1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1941 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference Big Six Conference
Record2–5–2 (1–3–1 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1940
1942  
1941 Big Six Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Missouri $ 5 0 08 2 0
Nebraska 3 2 04 5 0
Oklahoma 3 2 06 3 0
Kansas 2 3 03 6 0
Kansas State 1 3 12 5 2
Iowa State 0 4 12 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big Six Conference during the 1941 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his second and final year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats compiled a 2–5–2 record (1–3–1 record in conference play), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 168 to 67. [1]

End Frank Barnhart was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team. Center John Hancock and fullback Lyle Wilkins were named to the second team. [2]

Kansas State was ranked at No. 120 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941. [3]

The team played its home games in Memorial Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Fort Hays *T 0–06,000 [4]
October 4at Northwestern *L 3–5140,000 [5]
October 11at Missouri L 0–35 [6]
October 18 Oklahoma
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–166,500 [7]
November 1 Nebraska Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 12–6 [8]
November 8 South Carolina *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 3–08,000 [9]
November 15at Kansas L 16–2010,463 [10]
November 22at Iowa State T 12–126,000 [11]
November 29at Arizona *L 21–289,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "1941 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. "Missouri's Champs Place 5 Men on All Big Six Team". Ames Daily Tribune. December 1, 1941. p. 6.
  3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Fort Hays Holds Wildcats To A Scoreless Tie". The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas). September 28, 1941. p. 4.
  5. Edward Burns (October 5, 1941). "Wildcats Rout Kansas State Eleven, 51 To 3". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Tigers Rout Kansas State, 35 to 0, in Big Six Opener". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 12, 1941. pp. 1E, 2E via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Sooners Down Fighting Wildcats, 16 to 0". The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas). October 19, 1941. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Nebraska humbled by Kansas State". Sunday Journal and Star. November 2, 1941. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Kansas State Takes South Carolina 3-0". The Morning Chronicle. November 9, 1941. pp. 1, 4 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Fighting Jayhawks Upset Wildcats 20-16". The Manhattan Mercury. November 16, 1941. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Gordon Gammack (November 23, 1941). "I.S.C. Battles Kansas State To 12-12 Tie". The Des Moines Register. pp. Sports 1, 4 via Newspapers.com.
  12. Vic Thornton (November 30, 1941). "Arizona Stops Kansas State 28-21". The Arizona Daily Star. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.