The 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his second year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 3–7 record with a 2–4 record in conference play. They finished tied for fifth place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 110 points and gave up 192 points.[1]
| 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (2–4 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Colorado | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 22 | Oklahoma A&M* | L 7–27 | 15,000 | |
| September 29 | at Colorado | L 0–34 | 21,000 | |
| October 6 | at No. 1 Oklahoma | L 0–66 | 39,981 | |
| October 13 | at Nebraska | W 10–7 | 30,469 | |
| October 20 | Missouri |
| L 6–20 | 13,000 |
| October 27 | Wyoming* | L 15-27 | 6,731 | |
| November 3 | Kansas |
| L 15–20 | 19,000 |
| November 10 | at Marquette* | W 41–14 | ||
| November 17 | Iowa State |
| W 32–6 | 12,693 |
| November 24 | at No. 10 Michigan State* | L 17–38 | 34,119 | |
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References edit
- ^ "1956 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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