1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1956 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference Big Seven Conference
Record3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1955
1957  
1956 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Oklahoma $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 20 Colorado 4 1 18 2 1
Missouri 3 2 14 5 1
Nebraska 3 3 04 6 0
Kansas 2 4 03 6 1
Kansas State 2 4 03 7 0
Iowa State 0 6 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1956 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his second year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 3–7 record with a 2–4 record in conference play. They finished tied for fifth place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 110 points and gave up 192 points. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22 Oklahoma A&M *L 7–2715,000
September 29at Colorado L 0–3421,000
October 6at No. 1 Oklahoma L 0–6639,981
October 13at Nebraska W 10–730,469
October 20 Missouri
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 6–2013,000
October 27 Wyoming *L 15-276,731
November 3 Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 15–2019,000
November 10at Marquette *W 41–14
November 17 Iowa State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 32–612,693
November 24at No. 10 Michigan State *L 17–3834,119
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1956 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.