1957 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1957 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	3–6–1 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach	Bus Mertes (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1957 Big Seven Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Missouri	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Nebraska	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1957 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 3–6–1, and a 2–4 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored only 124 points while giving up 166. The finished tied for fifth in the Big Seven.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 7–12	12,300
September 28	BYU*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 36–7
October 5	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 7–14	15,033
October 12	at Pacific (CA)*	Stagg Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	T 7–7
October 19	Colorado	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 14–42	16,000
October 26	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	W 14–10	14,421
November 2	No. 2 Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 0–13	15,480
November 9	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	L 7–13	26,000
November 15	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 23–21	20,000
November 22	at No. 1 Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 21–27	35,989
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game