List of Kansas Jayhawks football seasons

The following is a list of Kansas Jayhawks football seasons including the coaches in each season and competition scores and rankings from 1890 to present day.^[1] The sports teams at the University of Kansas (KU), in Lawrence, Kansas, are known as the Jayhawks. When the University of Kansas fielded their first football team in 1890, the team was called the Jayhawkers.

Yearly results

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Will Coleman (Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1890)
1890	Will Coleman	1–2
E. M. Hopkins (Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1891)
1891	E. M. Hopkins	7–0–1[n 1]
A. W. Shepard (Western Interstate University Football Association) (1892–1893)
1892	A. W. Shepard	7–1	3–0	1st
1893	A. W. Shepard	2–5	2–1	T–1st
Hector Cowan (Western Interstate University Football Association) (1894–1896)
1894	Hector Cowan	2–3–1	1–2	T–3rd
1895	Hector Cowan	6–1	2–1	T–1st
1896	Hector Cowan	7–3	2–1	2nd
Wylie G. Woodruff (Western Interstate University Football Association) (1897)
1897	Wylie G. Woodruff	8–2	2–1	2nd
Wylie G. Woodruff (Independent) (1898)
1898	Wylie G. Woodruff	7–1
Fielding H. Yost (Independent) (1899)
1899	Fielding H. Yost	10–0
L. W. Boynton (Independent) (1900)
1900	L. W. Boynton	2–5–2
John Outland (Independent) (1901)
1901	John Outland	3–5–2
Arthur Curtis (Independent) (1902)
1902	Arthur Curtis	6–4
Harrison Weeks (Independent) (1903)
1903	Harrison Weeks	6–3
Bert Kennedy (Independent) (1904–1906)
1904	Bert Kennedy	8–1–1
1905	Bert Kennedy	10–1
1906	Bert Kennedy	7–2–2
Bert Kennedy (MVIAA) (1907–1910)
1907	Bert Kennedy	5–3	1–1	3rd
1908	Bert Kennedy	9–0	4–0	1st
1909	Bert Kennedy	8–1	3–1	2nd
1910	Bert Kennedy	6–1–1	1–1–1	5th
Ralph W. Sherwin (MVIAA) (1911)
1911	Ralph W. Sherwin	4–2–2	1–1–1	3rd
Arthur Mosse (MVIAA) (1912–1913)
1912	Arthur Mosse	4–4	1–2	5th
1913	Arthur Mosse	5–3	3–2	3rd
H. M. Wheaton (MVIAA) (1914)
1914	H. M. Wheaton	5–2–1	2–2	4th
Herman Olcott (MVIAA) (1915–1917)
1915	Herman Olcott	6–2	3–1	2nd
1916	Herman Olcott	4–3–1	1–2–1	5th
1917	Herman Olcott	6–2	3–1	T–2nd
Jay Bond (MVIAA) (1918)
1918	Jay Bond	2–2	0–0	[n 2]
Leon McCarty (MVIAA) (1919)
1919	Leon McCarty	3–2–3	1–1–1	4th
Forrest C. Allen (MVIAA) (1920)
1920	Forrest C. Allen	5–2–1	3–2	T–3rd
Potsy Clark (MVIAA) (1921–1925)
1921	Potsy Clark	4–3	3–3	5th
1922	Potsy Clark	3–4–1	1–3–1	8th
1923	Potsy Clark	5–0–3	3–0–3	2nd
1924	Potsy Clark	2–5–1	2–4–1	7th
1925	Potsy Clark	2–5–1	2–5–1	8th
Franklin Cappon (MVIAA) (1926–1927)
1926	Franklin Cappon	2–6	1–5	9th
1927	Franklin Cappon	3–4–1	3–3–1	5th
Franklin Cappon (MVIAA / Big Six Conference) (1928–1932)
1928	Bill Hargiss	2–4–2	1–3–1	5th
1929	Bill Hargiss	4–4	2–3	5th
1930	Bill Hargiss	6–2	4–1	1st
1931	Bill Hargiss	5–5	1–3	4th
