1961 Kansas State Wildcats football team
American college football season
1961 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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Conference | Big Eight Conference |
Record | 2–8 (0–7 Big 8) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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No. 7 Colorado $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Missouri | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1961 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1961 college football season. The team's head football coach was Doug Weaver. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1961 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 2–8, and a 0–7 record in Big Eight Conference play. The Wildcats scored only 58 points while giving up 232.[1] The finished eighth in the Big Eight.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 23 | Indiana* | W 14–8 | 7,800 | ||
September 30 | at Air Force* | W 14–12 | 18,666 | ||
October 7 | Nebraska |
| L 0–24 | 17,515 | |
October 14 | at Kentucky* | L 8–21 | 23,000 | [2] | |
October 21 | No. 9 Colorado![]() |
| L 0–13 | 12,500 | |
October 28 | at Iowa State | L 7–31 | 18,475 | ||
November 4 | Oklahoma |
| L 6–17 | 11,906 | |
November 11 | at Kansas | L 0–34 | 34,000 | ||
November 18 | at Missouri | L 9–27 | 29,000 | [3] | |
November 25 | at Oklahoma State | L 0–45 | 7,500 | ||
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References
- ^ "1961 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "K-State falls". The Salina Journal. October 15, 1960. Retrieved October 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dave Lipman (November 19, 1961). "Missouri Ends Scoring Slump, Beats Kansas State, 27-9". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. pp. 1E, 7E – via Newspapers.com.
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