# 1995 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 1995 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Glen Mason, the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the Big 8. Kansas was invited to the Aloha Bowl, where they beat UCLA. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.
1996 was Jayhawks' final season in the Big 8, which dissolved at the end of the 1995–96 academic year. Kansas and the other seven schools in the Big 8 became charter members of the Big 12 Conference in 1996.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Cincinnati* | | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | | W 23–18 | 26,500 |
| September 9 | 1:30 p.m. | at North Texas* | | Texas StadiumIrving, TX | | W 27–10 | 20,211 |
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | TCU* | | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | ESPN | W 38–20 | 34,000 |
| September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Houston* | | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | | W 20–13 | 37,500 |
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Colorado | No. 24 | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO | PSN | W 40–24 | 52,330 |
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Iowa State | No. 10 | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | | W 34–7 | 43,000 |
| October 21 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Oklahoma | No. 7 | Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | ESPN | W 38–17 | 74,639 |
| October 28 | 1:10 p.m. | at No. 14 Kansas State | No. 6 | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown) | PSN | L 7–41 | 44,284 |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Missouri | No. 11 | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS (Border War) | | W 42–23 | 46,300 |
| November 11 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 1 Nebraska | No. 10 | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS (rivalry) | ABC | L 3–41 | 50,300 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at Oklahoma State | No. 15 | Lewis FieldStillwater, OK | | W 22–17 | 36,600 |
| December 25 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. UCLA* | No. 11 | Aloha StadiumHalawa, HI (Aloha Bowl) | ABC | W 51–30 | 41,112 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Coaches Poll | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 |

## Game summaries
### At Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 24 Jayhawks | 9 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 40 |
| No. 4 Buffaloes | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |

### Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 1 Cornhuskers | 14 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 41 |
| No. 10 Jayhawks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### At Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 15 Jayhawks | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |

### Vs. UCLA (Aloha Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bruins | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| • No. 11 Jayhawks | 7 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 51 |

## 1996 NFL Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL team |
| Dorian Brew | Cornerback | 3 | 79 | Miami Dolphins |
| Rod Jones | Offensive tackle | 7 | 219 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| Chris Banks | Offensive guard | 7 | 226 | Denver Broncos |
| L.T. Levine | Running back | 7 | 235 | Denver Broncos |