1995 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 1995 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by head coach Glen Mason. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. It was the Jayhawks final season in the Big Eight Conference, which dissolved at the end of the 1995–1996 school year.

1995 Kansas Jayhawks football
Aloha Bowl champion
Aloha Bowl vs UCLA, W 51–30
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
1995 record10–2 (5–2 Big Eight)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPat Ruel (8th season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (1st season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 50,250)
1995 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Nebraska $ 7 0 0  12 0 0
No. 5 Colorado 5 2 0  10 2 0
No. 7 Kansas State 5 2 0  10 2 0
No. 9 Kansas 5 2 0  10 2 0
Oklahoma 2 5 0  5 5 1
Oklahoma State 2 5 0  4 8 0
Missouri 1 6 0  3 8 0
Iowa State 1 6 0  3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21:00 p.m.Cincinnati*W 23–1826,500
September 91:30 p.m.at North Texas*W 27–1020,211
September 147:00 p.m.TCU*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
ESPNW 38–2034,000
September 231:00 p.m.Houston*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
W 20–1337,500
October 71:00 p.m.at No. 4 ColoradoNo. 24PSNW 40–2452,330
October 141:00 p.m.Iowa StateNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
W 34–743,000
October 216:30 p.m.at No. 15 OklahomaNo. 7ESPNW 38–1774,639
October 281:10 p.m.at No. 14 Kansas StateNo. 6PSNL 7–4144,284
November 41:00 p.m.MissouriNo. 11
W 42–2346,300
November 112:30 p.m.No. 1 NebraskaNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
ABCL 3–4150,300
November 182:00 p.m.at Oklahoma StateNo. 15W 22–1736,600
December 252:30 p.m.vs. UCLA*No. 11ABCW 51–3041,112
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

*Schedule Source:[1]

Roster

1995 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 62 Chris Banks Sr
WR 1 Isaac Byrd Jr
OT 71 Derrick Chandler Jr
WR 13 Hosea Friday Jr
RB 20 June Henley Jr
OT 54 Rod Jones Sr
RB 22 L. T. Levine Sr
TE 89 Jim Moore Jr
WR 6 Ashaundai Smith Sr
C 65 Jared Smith Jr
RB   Eric Vann So
OT 79 Scott Whittaker Jr
QB 15 Mark Williams Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB   Dorian Brew Sr
LB   Don Davis Sr
DT 90 Dan Dercher Fr
LB 41 Dick Holt Sr
LB 49 Chris Jones Jr
DB   Manolito Jones So
DT 57 Kevin Kopp Jr
NT 70 Brett McGraw So
LB 16 Keith Rodgers Sr
LB 38 Jason Thoren So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 36 Jeff McCord So
P   Darrin Simmons Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP NR NR NR NR NR 25 24 10 7 6 11 10 15 11 11 11 9 
Coaches Poll NR - NR NR NR 22 19 9 7 6 14 12 17 14 14 13 10

Game Summaries

Cincinnati


at North Texas


TCU


Houston


at Colorado

Kansas at Colorado
1 234Total
No. 24 Jayhawks 9 14314 40
No. 4 Buffaloes 14 370 24


Iowa State


at Oklahoma


at Kansas State


[2]

Missouri


Nebraska

Nebraska at Kansas
1 234Total
No. 1 Cornhuskers 14 01413 41
No. 10 Jayhawks 0 300 3


[3]

at Oklahoma State

Kansas at Oklahoma State
1 234Total
No. 15 Jayhawks 7 276 22
Cowboys 7 073 17


[4]

vs. UCLA (Aloha Bowl)

UCLA vs. Kansas
1 234Total
Bruins 0 0723 30
No. 11 Jayhawks 7 102014 51


1996 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Dorian BrewCornerback379Miami Dolphins
Rod JonesOffensive tackle7219Cincinnati Bengals
Chris BanksGuard7226Denver Broncos
L.T. LevineRunning back7235Denver Broncos

[5]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Kansas Yearly Results: 1995–1999". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  2. "Kansas State Rebounds From Loss to Nebraska, Stuns No. 6 Kansas, 41-7". Los Angeles Times. October 29, 1995. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. "NEBRASKA 41, KANSAS 3". The Washington Post. November 12, 1995. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  4. "Simmons: Blame Me Punt-Return Fumble Called Coaching Error". The Oklahoman. November 19, 1995. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  5. "1996 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
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