1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team
| 1940Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (1–4 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.7Nebraska$ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1940 Kansas State Wildcats football teamrepresentedKansas State Universityin the1940 college football season.The team's head football coach wasHobbs Adams,in his first year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games inMemorial Stadium.The Wildcats finished the season with a 2–7 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in theBig Six Conference.The Wildcats scored 73 points and gave up 145 points.[1]
Kansas State was ranked at No. 104 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under theLitkenhous Difference by Scoresystem for 1940.[2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | Kansas State Teachers* | W21–16 | |||
| October 5 | atColorado* | L6–7 | |||
| October 12 | Missouri |
| L13–24 | 11,000 | |
| October 19 | atOklahoma | L0–14 | |||
| October 26 | Kansas |
| W20–0 | 14,000 | [3] |
| November 2 | atMichigan State* | L0–32 | |||
| November 9 | atSouth Carolina* | L13–20 | 11,000 | [4] | |
| November 16 | Iowa State |
| L0–12 | 7,936 | |
| November 30 | at No. 8Nebraska | L0–20 | 20,000 | [5] | |
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References
[edit]- ^"1940 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results".SR/College Football.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedNovember 7,2019.
- ^Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940)."Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings".The Boston Globe.p. 22 – viaNewspapers.
- ^"Wildcats Defeat KU, 20-0: 14,000 Watch K-State Drive To A Victory".The Morning Chronicle.October 27, 1940. p. 1 – viaNewspapers.
- ^"Win on passes; All South Carolina touchdowns came as result of aerials as K-State bows".The Kansas City Star.November 10, 1940.RetrievedDecember 20,2023– viaNewspapers.
- ^John Bentley (December 1, 1940)."Huskers beat K-State for Big Six Title".Sunday Journal and Star.p. 13 – viaNewspapers.
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