The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas. The program is classified in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks are led by head coach Lance Leipold.
Kansas's home stadium, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, was completed in 1921 and is one of the oldest football stadiums in the nation.
Will Coleman was player-coach for the first Kansas Jayhawks football team in 1890.
Gale Sayers (1962–64), Hall of Fame RB
Hall of Fame RB John Riggins played for Kansas from 1967 to 1970. During his NFL career he was named MVP of Super Bowl XVII
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football first gained popularity in the United States.
Navy fullback Adam Ballard (#22) rushes while being pursued by Army defenders Cason Shrode (#54) and Taylor Justice (#42) in the 2005 Army–Navy Game, a college football rivalry in the U.S.
The McGill vs. Harvard football game in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1874; Harvard won 3–0.
Walter Camp, the "Father of American Football", then the captain of the Yale University football team, in 1878
A 1902 football game between the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan
