1954 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1954 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference Big Seven Conference
Record7–3 (3–3 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1953
1955  
1954 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 6 0 010 0 0
Nebraska 4 2 06 5 0
Colorado 3 2 17 2 1
Missouri 3 2 14 5 1
Kansas State 3 3 07 3 0
Iowa State 1 5 03 6 0
Kansas 0 6 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1954 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Meek, in his fourth and final year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 7–3 record with a 3–3 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 191 points and gave up 154 points. [1] The Wildcats did not outscore their opponents again until 1969. 1954 was Kansas State's last winning season until 1970.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Colorado A&M *W 29–0
September 25at Wyoming *W 21–13
October 2 Missouri
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 7–3521,500
October 9at Nebraska W 7–334,000
October 16at Tulsa *W 20–138,000
October 23at No. 1 Oklahoma L 0–2146,356
October 30 Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 28–2621,000
November 58:00 p.m.at Drake *W 53–182,500 [2] [3] [4]
November 132:00 p.m. Iowa State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 12–714,347 [5]
November 20at Colorado L 14–3823,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

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