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1996 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth
Record4–7 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPat Ruel (9th season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 50,250)
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%   8 – 0     11 – 2  
No. 8 Colorado   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 17 Kansas State   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Missouri   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Kansas   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Iowa State   1 – 7     2 – 9  
South Division
No. 23 Texas x$   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Texas Tech   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Texas A&M   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Oklahoma   3 – 5     3 – 8  
Oklahoma State   2 – 6     5 – 6  
Baylor   1 – 7     4 – 7  
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by head coach Glen Mason, who resigned after the season to become the head coach at Minnesota and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. It was the Jayhawks first year in the newly formed Big 12 Conference. The Big 12 conference was formed by the eight teams of the recently dissolved Big Eight Conference and was joined by Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech, all formally of the Southwest Conference which had dissolved following the 1995–1996 school year as well.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:00 p.m.Ball State*No. 25
W 35–1036,200
September 148:00 p.m.at TCU*No. 24
ESPN2W 52–1737,512
September 288:00 p.m.at Utah*No. 20
ESPN2L 42–4532,519
October 511:30 a.m.at Oklahoma
FSNW 52–2464,333
October 121:00 p.m.Texas Tech
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
L 17–3046,500
October 1911:30 a.m.No. 9 Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
FSNL 7–2048,500
October 266:00 p.m.at No. 5 Nebraska
FSNL 7–6375,158
November 21:00 p.m.at Iowa State
W 34–3137,850
November 91:00 p.m.No. 13 Kansas State
L 12–3848,800
November 1611:30 a.m.Texas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, Kansas
FSNL 17–3830,500
November 2311:30 a.m.at Missouri
FSNL 25–4236,821
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

*Schedule Source:[1]

Rankings

See also: 1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
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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.
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