1972 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1972 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference Big Eight Conference
Record3–8 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadium KSU Stadium
Seasons
  1971
1973  
1972 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Oklahoma $ 6 1 011 1 0
No. 4 Nebraska $ 5 1 19 2 1
No. 16 Colorado 4 3 08 4 0
Oklahoma State 4 3 06 5 0
Missouri 3 4 06 6 0
Iowa State 2 4 15 6 1
Kansas 2 5 04 7 0
Kansas State 1 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • The Big 8 Conference mandated Oklahoma forfeits in three conference games, giving Nebraska the title. Oklahoma reverted this record at a later date; hence, both Oklahoma [1] and Nebraska [2] claim this title.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. [3] The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9 Tulsa *W 21–1328,000
September 16at BYU *L 9–3231,753 [4]
September 23at No. 10 Arizona State *L 14–5650,682 [5]
September 30 Tampa *
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 31–725,000
October 7No. 12 Colorado
L 17–3840,000
October 14 Kansas
W 20–1939,947
October 21at No. 20 Iowa State L 22–2535,893
October 28at No. 8 Oklahoma L 0–5261,451
November 4No. 16 Missouri
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 14–3137,500
November 11 Oklahoma State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 14–4525,000
November 18at No. 5 Nebraska L 7–5975,079
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1972 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 76Del AckerSr
TE Joe Brandt
OT 77Bill BrittainJr
FB 32 Don Calhoun Jr
TE 83 Henry Childs Jr
WR 46Rick Fergerson
WR 47John GoergerSr
QB 11 Steve Grogan So
RB Bill Holman
G 69Larry HopkinsJr
RB 25Isaac JacksonJr
TE Keith Jones
RB Gust Kumis
WR John McCarthy
QB 10 Dennis Morrison Sr
WR Don Parham
WR 38Bud Peterson
OT 61Chuck PriceJr
C 59Fred Rothwell
RB David Specht
OL Paul Steninger
RB Leroy Thomas
WR J Washington
G 74John WellsJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 20Terry BrownJr
LB Gordon Chambliss
DT 75Charles ClaringtonJr
DB 19Ron CoppenbargerSr
DL Clayton Ferguson
DL Gary Glatz
LB 50Greg JonesJr
DB Donald Lareau
DB 35Gary MelcherSr
DE 86John O'NeillSr
DE 87Bert OettmeierJr
DB 29Ron SoltSo
DL Roger Stucky
LB Kevin Vohoska
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Keith Brumley
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

References

  1. "2018 Media Guide" (PDF). soonersports.com. Oklahoma Athletics. p. 6. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. "2018 Media Guide" (PDF). huskers.com. Nebraska Athletics. p. 206. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  3. "1972 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  4. "BYU flattens K-State". The Tulsa World. September 17, 1972. Retrieved October 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "A-State smothers Kansas State, 56–14". The Arizona Republic. September 24, 1972. Retrieved October 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.