The 1957 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1957 college 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.[1] The finished tied for fifth in the Big Seven.
| 1957 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Record | 3–6–1 (2–4 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | at Wyoming* | L 7–12 | 12,300 | ||
| September 28 | BYU* | W 36–7 | |||
| October 5 | Nebraska |
| L 7–14 | 15,033 | |
| October 12 | at Pacific (CA)* | T 7–7 | 11,000 | ||
| October 19 | Colorado |
| L 14–42 | 16,000 | |
| October 26 | at Iowa State | W 14–10 | 14,421 | ||
| November 2 | No. 2 Oklahoma |
| L 0–13 | 15,480 | |
| November 9 | at Kansas | L 7–13 | 26,000 | ||
| November 15 | at Missouri | W 23–21 | 20,000 | ||
| November 22 | at No. 1 Michigan State* | L 21–27 | 35,989 | [2] | |
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References
edit- ↑ "1956 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ↑ George S. Alderton (November 24, 1957). "Spartan Giant Awakes, Wins, 27-9". Lansing State Journal. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
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