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The 1995 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season . Led by eighth-year head coach Glen Mason , the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the Big 8. Kansas was invited to the Aloha Bowl , where they beat UCLA . The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas .
1996 was Jayhawks' final season in the Big 8, which dissolved at the end of the 1995–96 academic year. Kansas and the other seven schools in the Big 8 became charter members of the Big 12 Conference in 1996.
The Jayhawks October 8 game against Kansas State is, as of the 2022 matchup, the only time in the 100+ year old rivalry that both teams were ranked. Kansas was ranked 6th and Kansas State was ranked 14th.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 1:00 p.m. Cincinnati * W 23–1826,500 September 9 1:30 p.m. at North Texas * W 27–1020,211 September 14 7:00 p.m. TCU * Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS ESPN W 38–2034,000 September 23 1:00 p.m. Houston * Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS W 20–1337,500 October 7 1:00 p.m. at No. 4 Colorado No. 24 PSN W 40–2452,330 October 14 1:00 p.m. Iowa State No. 10 Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS W 34–743,000 October 21 6:30 p.m. at No. 15 Oklahoma No. 7 ESPN W 38–1774,639 October 28 1:10 p.m. at No. 14 Kansas State No. 6 PSN L 7–4144,284 November 4 1:00 p.m. Missouri No. 11 W 42–2346,300 November 11 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Nebraska No. 10 Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry ) ABC L 3–4150,300 November 18 2:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State No. 15 W 22–1736,600 December 25 2:30 p.m. vs. UCLA * No. 11 ABC W 51–3041,112 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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1995 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
CB
Dorian Brew 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
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP — — — — — 25 24 10 7 6 11 10 15 11 11 11 9 Coaches Poll — — — — — 22 19 9 7 6 14 12 17 14 14 13 10
Kansas at Colorado
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 24 Jayhawks
9
14 3 14
40
No. 4 Buffaloes
14
3 7 0
24
Scoring summary 1 KU Jeff McCord 35-yard field goal KU 3–0 1 KU Manolito Jones 31-yard blocked punt return (kick failed) KU 9–0 1 CU Rae Carruth 58-yard pass from John Hessler (kick)KU 9–7 1 2:31 CU Chris Anderson 17-yard pass from John Hessler (kick) CU 14–9 2 14:31 KU L.T. Levine 4-yard run (McCord kick) KU 16–14 2 3:41 CU Neil Voskeritchian 19-yard field goal CU 17–16 2 0:23 KU June Henley 2-yard run (McCord kick)KU 23–17 3 9:38 CU Herchell Troutman 23-yard pass from John Hessler (kick)CU 24–23 3 1:50 KU Jeff McCord 31-yard field goal KU 26–24 4 14:24 KU June Henley 43-yard run (McCord kick) KU 33–24 4 9:27 KU Isaac Byrd 7-yard pass from Mark Williams (McCord kick)KU 40–24
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Nebraska at Kansas
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 1 Cornhuskers
14
0 14 13
41
No. 10 Jayhawks
0
3 0 0
3
Scoring summary 1 9:17 Neb Jon Vedral fumble recovery in end zone (Kris Brown kick) Nebraska 7–0 1 1:17 Neb Tommie Frazier 1-yard run (Brown kick)Nebraska 14–0 2 11:23 KU Jeff McCord 19-yard field goal Nebraska 14–3 3 11:57 Neb V. Jackson 1-yard pass from Frazier (Brown kick) Nebraska 21–3 3 4:04 Neb Lawrence Phillips 6-yard run (Brown kick)Nebraska 28–3 4 13:46 Neb Frazier 5-yard run (Brown kick) Nebraska 35–3 4 6:56 Neb Mike Fullman 86-yard interception return (kick failed) Nebraska 41–3
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Kansas at Oklahoma State
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 15 Jayhawks
7
2 7 6
22
Cowboys
7
0 7 3
17
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UCLA vs. Kansas
1
2 3 4 Total
Bruins
0
0 7 23
30
• No. 11 Jayhawks
7
10 20 14
51
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^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas Yearly Results: 1995–1999" . College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013 . ^ "Kansas State Rebounds From Loss to Nebraska, Stuns No. 6 Kansas, 41-7" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 21, 2019 .^ "NEBRASKA 41, KANSAS 3" . The Washington Post . Retrieved October 20, 2019 .^ "Simmons: Blame Me Punt-Return Fumble Called Coaching Error" . The Oklahoman . Retrieved October 20, 2019 .^ "1996 NFL Draft" . pro-football-reference.com . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
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