1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team
| 1955Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (3–3 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.1Oklahoma$ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1955 Kansas State Wildcats football teamrepresentedKansas State Universityin the1955 college football season.The team's head football coach wasBus Mertes,in his first year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games inMemorial Stadium.1955 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 4–6, and a 3–3 record inBig Seven Conferenceplay. The Wildcats scored 165 points while giving up 191.[1]They finished tied for third in the Big Seven. Ten Days before the Kansas game on November 5, K-State's mascot Touchdown IV was stolen by Kansas students. At the end of the first quarter the mascot was returned but the theft had already been avenged as K-State led the Jayhawks, 26–0, at that point and went on to defeat Kansas, 46–0.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | Wyoming* | L20-38[2] | 12,000 | ||
| September 24 | atIowa* | L7–28 | 44,500 | ||
| October 1 | Nebraska |
| L0–16 | 12,500 | |
| October 8 | atMarquette* | W42–0[3] | 13,500 | ||
| October 15 | No. 20Colorado |
| L13–34 | 16,500 | |
| October 22 | atIowa State | W9–7 | 14,740 | ||
| October 29 | No. 2Oklahoma |
| L7–40 | 18,263 | [4][5] |
| November 5 | atKansas | W46–0 | 26,000 | ||
| November 12 | atMissouri | W21–0 | 16,500 | ||
| November 19 | atOklahoma A&M* | L0–28 | 10,000 | ||
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References
[edit]- ^"1955 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results".SR/College Football.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedNovember 7,2019.
- ^"Wyoming's Three Touchdowns in Forth Period sinks Cats".newspapers.The Manhattan Mercury. September 18, 1955.RetrievedAugust 30,2024.(subscription required)
- ^"Shockers Fight Back to Whip Pokes 14-7".newspapers.The Wichita Sunday Eagle. October 9, 1955.RetrievedAugust 30,2024.(subscription required)
- ^"1955 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
- ^Dick King (October 30, 1955)."Relentless Oklahoma Pulverizes K-State".The Manhattan Mercury.p. 1 – viaNewspapers.
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