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1959 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons← 19581960 →
1959 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Oklahoma $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Missouri 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Colorado 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kansas 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1959 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his last year at K-State. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1959 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 2–8, and a 1–5 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored only 58 points while giving up 232. The finished seventh in the Big Seven.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Wichita*L 0–1912,500
September 26at South Dakota State*W 28–124,500
October 3at Oklahoma State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 21–288,500
October 10Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 17–2010,000
October 17at KansasL 14–3327,000
October 24at Iowa StateL 0–2613,899
October 31at Iowa*L 0–5345,000
November 7Oklahoma
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–3611,204
November 14at MissouriL 0–2615,000
November 21Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 29–148,318
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "1959 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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