1890 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 1890 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1890 college football season. The Jayhawks had no official coach. Starting center Will Coleman served as an unofficial coach for the team. In just three games of the season, the Jayhawks offense scored 33 points while the defense allowed 52 points and ended with a record of one win and two losses.[1] This was the first season for Kansas Jayhawks football and the first game against Baker marked the first time college football was played in the state of Kansas.[2] The December 8 victory over Baker by a 1412 score was the first victory in the program's history.[1][3]

1890 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record1–2
Head coach
CaptainHoward Peairs
1890 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nebraska      2 0 0
Washington University      2 0 0
Minnesota      5 1 1
Michigan      4 1 0
Northwestern      4 1 1
Missouri      2 1 0
Cincinnati      2 1 1
Lake Forest      5 3 0
Baker      1 1 0
Iowa      1 1 0
Illinois      1 2 0
Kansas      1 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan      1 3 0
Wisconsin      1 3 0
Ohio State      1 4 0
Doane      0 1 0
Washburn      0 1 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 22at BakerBaldwin City, KS
(First college football game played in Kansas, and the first played west of the Mississippi River)
L 9–22
November 27at Kansas City YMCAKansas City, MOL 10–18
December 8BakerLawrence, KSW 14–12

[1]

References

  1. "2017 Kansas Football Media Guide". Kansas University. p. 179.
  2. Evans, Harold (August 1940). "College Football in Kansas". Kansas Historical Quarterly. pp. 285–311. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  3. "A Briliant [Sic] Game: K.S.U. the Victor Despite the Decision Against It". Lawrence Daily Journal. December 9, 1890. p. 4.
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