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About The Kansas Jayhawks

KU football dates from 1890, and the football team has had notable alumni including Gale Sayers, a two time All-American who later enjoyed an injury-shortened yet Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears, John Riggins, another Pro Football Hall of Famer with the Washington Redskins, Pro Football Hall of Famer for the Cleveland Browns, Mike McCormack, plus John Hadl, Dana Stubblefield, Bobby Douglass, and Nolan Cromwell. They Jayhawks have appeared three times in the Orange Bowl, in 1948, 1969 and 2008, and currently play in the 50,071 capacity Memorial Stadium, which is the first stadium built on a college campus west of the Mississippi River, which opened in 1921. The stadium replaced McCook Field, which had been constructed in 1892. Since 2002, Mark Mangino, former Kansas State assistant coach, has coached the team, and the program's overall record is 554-538-58 (.507). On November 5, 2005, Kansas defeated Nebraska 40-15 in Lawrence, and also beat Nebraska 76-39 in Memorial Stadium on November 3, 2007, which was the largest number of points ever surrendered by a Nebraska team, the Jayhawks also set records for for most points against Nebraska in a half. The 95 points scored by the Jayhawks in 2006 and 2007 combined is the largest consecutive two-year total in the series.