After some discussion earlier this week in one of our roundtables, I got it into my head to look up what KU did on fourth down in 2017.
Every fourth down.
All 129 of them, in fact, which you can view on this Google Sheet if you wish.
For the sake of readability, I won’t post them all here. Instead, I’ll focus on two sheets.
On this first one, we look at every “fourth-and-short” situation, which I defined as two yards to go or less.
2017 Fourth and Short
| G | FP | Yds to Go | Time | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | FP | Yds to Go | Time | Score | Result |
| SEMO | OPP 25 | 1 | 1Q 11:27 | 7 | First Down |
| CMU | OPP 45 | 1 | 3Q 5:41 | -11 | First Down |
| OH | OPP 10 | 1 | 1Q 0:53 | -18 | First Down |
| WVU | OPP 31 | 2 | 1Q 13:00 | 0 | First Down |
| WVU | OPP 39 | 1 | 2Q 15:00 | -4 | Penalty, Punt |
| TT | OPP 45 | 1 | 1Q 9:24 | -7 | Downs |
| TT | OPP 42 | 1 | 1Q 6:04 | -14 | Downs |
| TT | KU 34 | 1 | 1Q 4:04 | -21 | Punt |
| TT | OPP 27 | 1 | 3Q 2:00 | -23 | First Down |
| ISU | KU 34 | 1 | 1Q 8:27 | -7 | Punt |
| ISU | KU 35 | 1 | 2Q 9:44 | -14 | Punt |
| ISU | OPP 44 | 1 | 4Q 8:15 | -38 | Downs |
| ISU | KU 34 | 1 | 4Q 4:48 | -45 | Punt |
| TCU | KU 43 | 2 | 3Q 6:46 | -37 | Punt (Ret TD) |
| TCU | KU 20 | 2 | 4Q 10:35 | -43 | Punt |
| BAY | OPP 21 | 1 | 3Q 11:59 | -15 | First Down |
| TEX | OPP 29 | 2 | 4Q 10:36 | -15 | Downs |
| OU | KU 40 | 1 | 1Q 4:50 | -7 | Punt |
| OU | KU 39 | 1 | 2Q 11:12 | -4 | Punt |
| OSU | KU 30 | 1 | 1Q 10:14 | -7 | Punt |
| OSU | KU 42 | 2 | 2Q 11:12 | -14 | Punt |
| OSU | KU 33 | 2 | 2Q 8:59 | -21 | Punt |
As you can see, the Jayhawks faced 22 fourth-and-short situations.