1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1975 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference Big Eight Conference
1975 record 3–8 (0–7 Big 8)
Head coach Ellis Rainsberger (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Joe Pendry (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Dick Selcer (1st year)
Home stadium KSU Stadium
1975 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Oklahoma + 6 1 0     11 1 0
#9 Nebraska + 6 1 0     10 2 0
#16 Colorado 5 2 0     9 3 0
Kansas 4 3 0     7 5 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 0     7 4 0
Missouri 3 4 0     6 5 0
Iowa State 1 6 0     4 7 0
Kansas State 0 7 0     3 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1975 college football season. The team's head football coach was Ellis Rainsberger, in his first of three years at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1975 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 3–8, and a dismal 0–7 record in Big Eight Conference play.

1975 was the first time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one season; the other time was in 1980. The Wildcats were shut out by Texas A&M, Kansas, Nebraska.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
9/13/1975 at Tulsa* Skelly StadiumTulsa, OK W 17-16   34,000
9/20/1975 Wichita State* KSU StadiumManhattan, KS W 32-0   31,000
9/27/1975 at Wake Forest* Groves StadiumWinston-Salem, NC W 17-16   17,700
10/4/1975 #6 Texas A&M* KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 0-10   37,100
10/11/1975 Iowa State KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 7-17   25,698
10/18/1975 #2 Oklahomadagger KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 3-25   33,196
10/25/1975 at #15 Missouridagger Faurot FieldColumbia, MO L 3-35   62,860
11/1/1975 at Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS (Sunflower Showdown) L 0-28   50,538
11/8/1975 #3 Nebraska KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 0-12   41,300
11/15/1975 at Oklahoma State Lewis FieldStillwater, OK L 3-56   40,100
11/22/1975 at #9 Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO L 7-33   44,345
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

References

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