1980 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1980 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Dickey.[1] The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

1980 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1980 record4–7 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coachJim Dickey (3rd season)
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
1980 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 7 0 0  10 2 0
No. 7 Nebraska 6 1 0  10 2 0
Missouri 5 2 0  8 4 0
Iowa State 3 4 0  7 4 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 0  4 7 0
Kansas State 2 5 0  4 7 0
Kansas 1 6 0  2 8 1
Colorado 1 6 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

1980 was the second time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one season, the only other time being in 1975. The Wildcats were shut out by LSU, Tulsa, Oklahoma State.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13at LSU*
L 0–2175,405
September 20South Dakota*W 24–326,120
September 27Arkansas State*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 31–732,580
October 4at Tulsa*L 0–323,213
October 11at Iowa StateL 7–3150,163
October 18at No. 17 OklahomaL 21–3574,638
October 25No. 16 Missouri
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
ABCL 3–1330,610
November 1Kansas
W 1–0 (forfeit)^43,276
November 8at No. 5 NebraskaL 8–5576,121
November 15Oklahoma State
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–1022,370
November 22Colorado
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 17–1417,510
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

^ Kansas mistakenly counts this as a win. Kansas was forced by the Big Eight Conference to forfeit this game after beating Kansas State on the field, 20–18. Kerwin Bell, a Kansas running back was later determined to be ineligible at the time of the game.

References

  1. "1980 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 (1980)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 11, 2011.


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