1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1940 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his first year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2–7 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 73 points and gave up 145 points.[1]

1940 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
1940 record2–7 (1–4 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1940 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Nebraska $ 5 0 0  8 2 0
Oklahoma 4 1 0  6 3 0
Missouri 3 2 0  6 3 0
Iowa State 2 3 0  4 5 0
Kansas State 1 4 0  2 7 0
Kansas 0 5 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28Kansas State Teachers*W 21–16
October 5at Colorado*L 6–7
October 12Missouri
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 13–2411,000
October 19at OklahomaL 0–14
October 26Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 20–0
November 2at Michigan State*L 0–32
November 9at South Carolina*L 13–20
November 16Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 0–127,936
November 30at No. 8 NebraskaL 0–2020,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1940 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.


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