1978 Kansas Jayhawks football team

1978 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma +	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Missouri	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Bud Moore, the Jayhawks compiled a 1–10 record (0–7 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 346 to 172.^[1] They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 9	No. 16 Texas A&M*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 10–37	30,698
September 16	at No. 18 Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 2–31	49,450–49,624
September 23	No. 8 UCLA*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 28–24	35,362–43,120
September 30	Miami (FL)*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 6–38	36,372–47,420
October 7	at No. 13 Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 7–17	46,345–50,232
October 14	No. 1 Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 16–17	40,450–44,450
October 21	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 7–21	35,336
October 28	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 7–13	32,768
November 4	No. 4 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	L 21–63	50,463
November 11	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Border War)	L 0–48	64,453
November 18	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown)	L 20–36	42,814
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ ^a ^b "1978 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.

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