1958 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

1958 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach
  • Bus Mertes (4th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
Missouri 4 1 1 5 4 1
Colorado 4 2 0 6 4 0
Kansas 3 2 1 4 5 1
Kansas State 2 4 0 3 7 0
Nebraska 1 5 0 3 7 0
Iowa State 0 6 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1958 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes. 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 in fifth place. The Wildcats scored just 110 points and gave up 192 points.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 20Wyoming*
W 17–1412,000
September 27at ColoradoL 3–1337,500
October 4Utah State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 13–209,866
October 11at Nebraska
W 23–637,596
October 18Missouridagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 8–3212,000
October 25at No. 9 OklahomaL 6–4047,743
November 1Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 12–2119,000
November 8at Oklahoma State*L 7–14
November 15Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 14–68,193
November 22at Michigan State*
L 7–2639,032
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1958 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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