1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jack Mitchell, the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big 8. Kansas played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

1964 Kansas Jayhawks football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	6–4 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Jack Mitchell (7th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 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
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	TCU*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 7–3	38,000
September 26	at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 6–38	28,000
October 3	Wyoming*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 14–17	38,000	[1]
October 10	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	W 42–6	19,706
October 17	Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 15–14	42,130
October 24	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 14–13	36,500
October 31	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 7–0	21,300
November 7	No. 5 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	L 7–14	44,509
November 14	Colorado	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 10–7	37,000
November 21	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (Border War)	L 14–34	50,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 48 Gale Sayers Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Mitchell Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Vs. TCU

See also: 1964 TCU Horned Frogs football team

At Syracuse

See also: 1964 Syracuse Orangemen football team

Vs. Wyoming

See also: 1964 Wyoming Cowboys football team

At Iowa State

See also: 1964 Iowa State Cyclones football team

Vs. Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total Sooners 0 14 0 0 14 • Jayhawks 7 0 0 8 15 Date: October 17 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 42,130

Scoring summary 1 KU Gale Sayers 93-yard kickoff return (Gary Duff kick) Kansas 7–0 2 OU Grisham 1-yard run (Metcalf kick) Tied 7–7 OU Rentzel 6-yard run (Metcalf kick) OU 14–7 4 0:00 KU Bob Skahan 26-yard run (Mike Johnson run) Kansas 15–14

See also: 1964 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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At Oklahoma State

See also: 1964 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

At Kansas State

See also: 1964 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Vs. Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 5 Cornhuskers 7 7 0 0 14 Jayhawks 0 7 0 0 7 Date: November 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 44,509

Scoring summary 1 2:32 Neb Freeman White 92-yard pass from Bob Churchich (Duncan Drum kick) Nebraska 7–0 2 14:25 KU Ron Oelschlager 3-yard run (Gary Duff kick) Tied 7–7 8:46 Neb Bob Hohn 1-yard run (Drum kick) Nebraska 14–7

See also: 1964 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Vs. Colorado

See also: 1964 Colorado Buffaloes football team

At Missouri

See also: 1964 Missouri Tigers football team

Awards and honors

• Gale Sayers – Consensus All-America selection, All-Big Eight

1965 NFL draft

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

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• Gale Sayers was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1965 American Football League draft.^[4]

References

1. "Wyoming edges Jayhawks, 17–14, despite 82-yard jaunt by Sayers". Omaha World-Herald. October 4, 1964. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Kansas Defeats Oklahoma, 15–14". The New York Times. October 18, 1964. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
3. "1965 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.
4. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395