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Revision as of 19:54, 6 February 2017
| Kansas Jayhawks | |
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| First season | 2014 |
| Head coach | 6th season, 48–31–0 (.608) |
| Stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,071) |
| Year built | 1921 |
| Location | Lawrence, Kansas |
| League | NCAA Division I FBS |
| Division | North |
| All-time record | 48–31–0 (.608) |
| Bowl record | 2–3–0 (.400) |
| Conference titles | 2 (2014, 2018) |
| Division titles | 2 (2014, 2018) |
| Consensus All-Americans | 2 |
| Colors | KU Blue and KU Crimson |
| Fight song | "I'm a Jayhawk" |
| Rivals | Missouri Tigers Kansas State Wildcats Oklahoma Sooners |
The Kansas Jayhawks, coached by stormstopper since the program's inception, are an NCAA Division I FBS team competing in the Big 12 Conference. They began play in 2014, the second season of CFBHC. Through the end of the 2019 season, they have maintained the third-highest winning percentage in the Big 12 after Oklahoma and Texas. They have won two conference titles (2014, 2018) and two bowl games (2015, 2019). Kansas's record through the end of 2019 is 48-31.
Notable former Kansas football players include quarterback Eric Jennings, runningbacks James Otero and Paul Gibbs, wide receiver Richard Zimmerman, and defensive backs Ricky Rose and Robert Medina. Otero and Rose were both named All-Americans in 2014, the only players to earn that honor in school history. Otero and Jennings both earned national honors: Otero won the Doak Walker Award in 2014, and Jennings won the Johnny Unitas and Kellen Moore Awards in 2019.
Contents
History
2014 Season
The Jayhawks moved up to FBS in 2014 and started off with a bang. In their first year, they finished with a 12-2 record (6-1 in conference play) and won the Big 12 championship. Their wins include a 28-14 road win over then-#8 Oklahoma. Their first loss was a 49-47 triple-overtime road loss to Baylor. That loss to Baylor was avenged in the conference championship game by a margin of 35-6. Their other loss was in the Sugar Bowl to Georgia by a somewhat wider margin of 42-17. Their leading passer was Christopher Brooks, their leading rusher was James Otero, their leading receiver was Richard Zimmerman, their leading tackler was Benjamin Lin, their sack leader was Peter Griggs, and their interceptions leader was Ricky Rose.
2014 Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 27th, 2014 | at Oregon | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | W 21-13 | 1-0 (0-0) | |
| 2 | April 5th, 2014 | Arizona | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 28-21 | 2-0 (0-0) | |
| 3 | April 17th, 2014 | Army | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 35-21 | 3-0 (0-0) | |
| 4 | April 24th, 2014 | at Pittsburgh | #23 | Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA | W 31-7 | 4-0 (0-0) |
| 5 | May 3rd, 2014 | at Baylor | #20 | McLane Stadium, Waco, TX | L 47-49 (3OT) | 4-1 (0-1) |
| 6 | May 10th, 2014 | at TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX | W 35-31 | 5-1 (1-1) | |
| 7 | May 17th, 2014 | at #8 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK | W 28-14 | 6-1 (2-1) | |
| 8 | May 24th, 2014 | West Virginia | #16 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 24-21 (OT) | 7-1 (3-1) |
| 9 | May 31st, 2014 | at Navy | #16 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD | W 42-0 | 8-1 (3-1) |
| 10 | June 7th, 2014 | Bye | #14 | Bye | 8-1 (3-1) | |
| 11 | June 14th, 2014 | at Texas Tech | #12 | Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX | W 28-20 | 9-1 (4-1) |
| 12 | June 21st, 2014 | Iowa State | #10 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 35-7 | 10-1 (5-1) |
| 13 | July 5th, 2014 | at Kansas State | #9 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS | W 34-14 | 11-1 (6-1) |
| CCG | July 8th, 2014 | #24 Baylor | #6 | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX | W 35-6 | 12-1 (6-1) |
| Sugar Bowl | July 17th, 2014 | #12 Georgia | #5 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA | L 17-42 | 12-2 (6-1) |
2015 Season
