1890 Kansas Jayhawks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1890
| team = Kansas Jayhawks
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 1–2
| head_coach = Will Coleman
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Howard Peairs
| stadium =
| prev_year = none
}}
{{1890 Midwestern college football independents records}}
The 1890 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as an independent during the 1890 college football season. In their first season of existence, the Jayhawks had no official coach. Starting center Will Coleman served as an unofficial coach for the team. In just three games of the season, the Jayhawks offense scored 33 points while the defense allowed 52 points and ended with a record of one win and two losses. This was the first season for Kansas Jayhawks football and the first game against Baker marked the first time college football was played in the state of Kansas.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-historical-quarterly-college-football-in-kansas/12834|publisher=Kansas Historical Quarterly|title=College Football in Kansas|first=Harold|last=Evans|date=August 1940|pages=285–311|access-date=September 11, 2012}} The Jayhawks' 14–12 victory over Baker on December 8, was the first victory in the program's history.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Baker
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Baldwin City, KS
| gamename = first college football game played in Kansas
| score = 9–22
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 27
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Kansas City YMCA
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Kansas City, MO
| score = 10–18
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 8
| w/l = w
| opponent = Baker
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Lawrence, KS
| score = 14–12
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=1890-91 Football Schedule |url=https://kuathletics.com/sports/football/schedule/season/1890-91/ |publisher=Kansas Athletics |access-date=October 4, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Kansas Football 2023 Media Guide |url=https://kuathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-Kansas-Football-Media-Guide-Comp-compressed.pdf |publisher=Kansas Athletics |page=203 |access-date=October 4, 2023 }}