Blowout losses common theme this decade for Kansas football

By Staff     Oct 9, 2017

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Texas Tech running back Desmond Nisby (32) runs up the field past Kansas safety Tyrone Miller Jr. (22) for a touchdown during the first quarter on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 at Memorial Stadium.

Saturday’s 65-19 home loss to Texas Tech marked the 18th time, a 45-0 loss at Iowa State the 19th time this decade in the 82nd game vs. an FBS opponent that the Kansas football team has lost by a margin of at least 40 points, which translates to 23 percent of the games.

The Iowa State humiliation was third-year head coach David Beaty’s eighth such loss in his 27th game vs. an FBS foe, which calculates to 30 percent. It happened under Gill six times in 22 games (27 percent) and under Weis four times in 25 games (16 percent), under Bowen once in eight games (13 percent).

Some might argue that a loss is a loss, but the hope was that this season more games would be contested closely and right-off-the-bat blowouts would not happen. KU still has six games left to grow more competitive.

A look at the 19 losses by margins of 40 points or greater this decade:

Date Opponent Score Margin KU coach
10/10/15 Baylor 66-7 59 David Beaty
10/31/15 Oklahoma 62-7 55 David Beaty
11/19/11 at Texas A&M 61-7 54 Turner Gill
10/29/16 at Oklahoma 56-3 53 David Beaty
10/14/10 Kansas State 59-7 52 Turner Gill
11/21/15 West Virginia 49-0 49 David Beaty
12/01/12 at West Virginia 59-10 49 Charlie Weis
10/02/10 at Baylor 55-7 48 Turner Gill
10/24/15 at Oklahoma St. 58-10 48 David Beaty
11/01/14 at Baylor 60-14 46 Clint Bowen
10/07/17 Texas Tech 65-19 46 David Beaty
10/20/12 at Oklahoma 52-7 45 Charlie Weis
10/26/13 Baylor 59-14 45 Charlie Weis
10/14/17 Iowa State 45-0 45 David Beaty
10/29/11 at Texas 43-0 43 Turner Gill
09/17/11 at Georgia Tech 66-24 42 Turner Gill
10/08/11 at Oklahoma St. 70-28 42 Turner Gill
10/15/15 at Baylor 49-7 42 David Beaty
10/06/12 at Kansas State 56-16 40 Charlie Weis
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