1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1956 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Oklahoma $ 6 0 0 10 0 0
No. 20 Colorado 4 1 1 8 2 1
Missouri 3 2 1 4 5 1
Nebraska 3 3 0 4 6 0
Kansas 2 4 0 3 6 1
Kansas State 2 4 0 3 7 0
Iowa State 0 6 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented

Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 3–7 record with a 2–4 record in conference play. They finished tied for fifth place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 110 points and gave up 192 points.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22Oklahoma A&M*L 7–2715,000
September 29at ColoradoL 0–3421,000
October 6at No. 1 OklahomaL 0–6639,981
October 13at NebraskaW 10–730,469
October 20Missouri
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 6–2013,000
October 27Wyoming*L 15-276,731
November 3
rivalry
)
L 15–2019,000
November 10at Marquette*W 41–14
November 17Iowa Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 32–612,693
November 24at No. 10 Michigan State*L 17–3834,119
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from
    AP Poll
    released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1956 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.