN) - 1995
22nd (AP and UPI); 23rd (USA Today/ESPN) - 1992
15th (UPI) - 1973
7th (AP); 6th (UPI) - 1968
15th (UPI) - 1961
11th(AP); 9th (UPI) - 1960
20th (UPI) - 1951
12th (AP) - 1947
Team And Individual Firsts
 
First Undefeated Season: 1891, (7-0-1)
First Undefeated, Untied Season: 1899, (10-0)
First Conference Championship: 1908
First Homecoming Game: Nov. 23, 1912 vs. Missouri, Kansas won, 12-3
First Game In Memorial Stadium: Oct. 29, 1921 vs. Kansas State, Kansas won, 21-7 (attendance, 5,160)
First Night Game: Oct. 4, 1930 at Creighton, Kansas won, 26-0
First Night Game In Memorial Stadium: Oct. 2, 1931 vs. Haskell, Kansas lost, 6-0
First Bowl Game: Jan. 1, 1948 vs. Georgia Tech in the 14th Orange Bowl; Kansas lost, 20-14
First Bowl Win: Dec. 16, 1961 vs. Rice in the 3rd Bluebonnet Bowl (33-7)
First All-American: Ray Evans and Otto Schnellbacher, 1947
First Academic All-American: Tackle Fred Elder (1964)

First Televised Game: Sept. 20, 1952 vs. TCU on NBC, Kansas won, 13-0

Kansas vs. Teams Ranked #1
 
Nov. 11, 1995 - Nebraska 41, Kansas 3 (at Lawrence)
Nov. 5, 1994 - Nebraska 45, Kansas 17 (at Lincoln)
Aug. 28, 1993 - *Florida State 42, Kansas 0 (at East Rutherford, N.J.)
Oct. 13, 1987 - Oklahoma 71, Kansas 10 (at Lawrence)
Nov. 12, 1983 - Nebraska 67, Kansas 13 (at Lincoln)
Oct. 14, 1978 - Oklahoma 17, Kansas 16 (at Lawrence)
Nov. 16, 1974 - Oklahoma 45, Kansas 14 (at Lawrence)
Oct. 16, 1971 - Nebraska 55, Kansas 0 (at Lincoln)
Nov. 19, 1960 - Kansas 23, Missouri 7 (at Columbia)
Oct. 29, 1960 - Iowa 21, Kansas 7 (at Iowa City)
Oct. 20, 1956 - Oklahoma 34, Kansas 12 (at Lawrence)
Oct. 16, 1954 - Oklahoma 65, Kansas 0 (at Lawrence)
*Kickoff Classic
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