1958 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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1958 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record4–5–1 (3–2–1 Big 7)
Head coach
CaptainHomer Floyd, Bob Marshall
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
Missouri 4 1 1 5 4 1
Colorado 4 2 0 6 4 0
Kansas 3 2 1 4 5 1
Kansas State 2 4 0 3 7 0
Nebraska 1 5 0 3 7 0
Iowa State 0 6 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1958 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the

Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas
.

The team's statistical leaders included Homer Floyd with 391 rushing yards and 307 receiving yards and Larry McKown with 219 passing yards.[3] Homer Floyd and Bob Marshall were the team captains.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20No. 8 TCU*L 0–4220,000
September 27at Oregon State*L 0–1228,115
October 4Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
L 0–3122,000
October 11at Iowa StateW 7–014,551–17,082
October 18No. 11 Oklahoma
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
L 0–4330,000
October 25Tulane*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 14–917,000–20,000[4]
November 1at
rivalry
)
W 21–1219,000
November 8Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS (rivalry)
W 29–723,000
November 15at Oklahoma State*L 3–615,000
November 22at MissouriT 13–1332,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1958 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. ^ a b 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 184.
  3. ^ "1958 Kansas Jayhawks Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  4. Newspapers.com
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