1971 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1971 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1971 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 5–6, and a 2–5 record in Big Eight Conference play.[1]

1971 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1971 record5–6 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coachVince Gibson (5th season)
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
1971 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Nebraska $ 7 0 0  13 0 0
No. 2 Oklahoma 6 1 0  11 1 0
No. 3 Colorado 5 2 0  10 2 0
Iowa State 4 3 0  8 4 0
Kansas State 2 5 0  5 6 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0  4 6 1
Kansas 2 5 0  4 7 0
Missouri 0 7 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11Utah State*L 7–1030,000
September 18at Tulsa*W 19–1023,500
September 25BYU*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 23–737,500
October 2at No. 6 ColoradoL 21–3147,740
October 9at KansasL 13–3951,151
October 16Iowa State
L 0–2431,074
October 23No. 2 Oklahoma
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 28–7537,198
October 30at MissouriW 28–1252,498
November 6at Oklahoma StateW 35–2334,758
November 13No. 1 Nebraska
L 17–4442,300
November 20Memphis State*
W 28–2117,234
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1971 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Dennis Morrison Jr
G 74 John Wells So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 19 Ron Coppenbarger Jr
DE 86 John O'Neill Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "1971 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.


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