1978 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1978 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Dickey.[1] 1978 was the first year at Kansas State for Dickey. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

1978 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record4–7 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Oklahoma + 6 1 0 11 1 0
No. 8 Nebraska + 6 1 0 9 3 0
No. 15 Missouri 4 3 0 8 4 0
Iowa State 4 3 0 8 4 0
Kansas State 3 4 0 4 7 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 0 3 8 0
Colorado 2 5 0 6 5 0
Kansas 0 7 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at Arizona*L 0–3150,484
September 16Auburn*L 32–4527,620[2]
September 23at Tulsa*L 14–2422,000
September 30Air Force*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 34–2130,300
October 7Oklahoma State
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 18–721,900
October 14at No. 8 NebraskaL 14–4875,818
October 21No. 13 Missouri 
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 14–5624,500
October 28at No. 1 OklahomaL 19–5672,105
November 4at Iowa StateL 0–2447,450
November 11Colorado
W 20–1013,100
November 18Kansas
W 36–2042,814
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References edit

  1. ^ "1978 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Auburn holds off K-State". The Kansas City Star. September 17, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (1978)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.