1932	Bill Hargiss Ad Lindsey	5–3	3–2	T–2nd
Ad Lindsey (Big Six Conference) (1932–1938)
1933	Ad Lindsey	5–4–1	2–3	4th
1934	Ad Lindsey	3–4–3	1–2–2	4th
1935	Ad Lindsey	4–4–1	2–2–1	3rd
1936	Ad Lindsey	1–6–1	0–5	6th
1937	Ad Lindsey	3–4–2	2–1	3rd
1938	Ad Lindsey	3–6	1–4	6th
Gwinn Henry (Big Six Conference) (1939–1942)
1939	Gwinn Henry	2–6	1–4	T–4th
1940	Gwinn Henry	2–7	0–5	6th
1941	Gwinn Henry	3–6	2–3	4th
1942	Gwinn Henry	2–8	1–4	6th
Henry Shenk (Big Six Conference) (1943–1945)
1943	Henry Shenk	4–5–1	2–3	T–4th
1944	Henry Shenk	3–6–1	1–4	T–5th
1945	Henry Shenk	4–5–1	1–3–1	5th
George Sauer (Big Six Conference) (1946–1947)
1946	George Sauer	7–2–1	4–1	T–1st
1947	George Sauer	8–1–2	4–0–1	T–1st	L Orange		12
J. V. Sikes (Big Seven Conference) (1948–1953)
1948	J. V. Sikes	7–3	4–2	3rd
1949	J. V. Sikes	5–5	2–4	5th
1950	J. V. Sikes	6–4	3–3	4th
1951	J. V. Sikes	8–2	4–2	3rd		20
1952	J. V. Sikes	7–3	3–3	5th
1953	J. V. Sikes	2–8	2–4	T–4th
Chuck Mather (Big Seven Conference) (1954–1957)
1954	Chuck Mather	0–10	0–6	7th
1955	Chuck Mather	3–6–1	1–4–1	T–5th
1956	Chuck Mather	3–6–1	2–4	T–5th
1957	Chuck Mather	5–4–1	4–2	2nd
Chuck Mather (Big Seven / Big Eight Conference) (1958–1966)
1958	Jack Mitchell	4–5–1	3–2–1	4th
1959	Jack Mitchell	5–5	3–3	T–3rd
1960	Jack Mitchell	7–2–1[n 3]	6–0–1[n 3]	3rd[n 3]		T–9	11
1961	Jack Mitchell	7–3–1	5–2	3rd	W Bluebonnet	15
1962	Jack Mitchell	6–3–1	4–2–1	4th
1963	Jack Mitchell	5–5	3–4	T–4th
1964	Jack Mitchell	6–4	5–2	3rd
1965	Jack Mitchell	2–8	2–5	7th
1966	Jack Mitchell	2–7–1	0–6–1	8th
Pepper Rodgers (Big Eight Conference) (1967–1970)
1967	Pepper Rodgers	5–5	5–2	T–2nd
1968	Pepper Rodgers	9–2	6–1	T–1st	L Orange	6	7
1969	Pepper Rodgers	1–9	0–7	8th
1970	Pepper Rodgers	5–6	2–5	6th
Don Fambrough (Big Eight Conference) (1971–1974)
1971	Don Fambrough	4–7	2–5	T–6th
1972	Don Fambrough	4–7	3–4	6th
1973	Don Fambrough	7–4–1	4–2–1	T–2nd	L Liberty	T–15	18
1974	Don Fambrough	4–7	1–6	8th
Bud Moore (Big Eight Conference) (1975–1978)
1975	Bud Moore	7–5	4–3	4th	L Sun
1976	Bud Moore	6–5	2–5	7th
1977	Bud Moore	3–7–1[n 4]	2–4–1	6th
1978	Bud Moore	1–10	0–7	8th
Don Fambrough (Big Eight Conference) (1979–1982)
1979	Don Fambrough	3–8	2–5	T–5th
1980	Don Fambrough	4–5–2	3–3–1	4th
1981	Don Fambrough	8–4	4–3	4th	L Hall of Fame
1982	Don Fambrough	2–7–2	1–5–1	T–6th
Mike Gottfried (Big Eight Conference) (1983–1985)
1983	Mike Gottfried	4–6–1	2–5	T–6th
1984	Mike Gottfried	5–6	4–3	4th
1985	Mike Gottfried	6–6	2–5	6th
Bob Valesente (Big Eight Conference) (1986–1987)
1986	Bob Valesente	3–8	0–7	8th
1987	Bob Valesente	1–9–1	0–6	7th
Glen Mason (Big Eight Conference) (1988–1995)
1988	Glen Mason	1–10	1–6	7th
1989	Glen Mason	4–7	2–5	6th
1990	Glen Mason	3–7–1	2–4–1	T–4th
1991	Glen Mason	6–5	3–4	5th
1992	Glen Mason	8–4	4–3	3rd	W Aloha	23	22
1993	Glen Mason	5–7	3–4	5th
