1963 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

1963 Kansas State Wildcats football

Conference| Big Eight Conference
Record| 2–7 (1–5 Big 8)
Head coach|

* Doug Weaver (4th season)

Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

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1964 ->

1963 Big Eight Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 6 Nebraska $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 9 Oklahoma | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Missouri | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Kansas | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Iowa State | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Colorado | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
Kansas State | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Oklahoma State | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Doug Weaver. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1963 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 2–7 and a 1–5 record in Big Eight Conference play. The Wildcats scored only 91 points while giving up 222.[1] They finished seventh in the Big Eight.

Kansas State and Oklahoma State were scheduled to play on November 23, but that game was cancelled due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 21| BYU*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS

| W 24-7| 11,000| [2]
September 28| at San Jose State*|

* Spartan Stadium
* San Jose, California

| L 0–16| 17,195|
October 5| Colorado|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS (rivalry)

| L 7–21| 17,500|
October 12| at Missouri|

* Memorial Stadium
* Columbia, MO

| L 11–21| 38,000|
October 19| Nebraska|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS (rivalry)

| L 6–28| 14,920|
October 26| No. 7 Oklahoma|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS

| L 9–34| 12,200|
November 2| at Kansas|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lawrence, KS (rivalry)

| L 0–34| 30,000|
November 9| at Texas Tech*|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX

| L 13–51| 24,500|
November 16| at Iowa State|

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA (rivalry)

| W 21–10| 13,207|
November 23| at Oklahoma State|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK

| Canceled | |

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

## References

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1. ^ "1963 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
2. ^ "K-State wins 24–7; Ends losses at 18". The Wichita Eagle & Beacon. September 22, 1963. Retrieved September 14, 2024 - 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)

Bowls & rivalries|

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* Colorado
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* Kansas
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* "Wildcat Victory"
* "Wabash Cannonball"
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* Marching band
* Timeline of football in Kansas
* Aggieville riots
* 1939 Nebraska game

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