1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1970 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Nebraska $ 7 0 0 11 0 1
No. 20 Oklahoma 5 2 0 7 4 1
Kansas State 5 2 0 6 5 0
Missouri 3 4 0 5 6 0
Colorado 3 4 0 6 5 0
Kansas 2 5 0 5 6 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0 4 7 0
Iowa State 1 6 0 5 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1970 college football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

Senior quarterback Lynn Dickey led the team to a third straight season as the top-rated passing offense in the Big Eight. Kansas State also led the conference in total defense, and posted its first win against a top-ten team, beating #8 Colorado. The Wildcats went into the final conference game of the season against Nebraska ranked #20 and playing for the Big Eight championship. The #4 Cornhuskers throttled Kansas State 51-13 in the game. Kansas State would not return to the national rankings again until the 1993 season.

The team finished with a winning record in conference play for the first time since 1953. After the season Vince Gibson was named coach of the year by the Big Eight Conference.

Schedule

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9/12/1970Utah State*No. 13

W 37-0 35,000 9/19/1970at Kentucky*No. 13

L 16-333,500 9/26/1970at Arizona State*

L 35-1350,255

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10/3/1970No. 8 Colorado

  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS

W 21-2040,200 10/10/1970Kansas

L 21-1541,070 10/17/1970at Iowa State

W 17-026,053 10/24/1970at Oklahoma

W 19-1460,800 10/31/1970No. 17 Missouri

  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS

W 17-1342,000 11/7/1970Oklahoma Statedagger

  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS

W 28-1538,300 11/14/1970at No. 4 NebraskaNo. 20

L 51-1367,894

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11/22/1970Florida State*

L 31-723,408

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