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Kansas Jayhawks
Sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. Participate in NCAA Division I and the Big 12 Conference.

Origins of "Jayhawk"
The term came to prominence just before the Civil War in Kansas. In 1861, with the admission of Kansas as a free state, Jayhawker became tantamount with the people of Kansas. The Jayhawk appears in several standing ovations Kansas, in particular the "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" chant in unison before and during games.

Basketball
Kansas Jayhawks Basketball
The 1922 and 1923 championships predate the current NCAA tournament and in 1936, were granted retroactively by the Helms Foundation. The 1952 championships and 1988 were won in the NCAA tournament. Kansas now has 50 conference titles of all time. The Jayhawks have won a record 7 conference titles and record 5 conference tournaments in the 10 years of the Big 12, and also own the best Big 12 records in these two regions, with a 145-31 record in conference play and a record 22-6 in the tournament. From 1990 to 1999 Kansas compiled a 286-60 record, the best win-loss record of any team of the decade. The Jayhawks won 62 consecutive games Allen Fieldhouse at home in 1994 and 1998. The older 1998 was 58-0 at home during their KU careers.

Women's Basketball
Kansas first sent a women's team during the 1968-1969 season. For thirty-one stations were female coach Marian Washington, who led the team to three Big Eight championships eleven appearances in the NCAA tournament and four AIAW Tournament appearances.

Football
Kansas Jayhawks Football
KU football dates 1890. The football team has had notable alumni, including John Riggins, John Hadl, Steve Towle, Dana Stubblefield, Bobby Douglass, and Nolan Cromwell. The Jayhawks have appeared twice in the Orange Bowl: 1948 and 1969, and recently made a plate appearance of 2005 Fort Worth Bowl. The team currently plays in Memorial Stadium, the first stadium built on a college campus west of the Mississippi River, which opened its doors in 1921. Mark Mangino has coached the team since 2002. From November 25 2006 record is 542-537-58 overall program.

The Jayhawks have two traditional rivals. KU competes with the University of Missouri Tigers in the longest uninterrupted rivalry in Western college football the Mississippi River. The name of the rivalry has changed since the "Border Showdown" In the aftermath of 9 / 11. Each year's winner of the game is awarded a traveling trophy, the Marching Band Drum. In addition, KU has a rivalry with the Wildcats of Kansas called the Sunflower Showdown, where the two teams compete in football, the winner gets the Governor's Cup by the governor of Kansas.

Since 1905, Kansas has also played an annual match with Nebraska Cornhuskers. This gives Kansas the second and third most-played football games there. KU is only 22-88-3 all-time against the Cornhuskers, and Huskers rang 36 consecutive victories, the second longest in NCAA Division I 1969-2004. That streak came crashing down on November 5, 2005, when he defeated Kansas Nebraska 40-15 in Lawrence.

The maximum 40 points for the Jayhawks against Nebraska, and the 72 points scored by the Jayhawks is the largest combined total of two consecutive years in the series in 2005 and 2006. In addition, the September 30, 2006, in the overtime loss, the 32 points scored was the most by any Jayhawk team in Lincoln since 1899, when KU won 36-20 in just its eighth meeting of all time.

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