1963 Kansas Jayhawks football team

1963 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Missouri	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the

Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas

The team's statistical leaders included Gale Sayers with 917 rushing yards and 155 receiving yards and Steve Renko with 505 passing yards.^[3] Ken Coleman and Pete Quatrochi were the team captains.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 6–10	26,000
September 28	Syracuse*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 10–0	35,000
October 5	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 25–21	18,121
October 12	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 14–17	32,915
October 19	at No. 6 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 18–21	61,826
October 26	Oklahoma State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 41–7	35,000
November 2	rivalry )	W 34–0	30,000
November 9	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 9–23	39,844
November 16	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 43–14	21,000
November 30	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (Border War)	L 7–9	45,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1963 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`48`	Gale Sayers	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "1963 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
^ ^a ^b 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 184.
^ "1963 Kansas Jayhawks Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.

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