1939 Kansas State Wildcats football team
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 1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game | |
| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (1–4 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| No.6Missouri$ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.18Nebraska | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.19Oklahoma | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1939 Kansas State Wildcats football teamrepresentedKansas State Universityin the1939 college football season.The team's head football coach wasWesley Fry,in his fifth and final year of his at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games inMemorial Stadium.The Wildcats finished the season with a 4–5 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in a three-way tie for last place in theBig Six Conference.The Wildcats scored 107 points and gave up 108 points.[1]
Kansas State was ranked at No. 61 (out of 609 teams) in the finalLitkenhous Ratingsfor 1939.[2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 30 | Fort Hays* | W34–7 | ||||
| October 6 | atMarquette* | W3–0 | 15,000 | [3] | ||
| October 14 | Colorado* |
| W20–0 | |||
| October 21 | atMissouri | L7–9 | 12,000 | [4] | ||
| October 28 | No. 10Nebraska |
| W9XAK | L9–25 | ||
| November 4 | atKansas | W27–6 | ||||
| November 11 | No. 6Oklahoma |
| L10–13 | 17,545 | ||
| November 18 | atIowa State | L0–10 | 5,339 | |||
| November 25 | atBoston College* | L0–20 | 11,000 | |||
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Homecoming game against Nebraska
[edit]Kansas State played theNebraska Cornhuskerson October 28, 1939. This game is notable for being the firstcollege footballhomecominggame ever televised.,[5]the second ever televised college football game and the first televised game west of New York City.
Kansas State scored first with a field goal, but two minutes later Nebraska took the lead.[6]Nebraska won the game 25–9.[7]
Although Nebraska entered the game a 12–5 favorite,[8]the game itself was considered to a good test for Nebraska, who was undefeated at the time. The matchup was considered to be important to the outcome of theBig Six Conferencechampionship.[9]Nebraska ended the game as one of ten college teams in the US that were unbeaten up to that point.[10]
References
[edit]- ^"1939 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results".SR/College Football.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedNovember 7,2019.
- ^E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939)."Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth".Johnson City Sunday Press.p. 11 – viaNewspapers.
- ^"Hilltops Drop 3-0 Decision To Kansas State: Marquette Fails to Make Good on Numerous Scoring Chances".The Capital Times.October 7, 1939. p. 2 – viaNewspapers.
- ^"Missouri Beats Kansas State in First Big Six Game, 9 to 7".St. Louis Post-Dispatch.October 22, 1939. p. 1C – viaNewspapers.
- ^"Televised Game".Morning Chronicle.Manhattan, Kansas. October 28, 1939.
- ^"Nebraska Cornhusker (yearbook)".University of Nebraska.1940. p. 176.RetrievedApril 3,2011.
- ^DeLassus, David."Coach: Wesley L. Fry-Coaching Records Game-by-Game (1939)".College Football Data Warehouse.Archived fromthe originalon March 2, 2012.RetrievedApril 3,2011.
- ^Breitz, Eddie (October 27, 1939)."Roundup-Sports".The Fayetteville Observer.p. 10.RetrievedApril 3,2011.
- ^"Feature Big Six Tilt".St. Joseph News-Press.October 25, 1939. p. 8.RetrievedApril 3,2011.
- ^"Nation's Football Teams Head Into Climax of Slate".St. Joseph News-Press.October 30, 1939. p. 4.RetrievedApril 3,2011.
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