American college football season
1975 Kansas State Wildcats football |
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Conference | Big Eight Conference |
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Record | 3–8 (0–7 Big 8) |
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Head coach | - Ellis Rainsberger (1st season)
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Offensive coordinator | Joe Pendry (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Dick Selcer (1st season) |
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Home stadium | KSU Stadium |
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Seasons |
1975 Big Eight Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 1 Oklahoma + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
No. 9 Nebraska + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
No. 16 Colorado | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Kansas | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Iowa State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 |
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- + – 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]
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
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 13 | at Tulsa* | | W 17–16 | 34,000 | |
September 20 | Wichita State* | | W 32–0 | 31,000 | [2] |
September 27 | at Wake Forest* | | W 17–16 | 17,700 | [3] |
October 4 | No. 6 Texas A&M* | | L 0–10 | 37,100 | |
October 11 | Iowa State | | L 7–17 | 25,698 | |
October 18 | No. 2 Oklahoma | | L 3–25 | 33,196 | |
October 25 | at No. 15 Missouri | | L 3–35 | 62,860 | |
November 1 | at Kansas | | L 0–28 | 50,538 | |
November 8 | No. 3 Nebraska | | L 0–12 | 41,300 | |
November 5 | at Oklahoma State | | L 3–56 | 40,100 | |
November 22 | at No. 9 Colorado | | L 7–33 | 44,345 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DE | 79 | Mike Osborn | So | LB | 59 | Gary Spani | So | DB | 32 | Marvin Switzer | Jr | | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "1975 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "Kansas State rips Wichita State". Pensacola News Journal. September 21, 1975. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Cats nip Wake Forest". The Wichita Eagle & Beacon. September 28, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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