1994	Glen Mason	6–5	3–4	5th
1995	Glen Mason	10–2	5–2	T–2nd	W Aloha	10	9
Glen Mason (Big 12 Conference) (1996)
1996	Glen Mason	4–7	2–6	5th (North)
Terry Allen (Big 12 Conference) (1997–2001)
1997	Terry Allen	5–6	3–5	T–4th (North)
1998	Terry Allen	4–7	1–7	T–5th (North)
1999	Terry Allen	5–7	3–5	4th (North)
2000	Terry Allen	4–7	2–6	T–5th (North)
2001	Terry Allen[n 5]	3–8[n 5]	1–7[n 5]	6th (North)
Mark Mangino (Big 12 Conference) (2002–2009)
2002	Mark Mangino	2–10	0–8	6th (North)
2003	Mark Mangino	6–7	3–5	T–4th (North)	L Tangerine
2004	Mark Mangino	4–7	2–6	T–5th (North)
2005	Mark Mangino	7–5	3–5	5th (North)	W Fort Worth
2006	Mark Mangino	6–6	3–5	4th (North)
2007	Mark Mangino	12–1	7–1	T–1st (North)	W Orange†	7	7
2008	Mark Mangino	8–5	4–4	3rd (North)	W Insight
2009	Mark Mangino	5–7	1–7	6th (North)
Turner Gill (Big 12 Conference) (2010–2011)
2010	Turner Gill	3–9	1–7	6th (North)
2011	Turner Gill	2–10	0–9	10th
Charlie Weis (Big 12 Conference) (2012–2014)
2012	Charlie Weis	1–11	0–9	10th
2013	Charlie Weis	3–9	1–8	10th
2014	Charlie Weis[n 6]	3–9[n 6]	1–8[n 6]	9th
David Beaty (Big 12 Conference) (2015–2018)
2015	David Beaty	0–12	0–9	10th
2016	David Beaty	2–10	1–8	10th
2017	David Beaty	1–11	0–9	10th
2018	David Beaty	3–9	1–8	10th
Les Miles (Big 12 Conference) (2019–2020)
2019	Les Miles	3–9	1–8	10th
2020	Les Miles	0–9	0–8	10th
Lance Leipold (Big 12 Conference) (2021–present)
2021	Lance Leipold	2–10	1–8	10th
2022	Lance Leipold	6–7	3–6	T–7th	L Liberty Bowl
2023	Lance Leipold	9–4	5–4	T–7th	W Guaranteed Rate Bowl	23	23
2024	Lance Leipold	5–7	4–5	10th
Total:		614–683–60
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Notes

1. The outcome of Iowa's game vs. Kansas in 1891 was disputed. Iowa lists the game as an 18–14 Hawkeye victory, because Kansas left the field before the final play of the game. Iowa scored a touchdown and then the game was over. Kansas lists the game as a 14–12 victory.
2. Due to events related to World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association did not schedule any official conference games, recorded no standings, and awarded no title for 1918.
3. Missouri lost to Kansas but now claims the win by default due to an ineligible Kansas player (Bert Coan). The 1960 Big Eight title was retroactively awarded to Missouri. Kansas and the NCAA recognize Kansas' win. ^[2]
4. In 1977, Kansas lost to UCLA 17–7. However, UCLA later forfeited the game, giving Kansas a 4–6–1 final record.
5. The Jayhawks were coached by head coach Terry Allen, who was fired on November 4 and replaced by interim head coach Tom Hayes.
6. On September 28, after starting the year 2–2 and going only 6–22 in two-plus seasons, head coach Charlie Weis was fired. Linebackers coach Clint Bowen was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.