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1981 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1981 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Dickey. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1981 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 2–9, and a 1–6 record in Big Eight Conference play.[1]

1981 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record2–9 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Nebraska $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 20 Oklahoma 4 – 2 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Kansas 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
No. 19 Missouri 3 – 4 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Colorado 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 12South Dakota*
W 31–1020,210
September 19at No. 15 Washington*
L 3–2052,343
September 26Drake*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 17–1831,220
October 3at Tulsa*
L 21–3518,196
October 10at No. 13 Missouri
L 13–5861,012
October 17No. 19 Nebraska
L 3–4945,915
October 24at Kansas
L 14–1751,600
October 31No. 11 Iowa State 
W 10–726,650
November 7No. 17 Oklahoma
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 21–2833,200
November 14at Oklahoma State
L 10–3149,300
November 21at Colorado
L 21–2423,921
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Roster edit

1981 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 11 Donnie Campbell So
TE 80 Mike Cox Jr
QB 4 Darrell Ray Dickey Jr
OT 77 Doug Hoppock Sr
C 56 Jim Kennedy Jr
WR 89 Rick Manning So
RB 20 Kenny Smith Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 15 Greg Best Sr
LB 24 Vic Kenning Sr
FS 8 Mike Kopsky Jr
DB 47 Jim Bob Morris Sr
LB 99 Mike Orr So
LB 57 Jack Williamson Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 5 Scott Fulhage Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Gary Darnell – Defensive Coordinator & assistant head coach
  • Jerry Boyce – Offensive Coordinator
  • Joe Hatcher – Quarterbacks
  • Don Bocchi – Running backs
  • Dick Bumpas – Defensive line
  • Mo Lattimore – Outside linebacker
  • Chuck Driesbach – Defensive backs
  • Jim Davie – Assistant
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References edit

  1. ^ "1981 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (1981)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.


 

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