1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1959 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference Big Seven Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1958
1960  
1959 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Oklahoma $ 5 1 07 3 0
No. 18 Missouri 4 2 06 5 0
Colorado 3 3 05 5 0
Iowa State 3 3 07 3 0
Kansas 3 3 05 5 0
Nebraska 2 4 04 6 0
Kansas State 1 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his last year at K-State. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1959 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 2–8, and a 1–5 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored only 58 points while giving up 232. [1] The finished seventh in the Big Seven.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Wichita *L 0–19
September 26at South Dakota State *
W 28–124,500 [2]
October 3at Oklahoma State *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 21–288,500
October 10 Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 17–2010,000
October 17at Kansas L 14–3327,000
October 24at Iowa State L 0–2613,899
October 31at Iowa *L 0–5345,000
November 7 Oklahoma Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–3611,204
November 14at Missouri L 0–26
November 21 Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 29–148,318
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "1959 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 24, 2022.