With DeAndre Jackson and Paul Gibbs stepping up to replace Christopher Brooks and James Otero, the Jayhawks struggled to start off their second season. The season started with a 14-10 win over Duke. Despite the win, Kansas scored the fewest points it ever had to that point under Coach Stormstopper, and the succeeding games bore no relief. They started 2-3 with losses to Washington and UNC, as well as a loss to Texas Tech in which the once-vaunted KU offense put up just 3 points. Week 6 against TCU proved to be a turning point. Kansas quarterback DeAndre Jackson broke James Otero's single-game Kansas rushing record in the CFBHC era, rushing for 203 yards and 2 touchdowns on just 9 carries. He followed it up by breaking his own record the following week in an upset of then-#1 Oklahoma, rushing for 204 yards on 12 carries and one 95-yard touchdown run. This was Kansas's second straight win over the Sooners. These two wins started a 5-game win streak that was snapped in a shocking blowout loss to previously winless Kansas State followed by another blowout loss to rival Missouri. After the pair of devastating setbacks, Kansas went to the Alamo Bowl against #10 Oregon. The Jayhawks ran out to a 14-0 lead and turned back an Oregon rally to win 24-21 on a 37-yard Joshua Stewart field goal with 1 second to play. The Jayhawks' leading passer was DeAndre Jackson, their leading rusher was Paul Gibbs, and their leading receiver was Jonathon Robinson. On defense, their leading tackler was Rico Burke, their leader in sacks was John Serna, and their leader in interceptions was Jeremy Bell.
2015 Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record |
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| 1 | August 16th, 2014 | at Duke | Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, NC | W 14-10 | 1-0 (0-0) | |
| 2 | August 23rd, 2014 | at Washington | Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA | L 17-19 | 1-1 (0-0) | |
| 3 | August 30th, 2014 | #18 North Carolina | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 14-31 | 1-2 (0-0) | |
| 4 | September 6th, 2014 | Navy | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 27-7 | 2-2 (0-0) | |
| 5 | September 20th, 2014 | Texas Tech | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 3-21 | 2-3 (0-1) | |
| 6 | September 27th, 2014 | at TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX | W 45-7 | 3-3 (1-1) | |
| 7 | October 4th, 2014 | #1 Oklahoma | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 23-20 | 4-3 (2-1) | |
| 8 | October 11th, 2014 | Bye | Bye | 4-3 (2-1) | ||
| 9 | October 18th, 2014 | at #24 West Virginia | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV | W 35-7 | 5-3 (3-1) | |
| 10 | October 25th, 2014 | at Iowa State | #23 | Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA | W 20-7 | 6-3 (4-1) |
| 11 | November 1st, 2014 | Baylor | #22 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 35-0 | 7-3 (5-1) |
| 12 | November 6th, 2014 | Kansas State | #20 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 3-34 | 7-4 (5-2) |
| 13 | November 15th, 2014 | Missouri | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 24-42 | 7-5 (5-2) | |
| Alamo Bowl | November 29th, 2014 | #10 Oregon | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas | W 24-21 | 8-5 (5-2) |
2016 Season
After a disappointing 2015 campaign, Kansas returned most of its players for 2016. They boasted an incredibly experienced lineup with 14 seniors starting, including returning starters DeAndre Jackson, Paul Gibbs, Jonathon Robinson, and Jeremy Bell. However, that experience failed to translate to success. Kansas lost their first five games and never recovered. Kansas's bowl hopes were dashed with a 20-14 loss to then-#15 Texas, and their only wins this year are a pair of blowouts over Duke and Iowa State. After DeAndre Jackson's senior night against Iowa State, the Jayhawks turned to redshirt freshman Eric Jennings at quarterback to face Kansas State and Missouri. The Jayhawks would go on to lose to the Wildcats, 20-14, and close their season with a 21-point loss against the Tigers, their worst loss of a 10-loss season.
