Year: | 1975 |
Team: | Kansas Jayhawks |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big Eight Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 8 |
Record: | 7–5 |
Conf Record: | 4–3 |
Head Coach: | Bud Moore |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Off Coach: | John Levra |
Oc Year: | 1st |
Captain: | Rick Kovatch, John Morgan, Steve Taylor |
Stadium: | Memorial Stadium |
Bowl: | Sun Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 19–33 vs. Pittsburgh |
The 1975 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach and Big 8 Coach of the Year Bud Moore, the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 4–3 against conference opponents, finished in fourth place in the Big 8, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 262 to 180. Kansas was invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to Pittsburgh.[1] The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.On November 8, the Jayhawks ended the Oklahoma Sooners’ 37 game unbeaten streak in a dramatic 23–3 upset in Norman. The team's statistical leaders included Nolan Cromwell with 333 passing yards and 1,223 rushing yards, and Waddell Smith with 205 receiving yards.[2] Rick Kovatch, John Morgan, and Steve Taylor were the team captains.[3] Cromwell, RB Laverne Smith, DT Mike Butler and S Kurt Knoff were All Big Eight performers.