| 2023 Kansas Jayhawks football | |
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Guaranteed Rate Bowl champion | |
Guaranteed Rate Bowl, W 49–36 vs. UNLV | |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 23 |
| AP | No. 23 |
| Record | 9–4 (5–4 Big 12) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Andy Kotelnicki[A] (3rd season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Jim Zebrowski (1st[B] season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple pro-style[1] |
| Defensive coordinator | Brian Borland (3rd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3[2] |
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| Home stadium | David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas y$^ | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Oklahoma State y | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Oklahoma | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Kansas State | 6 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 6 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Kansas | 5 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 2 | – | 7 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Texas 49, Oklahoma State 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big 12 Conference during 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 134th season of play in program history. Led by third-year head coach Lance Leipold, Kansas finished the season 9–4 overall and 5–4 in conference play, placing seventh in the Big 12. The Jayhawks defeated UNLV in the 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl for the program's first bowl game victory in 15 years. The team played home games at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.
The Jayhawks entered the season with their highest expectations in several years. They were picked ninth out of 14 teams in the conference, their highest selection since the Big 12 eliminated divisions. In the preseason Coaches poll released on August 7, Kansas received a vote to be ranked. It was their first vote in a preseason poll since 2009. They also received 10 votes in the AP poll. They had four different players selected to the watch lists of seven awards and five preseason All-Big 12 selections. Quarterback Jalon Daniels was also named the preseason Player of the Year for the Big 12.
The Jayhawks won their first four games to start 4–0 back-to-back seasons for the first time since starting 4–0 three straight seasons from 1913 to 1915.[3] After defeating sixth-ranked Oklahoma on October 28, Kansas became bowl eligible for the second consecutive season, which was the first time the Jayhawks were bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons since 2007 and 2008. The victory also gave the Jayhawks their first win over the Sooners since 1997, their first win over a top-ten team since defeating third-ranked Virginia Tech in the 2008 Orange Bowl, and their first win over a top-ten ranked team at home since defeating second-ranked Oklahoma in 1984.[4] The Jayhawks achieved a winning season in conference play, their first since 2007. Kansas finished the season ranked 23rd in the AP poll, their first time being ranked in the final AP poll since the 2007 season.
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- ^ Guskey, Jordan (September 14, 2023). "Call Kansas football's offense under Andy Kotelnicki what you want". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ Chasen, Scott (May 18, 2021). "New Kansas DC Brian Borland talks scheme change, goals in Lawrence". 247Sports. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "Kansas Outlasts BYU in Big 12 Opener, 38-27, to Advance to 4-0". KUAthletics.com.
- ^ "Oklahoma Game Notes" (PDF). KUAthletics.com.