1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1975 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference Big Eight Conference
Record3–8 (0–7 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Joe Pendry (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Dick Selcer (1st season)
Home stadium KSU Stadium
Seasons
  1974
1976  
1975 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Oklahoma + 6 1 011 1 0
No. 9 Nebraska + 6 1 010 2 0
No. 16 Colorado 5 2 09 3 0
Kansas 4 3 07 5 0
Missouri 3 4 06 5 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 07 4 0
Iowa State 1 6 04 7 0
Kansas State 0 7 03 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team's head football coach was Ellis Rainsberger, in his first of three years at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1975 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 3–8, and a dismal 0–7 record in Big Eight Conference play. [1]

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1975 was the first time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one season; the other time was in 1980. The Wildcats were shut out by Texas A&M, Kansas, Nebraska. They scored just 23 points in 7 conference games, an average of just 3.26 points per game.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13at Tulsa *W 17–1634,000
September 20 Wichita State *W 32–031,000 [2]
September 27at Wake Forest *W 17–1617,700
October 4No. 6 Texas A&M *
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–1037,100
October 11 Iowa State
L 7–1725,698
October 18No. 2 Oklahoma Dagger-14-plain.png
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 3–2533,196
October 25at No. 15 Missouri L 3–3562,860
November 1at Kansas L 0–2850,538
November 8No. 3 Nebraska
L 0–1241,300
November 5at Oklahoma State L 3–5640,100
November 22at No. 9 Colorado L 7–3344,345
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 81 Paul Coffman So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 79Mike OsbornSo
LB 59 Gary Spani So
DB 32Marvin SwitzerJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

  1. "1975 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. "Kansas State rips Wichita State". Pensacola News Journal. September 21, 1975. Retrieved February 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.