1919 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record3–2–3 (1–1–1 MVC)
Head coach
CaptainHoward Laslett
Home stadiumMcCook Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Missouri $ 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 2
Iowa State 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Washington University 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Drake 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Kansas 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 3
Kansas State 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Grinnell 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1919 Kansas Jayhawks football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kansas in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1919 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Leon McCarty, the Jayhawks compiled a 3–2–3 record (1–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the MVC, and outscored opponents by a total of 85 to 35.[1][2] They played their home games at McCook Field in Lawrence, Kansas. Howard Laslett was the team captain.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Pittsburg Normal*
W 42–0[3]
October 11Kansas State Normal*
  • McCook Field
  • Lawrence, KS
W 14–0[4]
October 18at Washburn*Topeka, KST 0–0[5]
October 25at Iowa State
T 0–0[6]
November 1Kansas State
W 16–3[7]
November 8Oklahoma*
  • McCook Field
  • Lawrence, KS
T 0–0[8]
November 15at Nebraska*
L 7–198,000[9]
November 27Missouridagger
L 5–138,000[10][11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1919 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 181.
  3. ^ "Jayhawkers Romp Over Weede's Pittsburgers". The Topeka Daily Capital. October 5, 1919. p. 8B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "K.U. Wins From Kansas Normals". The Wichita Eagle. October 12, 1919. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Ray Yarnell (October 19, 1919). "Ichabods Hold Jayhawkers to a Scoreless Tie". The Topeka Daily Capital. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Sec Tayor (October 26, 1919). "Ames and Kansas Unable to Score: Valley Conference Teams Play Great Defensive Football on Slippery Field". The Des Moines Register. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Jinx Still Camps on Kansas Aggies' Trail: Jayhawkers Outplay Farmers and Win, 16 to 3". The Topeka Daily Capital. November 2, 1919. p. 10B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Heavy Sooner Eleven Fails To Beat K.U.: Rival University Squads Play Scoreless Gridiron Battle at Lawrence". The Wichita Eagle. November 9, 1919. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Jayhawks Lies With the Missouri Tiger: Cornhuskers Nail Down Lid of Kansas Coffin". Sunday State Journal. November 16, 1919. p. 8A – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tigers Are Champs of the Valley Now: Missouri Eleven Won on McCook Field Yesterday by Score of 13 to 6". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. November 28, 1919. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Crowd Made Record for Good Behavior: Eight Thousand Visitors For the Big Game Were Easy to Handle". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. November 28, 1919. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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