1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team
| 1955 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (3–3 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented
Memorial Stadium. 1955 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 4–6, and a 3–3 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored 165 points while giving up 191.[1]
They finished tied for third in the Big Seven. Ten Days before the Kansas game on November 5, K-State's mascot Touchdown IV was stolen by Kansas students. At the end of the first quarter the mascot was returned but the theft had already been avenged as K-State led the Jayhawks, 26–0, at that point and went on to defeat Kansas, 46–0.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | Wyoming* | L 20-38 [2] | |||
| September 24 | at Iowa* | L 7–28 | 44,500 | ||
| October 1 | Nebraska |
| L 0–16 | 12,500 | |
| October 8 | at Marquette* | W 42–0 [3] | 13,500 | ||
| October 15 | No. 20 Colorado |
| L 13–34 | 16,500 | |
| October 22 | at Iowa State | W 9–7 | 14,740 | ||
| October 29 | No. 2 Oklahoma |
| L 7–40 | 18,263 | [4][5] |
| November 5 | at rivalry ) | W 46–0 | 26,000 | ||
| November 12 | at Missouri | W 21–0 | |||
| November 19 | at Oklahoma A&M* | L 0–28 | 10,000 | ||
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References
- ^ "1955 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/423873383
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/719121386
- ^ "1955 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
- Newspapers.com.
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