1891 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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1891 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn Kenzie
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →
1891 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio Wesleyan
    4 0 0
Kansas     7 0 1
Illinois     5 1 0
Missouri     3 1 0
Lake Forest     6 2 0
Washington University
    4 1 1
Minnesota     3 1 1
Wisconsin     3 1 1
Cincinnati     4 2 1
Iowa     3 2 0
Doane     2 2 0
Iowa College     1 1 1
Miami (OH)     1 1 0
Nebraska     2 2 0
Northwestern     2 2 3
Michigan     4 5 0
Ohio State     2 3 0
Case     1 2 0
Buchtel     1 3 0
Washburn     1 5 0
Michigan State Normal     0 2 0

The 1891 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as an independent during the 1891 college football season. In their first and only season under English professor and head football coach Edwin Mortimer Hopkins, the Jayhawks compiled a 7–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 160 to 54. The Jayhawks played their first ever game against rival Missouri on October 31, a game they won 22–8. John Kenzie was the team captain.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 312:30 p.m.vs. MissouriW 22–83,000[1][2]
November 174:00 p.m.at WashburnTopeka, KSW 32–10[3]
November 214:00 p.m.WashburnLawrence, KSW 38–10[4]
November 263:00 p.m.at Kansas City YMCA
  • Exposition Park
  • Kansas City, MO
W 22–42,000[5][6]
November 28at BakerBaldwin City, KSW 18–42,000[7]
December 52:30 p.m.vs. Iowa
  • Exposition Park
  • Kansas City, MO
W 14–12[8][9][10]
December 17BakerLawrence, KSW 8–02,000[11]
December 223:00 p.m.vs.
Washington University
  • Exposition Park
  • Kansas City, MO
T 6–6[12]

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