1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team
| 1964 Kansas Jayhawks football | |
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| Conference | Big 8 Conference |
| 1964 record | 6–4 (5–2 Big 8) |
| Head coach | Jack Mitchell |
| Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 44,900) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 Nebraska $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1964 college football season.
Regular season
During his Jayhawk career, Gale Sayers rushed for 2,675 yards and gained 3,917 all-purpose yards. In 1963, he set an NCAA Division I record with a 99-yard run against Nebraska. In his senior year, he led the Jayhawks to a 15–14 upset victory over Oklahoma with a 96-yard kickoff return.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 19 | TCU* | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas | W 7–3 | 38,000 | |||||
| September 26 | at Syracuse* | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, New York | L 6–38 | 28,000 | |||||
| October 3 | Wyoming* | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas | L 14–17 | 38,000 | |||||
| October 10 | at Iowa State | Clyde Williams Field • Ames, Iowa | W 42–6 | 19,706 | |||||
| October 17 | Oklahoma | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas | W 15–14 | 42,130 | |||||
| October 24 | at Oklahoma State | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | W 14–13 | 36,500 | |||||
| October 31 | at Kansas State | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown) | W 7–0 | 21,300 | |||||
| November 7 | No. 5 Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas | L 7–14 | 44,509 | |||||
| November 14 | Colorado | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas | W 10–7 | 37,000 | |||||
| November 21 | at Missouri | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, Missouri (Border War) | L 14–34 | 50,000 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
| Player | Round | Pick | Position | Club |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 4 | Running Back | Chicago Bears |
| Brian Schweda | 8 | 101 | Tackle | Chicago Bears |
| Mike Shinn | 8 | 108 | End | Green Bay Packers |
- Gale Sayers was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1965 American Football League draft.[3]
Awards and honors
- Gale Sayers, All-America selection
References
- ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=118&season=1964
- ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1965.htm
- ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395
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