2016 Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record |
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| 1 | January 3, 2015 | Bye | Bye | 0-0 (0-0) | ||
| 2 | January 8, 2015 | at #21 UCLA | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA | L 14-26 | 0-1 (0-0) | |
| 3 | January 17, 2015 | #13 Pittsburgh | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 17-24 | 0-2 (0-0) | |
| 4 | January 22, 2015 | at Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK | L 21-31 | 0-3 (0-1) | |
| 5 | January 31, 2015 | at #25 North Carolina | Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC | L 17-35 | 0-4 (0-1) | |
| 6 | February 7, 2015 | at Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX | L 17-31 | 0-5 (0-2) | |
| 7 | February 12, 2015 | Duke | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 49-7 | 1-5 (0-2) | |
| 8 | February 28, 2015 | at #8 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK | L 17-21 | 1-6 (0-3) | |
| 9 | March 7, 2015 | #15 Texas | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 14-20 | 1-7 (0-4) | |
| 10 | March 14, 2015 | Bye | Bye | |||
| 11 | March 21, 2015 | West Virginia | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 7-14 | 1-8 (0-5) | |
| 12 | March 28, 2015 | Iowa State | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 45-7 | 2-8 (1-5) | |
| 13 | April 4, 2015 | at Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS | L 14-20 | 2-9 (1-6) | |
| 14 | April 11, 2015 | at #18 Missouri | Faurot Field, Columbia, MO | L 14-35 | 2-10 (1-6) |
2017 Season
With the core of the team graduated and most of the starters on the team being talented but young, Kansas was expected to have a decent but not great year. They got off to a hot start at 6-1 and rose to #17 in the nation through week 8, though the second half of the season would feature losses to highly ranked Texas, West Virginia, and Missouri. Despite the team's youth, the Jayhawks were able to win 8 regular-season games for the second time in team history, defeat rivals Oklahoma and Kansas State, and secure a bowl bid after a one-year gap, making the season an unqualified success.
2017 Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record |
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| 1 | June 6, 2015 | Bye | Bye | |||
| 2 | June 13, 2015 | #18 Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 24-17 | 1-0 (0-0) | |
| 3 | June 20, 2015 | at Iowa State | 23 | Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA | W 17-7 | 2-0 (1-0) |
| 4 | June 27, 2015 | BYU | 22 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 27-24 | 3-0 (1-0) |
| 5 | July 4, 2015 | at #16 Arizona | 19 | Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ | L 14-27 | 3-1 (1-0) |
| 6 | July 11, 2015 | #17 TCU | 25 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 23-14 | 4-1 (2-0) |
| 7 | July 18, 2015 | Oklahoma State | 20 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 28-14 | 5-1 (3-0) |
| 8 | July 25, 2015 | UCLA | 18 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 31-16 | 6-1 (3-0) |
| 9 | August 1, 2015 | at #3 West Virginia | 17 | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV | L 14-34 | 6-2 (3-1) |
| 10 | August 8, 2015 | Bye | 24 | Bye | ||
| 11 | August 15, 2015 | at #4 Texas | 23 | Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX | L 0-22 | 6-3 (3-2) |
| 12 | August 22, 2015 | Oklahoma | 25 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 24-13 | 7-3 (4-2) |
| 13 | August 29, 2015 | Bye | 21 | Bye | ||
| 14 | September 5, 2015 | Kansas State | 23 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 24-14 | 8-3 (5-2) |
| 15 | September 12, 2015 | #8 Missouri | 23 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 21-35 | 8-4 (5-2) |
| Bourbon Bowl | October 3, 2015 | #16 Purdue | 24 | Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY | L 14-27 | 8-5 (5-2) |
2018 Season
Kansas came into the season with high hopes. They were favored to win the Big 12 North and were ranked #6 in the preseason poll. After blowing out Notre Dame at home to open up the season, they would need all 60 minutes to hold off West Virginia and Iowa State. After the 3-0 start, the Jayhawks would fall into a deep slump, losing 4 of their next 6 games. The low point was following a blowout home loss to Texas by listlessly dropping their next game against BYU to fall to 5-4. They were able to collect wins over Kansas State and Oklahoma for the second straight year, and they could still clinch the North with a win over Baylor. Eric Jennings's touchdown pass to Malcolm Davis with 50 seconds to play would prove decisive in that matchup, a 17-16 Kansas win that gave the Jayhawks momentum for the remainder of the season. They blew out Oregon, rallied to defeat Missouri for the first time in the history of the Border War, and upset TCU to win the 2018 Big 12 Championship Game. However, they were denied a 10-win season in the Cactus Bowl, as a 6-0 lead turned into a 24-6 loss to UCLA with three interceptions from Eric Jennings.
