1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

1955 Kansas State Wildcats football

Conference| Big Seven Conference
Record| 4–6 (3–3 Big 7)
Head coach|

* Bus Mertes (1st season)

Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

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1956 ->

1955 Big Seven Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 1 Oklahoma $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 0
Nebraska | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Colorado | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Kansas State | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Kansas | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Iowa State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1
Missouri | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1955 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his first year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1955 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 4–6, and a 3–3 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored 165 points while giving up 191.[1] They finished tied for third in the Big Seven. Ten Days before the Kansas game on November 5, K-State's mascot Touchdown IV was stolen by Kansas students. At the end of the first quarter the mascot was returned but the theft had already been avenged as K-State led the Jayhawks, 26–0, at that point and went on to defeat Kansas, 46–0.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 15| Wyoming*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS

| L 20-38 [2]| 12,000|
September 24| at Iowa*|

* Iowa Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| L 7–28| 44,500|
October 1| Nebraska|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS (rivalry)

| L 0–16| 12,500|
October 8| at Marquette*|

* Marquette Stadium
* Milwaukee, WI

| W 42–0 [3]| 13,500|
October 15| No. 20 Colorado|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS (rivalry)

| L 13–34| 16,500|
October 22| at Iowa State|

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA (rivalry)

| W 9–7| 14,740|
October 29| No. 2 Oklahoma|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS

| L 7–40| 18,263| [4][5]
November 5| at Kansas|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lawrence, KS (rivalry)

| W 46–0| 26,000|
November 12| at Missouri|

* Memorial Stadium
* Columbia, MO

| W 21–0| 16,500|
November 19| at Oklahoma A&M*|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK

| L 0–28| 10,000|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "1955 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
2. ^ "Wyoming's Three Touchdowns in Forth Period sinks Cats". newspapers.com. The Manhattan Mercury. September 18, 1955. Retrieved August 30, 2024. (subscription required)
3. ^ "Shockers Fight Back to Whip Pokes 14-7". newspapers.com. The Wichita Sunday Eagle. October 9, 1955. Retrieved August 30, 2024. (subscription required)
4. ^ "1955 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
5. ^ Dick King (October 30, 1955). "Relentless Oklahoma Pulverizes K-State". The Manhattan Mercury. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.

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Kansas State Wildcats football

Venues|

* Ahearn Field (1911–1921)
* Memorial Stadium (1922–1967)
* Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (1968–present)

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