2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team

2018 Kansas Jayhawks football
Conference Big 12 Conference
2018 record 2–4 (0–3 Big 12)
Head coach David Beaty (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Doug Meacham (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator Clint Bowen
Home stadium David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 50,071)
2018 Big 12 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 7 Texas  4 –0     6 –1  
No. 13 West Virginia  3 –1     5 –1  
No. 9 Oklahoma  2 –1     5 –1  
Texas Tech  2 –1     4 –2  
Baylor  2 –2     4 –3  
Iowa State  2 –2     3 –3  
TCU  1 –2     3 –3  
Kansas State  1 –3     3 –4  
Oklahoma State  1 –3     4 –3  
Kansas  0 –3     2 –4  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team represents the University of Kansas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It is the Jayhawks 129th season. The Jayhawks are be led by fourth-year head coach David Beaty. They are members of the Big 12 Conference. They play their games at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, formally Memorial Stadium. The stadium was renamed following the Jayhawks 2017 season in December 2017 after a $50 million renovation was completed that was donated by Kansas alumnus David Booth.[1]

With a 31–7 win over Central Michigan on September 8, the Jayhawks ended a streak of 46 consecutive road loses as well as an overall 12 game losing streak and a losing streak of 12 games against FBS opponents.[2] The following week, they defeated Rutgers 55–14 giving Kansas back-to-back wins against any opponent for the first time since 2011 and their first back-to-backs wins over FBS opponents since 2009.[3] The Jayhawks have lost 41 consecutive road games in the Big 12 with the last victory coming in 2008 against Iowa State. The Jayhawks entered the season with 10 consecutive losses against the Big 12 as well as 28 consecutive losses against ranked teams.

All-conference players lost

PositionPlayer1st/2nd/HMReason
TEBen Johnson2ndGraduation
DLDorance Armstrong Jr.2ndEntered NFL Draft

Returning all-conference players

PositionPlayerYear1st/2nd/HM
DLDaniel WiseSr.1st
OLHakeem AdenijiJr.HM
WR/KR/PRSteven Sims Jr.Sr.HM
DBBryce TornedenJr.HM
KGabriel RuiSr.HM

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12 media poll was released on July 12, 2018 with the Jayhawks predicted to finish in last place receiving all last place votes.[4]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Oklahoma509 (46)
2West Virginia432 (2)
3TCU390 (1)
4Texas370 (1)
5Oklahoma State300
6Kansas State283 (2)
7Iowa State250
8Texas Tech149
9Baylor125
10Kansas52

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.No. 18 (FCS) Nicholls*
Jayhawk TVL 23–26 OT24,305
September 82:00 p.m.at Central Michigan*
ESPN+W 31–718,127
September 1511:00 a.m.Rutgers*
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FSNW 55–1428,044
September 222:30 p.m.at Baylor
FS1L 7–2636,725
September 2911:00 a.m.Oklahoma Statedagger
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FSNL 28–4818,364
October 611:00 a.m.at No. 9 West Virginia
ESPN2L 22–3857,419
October 202:30 p.m.at Texas Tech
FS1
October 27TCU
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
November 3Iowa State
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
November 10at Kansas State
November 17at Oklahoma
November 2311:00 a.m.Texas
  • David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FS1
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Source:[5]

Game summaries

Nicholls

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 18 (FCS) Colonels 7 3 7 36 26
Jayhawks 7 3 0 103 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0 7 14 10 31
Chippewas 0 0 7 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2017 L 27–45

Rutgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 7 7 0 0 14
Jayhawks 17 14 10 14 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2015 L 14–27

at Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0 0 7 0 7
Bears 7 16 3 0 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–13 2017 L 9–38

Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 10 10 14 48
Jayhawks 0 7 7 14 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–36–3 2017 L 17–58

at West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 7 0 7 8 22
No. 9 Mountaineers 14 7 7 10 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–6 2017 L 34–56

at Texas Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0
Red Raiders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–18 2017 L 19–65

TCU

1 2 3 4 Total
Horned Frogs 0
Jayhawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–22–4 2017 L 0–43

Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cyclones 0
Jayhawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
50–41–6 2017 L 0–45

at Kansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
65–45–5 2017 L 20–30

at Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0
Sooners 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–75–6 2017 L 3–41

Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Longhorns 0
Jayhawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–14 2017 L 27–42

Personnel

Roster

2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Daylon Charlot Jr
WR 4 Tyler Patrick Sr
WR 5 Bobby Hartzog Jr.  Sr
WR 5 Stephon Robinson Jr. So
WR 6 Quan Hampton So
QB 7 Peyton Bender Sr
QB 8 Miles Kendrick So
QB 9 Carter Stanley Jr
RB 10 Khalil Herbert Jr
WR 11 Steven Sims Jr. Sr
TE 13 Kenyon Tabor  Fr
WR 14 Kerr Johnson Jr. Sr
QB 15 Miles Fallin  Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 1 Bryce Torneden Jr
CB 2 Corione Harris Fr
S 4 Shaquille Richmond Jr
DT 6 Isi Holani  Sr
CB 8 Shakial Taylor Sr
LB 9 Kyron Johnson So
DE 9 Najee Stevens-McKenzie Jr
S 11 Mike Lee Jr
S 12 Jeremiah McCullough Jr
CB 13 Hasan Defense Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Clint Bowen (Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator / Cornerbacks)
  • Bill Miller (Linebackers)
  • Cassius Sendish (Safeties)
  • Tony Hull (Associate Head Coach / Running Backs)
  • Doug Meacham (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks)
  • Kenny Perry (Recruiting Coordinator / Special Teams Coordinator)
  • Justin Johnson (Wide Receivers)
  • Jesse Williams (Defensive Line)
  • A.J. Ricker (Offensive Line)
  • Zac Woodfin (Director of Football Strength & Conditioning)
  • Garrett Riley (Tight Ends / Fullbacks)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 24, 2018

References

  1. ↑ Hancock, Peter. "KU football stadium to be renamed after donor David Booth". KU Sports. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kansas routs Central Michigan, snaps 46-game road skid". ESPN.com. September 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Takeaways, run game lead Kansas to 55–14 blowout of Rutgers". ESPN.com. September 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=211734508
  5. ↑ "2018 Kansas Jayhawks Football Schedule". KUAthletics.com. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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