2018 Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 28, 2015 | Notre Dame | 6 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 35-10 | 1-0 (0-0) |
| 2 | December 5, 2015 | West Virginia | 7 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 48-45 | 2-0 (1-0) |
| 3 | December 12, 2015 | Bye | 6 | Bye | ||
| 4 | December 19, 2015 | Iowa State | 6 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 28-26 | 3-0 (2-0) |
| 5 | December 26, 2015 | at #19 Wisconsin | 5 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI | L 7-23 | 3-1 (2-0) |
| 6 | January 9, 2016 | Bye | 9 | Bye | ||
| 7 | January 16, 2016 | at Kansas State | 9 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS | W 24-6 | 4-1 (3-0) |
| 8 | January 30, 2016 | #8 Texas Tech | 9 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 10-20 | 4-2 (3-1) |
| 9 | February 13, 2016 | at Oklahoma | 14 | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK | W 27-21 | 5-2 (4-1) |
| 10 | February 27, 2016 | #13 Texas | 16 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | L 3-35 | 5-3 (4-2) |
| 11 | March 12, 2016 | Bye | 21 | Bye | ||
| 12 | March 26, 2016 | at BYU | 20 | LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT | L 10-17 | 5-4 (4-2) |
| 13 | April 2, 2016 | at Baylor | - | McLane Stadium, Waco, TX | W 17-16 | 6-4 (5-2) |
| 14 | April 9, 2016 | Bye | - | Bye | ||
| 15 | April 16, 2016 | Oregon | - | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | W 35-17 | 7-4 (5-2) |
| 16 | April 23, 2016 | at Missouri | - | Memorial Stadium, Columbia, MO | W 24-23 | 8-4 (5-2) |
| CCG | April 30, 2016 | vs. #9 TCU | - | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX | W 17-13 | 9-4 (5-2) |
| Cactus Bowl | May 20, 2016 | vs. #18 UCLA | 23 | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ | L 6-24 | 9-5 (5-2) |
2019 Season
Kansas was expected to contend for a second straight Big 12 title in the 2019 season behind an experienced and high-powered offense and a strong defense. The former emerged as expected, but cracks began to show in the defense early on. Kansas started out 2-0 with a blowout of Washington and a high-scoring win over West Virginia, rising as high as #4 in the polls. Subsequently, they were upset on the road by Iowa State and were shocked in a neutral-site game against ECU, 38-35, falling out of the polls as a result. They recovered with back-to-back wins over Kansas State and TCU, setting up a critical two-game stretch against Oklahoma and Baylor, both of whom were undefeated and leading their respective divisions. Kansas's fate was sealed when they allowed Oklahoma to rally from a 14-0 deficit in a home overtime loss to the Sooners, followed by a shootout loss to the Baylor Bears to fall to 4-4. Although they were eliminated from division contention with those losses, the Jayhawks still managed to close out the season on a high note. They set a school record for points against Notre Dame, held off an Oklahoma State rally, routed Rice on the road, and turned back a Missouri comeback bid with a Bradley Spurlock pick-six to finish the regular season 8-4. With a win over then-#17 Oregon in the Alamo Bowl, the Jayhawks secured their second straight nine-win season. Eric Jennings threw for a school-record 4132 yards and 35 touchdowns, winning the Johnny Unitas and Kellen Moore Awards, and Kansas would set a school record by averaging 33.08 points per game for the season, the third-highest total in Big 12 history at the time.
