1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1959 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1959 record	2-8 (1-6 Big 7)
Head coach	Bus Mertes
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1959 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#15 Oklahoma $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
#18 Missouri	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Kansas	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1959 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his last year at K-State. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1959 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 2-8, and a 1-5 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored only 58 points while giving up 232. The finished seventh in the Big Seven.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/19/1959	Wichita*		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 0-19
9/26/1959	at South Dakota State*		State Field • Brookings, SD	W 28-12
10/3/1959	at Oklahoma State		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 21-28	8,500
10/10/1959	Colorado		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 17-20	10,000
10/16/1959	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 14-33	27,000
10/24/1959	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field • Ames, IA	L 0-26	13,899
10/31/1959	at Iowa*		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 0-53	45,000
11/7/1959	#18 Oklahoma		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 0-36	11,204
11/14/1959	at Missouri		Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	L 0-26
11/21/1959	Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 29-14	8,318
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP. All times are in Central Time.

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