Kansas losingest FBS program of this decade

By Staff     Sep 12, 2017

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Kansas head coach David Beaty gives a pat on the back to Kansas wide receiver LaQuvionte Gonzalez (1) after Gonzalez fumbled a punt during the second quarter on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Memorial Stadium.

Third-year Kansas football coach David Beaty lost some followers with Saturday’s loss to Central Michigan, but his team hasn’t lost him as a believer. Beaty remains bullish on the Jayhawks.

“We’re still a good football team,” Beaty said Tuesday at his weekly presser. “That’s the thing I’m excited about. We’re still a good football team. Nothing’s changed.”

Nothing has changed, but Kansas hasn’t been a good football team since last decade. In fact, nobody in the FBS has been worse than KU this decade in terms of W’s and L’s.

Staring at 10 games in which it will be the underdog, unless favored against Baylor in Lawrence, the Kansas football program doesn’t stand a chance of climbing out of last place among all FBS schools this decade any time soon.

Two games into the eighth season of the decade, KU has a .174 winning percentage. New Mexico State is next worst with a .207 mark.

If KU (1-1) somehow still can squeeze two more victories out of the schedule, it will remain in last place, even if New Mexico State goes winless for the rest of the season.

Turner Gill (.217 winning percentage at KU), hired by Lew Perkins to replace ousted Mark Mangino (.510), coached the first two seasons of the decade. Sheahon Zenger hires Charlie Weis, interim Clint Bowen and third-year coach David Beaty have combined for a .161 winning percentage.

These are facts, which makes them slanted neither positively nor negatively. Cold, hard facts.

Here’s how the 20 losingest FBS football programs of this decade have fared:

School Record Pct. Current HC (rec.)
1- Kansas 15-71 .174 David Beaty (3-23)
2- New Mexico State 18-69 .207 Doug Martin (11-39)
3 – UNLV 23-67 .256 Tony Sanchez (8-18)
4- Florida Atlantic 23-63 .267 Lane Kiffin (0-2)
5 – Eastern Michigan 24-63 .276 Chris Creighton (12-27)
6- Idaho 25-62 .287 Paul Petrino (16-34)
7 – Tulane 26-62 .295 Willie Fritz (5-9)
8 – Purdue 27-61 .307 Jeff Brohm (1-1)
9 – Akron 27-60 .310 Terry Bowden (24-38)
10 – Iowa State 29-59 .330 Matt Campbell (4-10)
11t – Miami (Ohio) 30-59 .337 Chuck Martin (12-27)
11t – New Mexico 30-59 .337 Bob Davie (28-37)
11t – Buffalo 29-57 .337 Lance Leipold (7-19)
14 – Colorado 31-59 .344 Mike McIntyre (22-31)
15 – Virginia 30-57 .345 Bronco Mendenhall (3-11)
16 – Army 31-57 .352 Jeff Monken (16-23)
17t – Indiana 32-56 .364 Tom Allen (1-1)
17t – UTEP 32-56 .364 Sean Kugler (18-33)
19t – North Texas 36-58 .383 Seth Littrell (6-9)
19t – Hawaii 36-58 .383 Nick Rolovich (9-8)

Georgia State (10-40) and Massachusetts (10-53) did not qualify for this list because they moved up from the FCS in mid-decade. UAB (19-43) also was not included because it discontinued its football program for a couple of seasons.

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