2019 Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 30, 2016 | Washington | 5 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | 40-10 | 1-0 (0-0) |
| 2 | August 20, 2016 | at West Virginia | 4 | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV | 31-24 | 2-0 (1-0) |
| 3 | August 27, 2016 | Bye | 4 | Bye | ||
| 4 | September 3, 2016 | at #20 Iowa State | 5 | Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA | 24-29 | 2-1 (1-1) |
| 5 | September 24, 2016 | Bye | 15 | Bye | ||
| 6 | October 1, 2016 | vs. ECU | 15 | Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO | 35-38 | 2-2 (1-1) |
| 7 | October 15, 2016 | Kansas State | - | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | 37-7 | 3-2 (2-1) |
| 8 | October 22, 2016 | at TCU | 25 | Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX | 20-10 | 4-2 (3-1) |
| 9 | October 29, 2016 | #8 Oklahoma | 24 | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | 30-33 (OT) | 4-3 (3-2) |
| 10 | November 5, 2016 | #9 Baylor | - | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | 27-37 | 4-4 (3-3) |
| 11 | November 19, 2016 | Bye | - | Bye | ||
| 12 | November 26, 2016 | at Notre Dame | - | Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN | 50-28 | 5-4 (3-3) |
| 13 | December 3, 2016 | Oklahoma State | - | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | 34-28 | 6-4 (4-3) |
| 14 | December 24, 2016 | at Rice | - | Rice Stadium, Houston, TX | 30-10 | 7-4 (4-3) |
| 15 | December 31, 2016 | Bye | - | Bye | ||
| 16 | January 7, 2017 | Missouri | - | Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | 35-24 | 8-4 (4-3) |
| Alamo Bowl | January 28, 2017 | #17 Oregon | - | Alamodome, San Antonio, TX | 37-31 | 9-4 (4-3) |
All-time record vs. Big 12 opponents
This is the Jayhawks' football record against current Big 12 Conference opponents through the 2019 season.
| School | Total Games | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA | First Year | Last Year | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 161 | 108 | 2014 | 2019 | L1 |
| Iowa State | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 169 | 83 | 2014 | 2019 | L1 |
| Kansas State | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 136 | 95 | 2014 | 2019 | W3 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 149 | 122 | 2014 | 2019 | L1 |
| Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 83 | 73 | 2016 | 2019 | W2 |
| TCU | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 140 | 75 | 2014 | 2019 | W5 |
| Texas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 17 | 77 | 2016 | 2018 | L3 |
| Texas Tech | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 58 | 92 | 2014 | 2018 | L3 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 159 | 145 | 2014 | 2019 | W2 |
| 9 Opponents | 42 | 28 | 16 | 0 | .636 | 1,072 | 870 | 6 Seasons |
Season-by-Season Records
| Year | Coach(es) | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Bowl | Final CP Ranking | ||||
| Wins | Losses | Wins | Losses | |||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Stormstopper | Big 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Lost Sugar Bowl vs. Georgia (17-42) | #8 | ||
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Won Alamo Bowl vs. Oregon (24-21) | #22 | ||||
| 2016 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||||
| 2017 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Lost Bourbon Bowl vs. Purdue (14-27) | - | ||||
| 2018 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Lost Cactus Bowl vs. UCLA (6-24) | - | ||||
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Won Alamo Bowl vs. Oregon (37-31) | - | ||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD | TBD | ||||
| Total | 48 | 31 | 26 | 16 | (all games) | |||||
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CoachesRivalriesMissouri TigersThe 160-year-old rivalry between Kansas and Missouri began with open violence that up to the American Civil War known as Bleeding Kansas that took place in the Kansas Territory (Sacking of Lawrence) and the western frontier towns of Missouri throughout the 1850s. The incidents were clashes between pro-slavery factions from both states and anti-slavery Kansans to influence whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state. In the opening year of the war, six Missouri towns (the largest being Osceola) and large swaths of the western Missouri country side were plundered and burned by guerrilla "Jayhawkers" from Kansas. The Sacking of Osceola led to a retaliatory raid on Lawrence, Kansas two years later known as the Lawrence Massacre killing between 185 and 200 men and boys, which in turn led to the infamous General Order No. 11 (1863), the forced depopulation of several western Missouri counties. The raid on Lawrence was led by William Quantrill, a Confederate guerrilla born in Ohio who had formed his bushwhacker group at the end of 1861. At the time the Civil War broke out, Quantrill was a resident of Lawrence, Kansas teaching school. The rivalry on the football field was sparked in 2015 