1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team
1956 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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Conference | Big Seven Conference |
1956 record | 3–7 (2–4 Big 7) |
Head coach | Bus Mertes (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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The 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1956 college 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.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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9/22/1956 | Oklahoma A&M* | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | L 7-27 | 15,000 | |||||
9/29/1956 | at Colorado | Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado | L 0-34 | 21,000 | |||||
10/6/1956 | at No. 1 Oklahoma | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma | L 0-66 | 39,981 | |||||
10/13/1956 | at Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 10-7 | 30,469 | |||||
10/20/1956 | at Missouri | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | L 6-20 | 13,000 | |||||
10/27/1956 | Wyoming* | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | W 27-15 | 6,731 | |||||
11/3/1956 | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown) | L 15-20 | 19,000 | |||||
10/10/1956 | at Marquette* | Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee | W 41-14 | ||||||
11/17/1956 | Iowa State |
Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 32-6 | 12,693 | |||||
11/24/1956 | at No. 10 Michigan State* | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan | L 17-38 | 34,119 | |||||
*Non-conference game. |
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