The 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1940 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his first year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2–7 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 73 points and gave up 145 points.[1]
| 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (1–4 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Nebraska $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kansas State was ranked at No. 104 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | Kansas State Teachers* | W 21–16 | |||
| October 5 | at Colorado* | L 6–7 | |||
| October 12 | Missouri |
| L 13–24 | 11,000 | |
| October 19 | at Oklahoma | L 0–14 | |||
| October 26 | Kansas |
| W 20–0 | 14,000 | [3] |
| November 2 | at Michigan State* | L 0–32 | |||
| November 9 | at South Carolina* | L 13–20 | 11,000 | [4] | |
| November 16 | Iowa State |
| L 0–12 | 7,936 | |
| November 30 | at No. 8 Nebraska | L 0–20 | 20,000 | [5] | |
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References edit
- ^ "1940 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wildcats Defeat KU, 20-0: 14,000 Watch K-State Drive To A Victory". The Morning Chronicle. October 27, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Win on passes; All South Carolina touchdowns came as result of aerials as K-State bows". The Kansas City Star. November 10, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ John Bentley (December 1, 1940). "Huskers beat K-State for Big Six Title". Sunday Journal and Star. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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