when Missouri accepted Kansas's invitation to begin a series. Originally designed as a home-and-home, the series was extended indefinitely when vtgorilla was hired at Missouri. The rivals meet in Lawrence in odd-numbered years and in Columbia in even-numbered years. In the early-going, Aaron Shea led Missouri to three straight wins to open the series--including a 5-touchdown performance in Lawrence in his final regular-season college football game in 2017. After Shea's graduation, Kansas has been able to get a foothold in the series. A late Joshua Stewart field goal lifted the Jayhawks to a 24-23 victory in Columbia to close the 2018 regular season, and a Bradley Spurlock pick-six sealed a 35-24 win for the Jayhawks in Lawrence to close 2019. Missouri leads the series 3-2. Kansas State Wildcats (Sunflower Showdown)The Sunflower Showdown is the series of athletic contests between Kansas State University and the University of Kansas, most notably football and men's basketball. The name is derived from the official nickname for the state of Kansas: the Sunflower State. The two schools compete each year for the Governor's Cup in football. The rivalry between the two schools can be traced indirectly back to their creation in the 1860s. The towns of Manhattan, Kansas (now home to KSU) and Lawrence, Kansas (now home to KU) both competed to be the site of the state University – required in the Kansas Constitution – after Kansas achieved statehood in 1861. Manhattan would have become the home of the University in 1861, but the bill establishing the University in Manhattan was controversially vetoed by Governor Charles L. Robinson of Lawrence. An attempt to override the veto in the Legislature failed by two votes. In 1862, another bill to make Manhattan the site of the University failed by one vote. Finally, on the third attempt, on February 16, 1863, the Kansas Legislature designated Manhattan as home to the state's Land-grant university. Yet the legislature was not done. Prodded by former Governor Robinson, the Legislature distinguished this institution from the "University" in the Constitution, and on February 20 the Legislature named Lawrence as the home to the state university (provided Lawrence could raise $15,000 and acquire not less than 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land). When Lawrence met these conditions, the University of Kansas was established there in 1865. Kansas and Kansas State have met on the gridiron every year since the programs joined the Big 12 Conference in 2014. They met during rivalry week in 2014, but Kansas's addition of Missouri to their schedule displaced this game. It was played in the penultimate week of the season until 2018, when it was moved to midseason. The Jayhawks won the first matchup in the series with a comfortable 34-14 win in Manhattan, but Kansas State surprised the college football world with a 34-3 win the following year. That was Kansas State's only win of the season, and it prevented Kansas from defending its Big 12 North title. The Wildcats would win their second straight in the series in 2016. Kansas would rebound in the following years, winning by a 24-14 margin in 2017 and a 24-6 margin the following year. They would extend their winning streak in the series to 3 games with a 37-7 blowout in Lawrence in 2019. Kansas leads the series 4-2. Oklahoma SoonersKansas's rivalry with Oklahoma developed entirely on the football field. Since the formation of the Big 12 North in 2014, the two programs emerged as the division's premier programs. They have combined to win 4 Big 12 North titles in the division's 5 years of existence, and they are the only programs other than Texas to win a Big 12 title. Their on-field matchups have been memorable. Kansas announced its arrival to the college football world in 2014 by upsetting #8 Oklahoma on the road en route to its first conference title. The following year, Kansas upset #1 (and eventual national champion) Oklahoma with a last-second field goal in a 23-20 win in what would prove to be Oklahoma's only loss of the year. The Sooners had their revenge in 2016 with a come-from-behind 21-17 victory, but Kansas regained control of the series with back-to-back wins in 2017 and 2018. Oklahoma once again broke the two-game win streak in the series, rallying from a 14-0 deficit to win 33-30 in overtime for their first-ever win in Lawrence en route to an 11-0 start. Kansas still leads the series 4-2. NFLHCDrafted PlayersKansas has had twelve players selected in the first-year player draft. Devon Drummond is the highest selection in Kansas history. James Otero, Eric Jennings, and James Carson were also selected in the top 100 picks of their respective drafts.
Undrafted Free AgentsKansas has had many more players make the NFLHC through undrafted free agency than through the draft. Perhaps the most notable UDFA is Richard Zimmerman, who's spent time as the #2 and #1 receiver for the Carolina Panthers, thriving in the presence of Christian Skaggs.
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