1964 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Nebraska $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Kansas	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Missouri	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Colorado	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jack Mitchell, the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big 8. Kansas played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	TCU*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 7–3	38,000
September 26	at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 6–38	28,000
October 3	Wyoming*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 14–17	38,000
October 10	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	W 42–6	19,706
October 17	Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 15–14	42,130
October 24	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 14–13	36,500
October 31	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 7–0	21,300
November 7	No. 5 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	L 7–14	44,509
November 14	Colorado	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 10–7	37,000
November 21	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (Border War)	L 14–34	50,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`48`	Gale Sayers	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sooners	0	14	0	0	14
• Jayhawks	7	0	0	8	15

Scoring summary

1		KU	Gale Sayers 93-yard kickoff return (Gary Duff kick)	Kansas 7–0

2		OU	Grisham 1-yard run (Metcalf kick)	Tied 7–7
2		OU	Rentzel 6-yard run (Metcalf kick)	OU 14–7

4	0:00	KU	Bob Skahan 26-yard run (Mike Johnson run)	Kansas 15–14

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 5 Cornhuskers	7	7	0	0	14
Jayhawks	0	7	0	0	7

Scoring summary

1	2:32	Neb	Freeman White 92-yard pass from Bob Churchich (Duncan Drum kick)	Nebraska 7–0

2	14:25	KU	Ron Oelschlager 3-yard run (Gary Duff kick)	Tied 7–7
2	8:46	Neb	Bob Hohn 1-yard run (Drum kick)	Nebraska 14–7

Gale Sayers was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1965 American Football League draft.^[3]

^ "Kansas Defeats Oklahoma, 15–14". The New York Times. October 18, 1964. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
^ "1965 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.
^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395

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