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1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1955 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1955 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his first year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in 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. They finished tied for third in the Big Seven. Ten Days before the Kansas game on 11/5/55 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

9/15/1955Wyoming*

L 7-12   9/24/1955at Iowa*

L 7-2844,500 10/1/1955Nebraska

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, Kansas

L 0-1612,500 10/8/1955at Marquette*

W 41-013,500 10/15/1955No. 20 Colorado

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, Kansas

L 13-3416,500 10/21/1955at Iowa Statedagger

W 9-714,740 10/29/1955No. 1 Oklahomadagger

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, Kansas

L 7-4018,263 11/5/1955at Kansas

W 46-026,000 11/15/1955at Missouri

W 21-0  11/19/1955at Oklahoma A&M*

L 0-2810,000

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References