1960 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

1960 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record1–9 (0–7 Big 8)
Head coach
  • Doug Weaver (1st season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Big Eight Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Missouri $ 7 0 0 11 0 0
No. 11 Kansas 6 0 1 7 2 1
Colorado 6 1 0 7 3 0
Iowa State 4 3 0 7 3 0
Oklahoma 2 4 1 3 6 1
Nebraska 2 5 0 4 6 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0 3 7 0
Kansas State 0 7 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † Kansas' conference victories against Colorado and Missouri were forfeited by Big Eight sanctions, though both are recognized as Kansas victories by Kansas and the NCAA.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Doug Weaver. It was Weaver's first season at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 1–9 record with a 0–7 record in conference play. They finished in eighth place. The Wildcats scored just 78 points and gave up 316 points.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 17South Dakota State*W 20–611,000
September 23No. 7 Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 0–4115,000
October 1at ColoradoL 7–2723,500
October 8at Nebraska
L 7–1735,102
October 15No. 6 Missouri
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–4510,000
October 22at OklahomaL 7–4944,677
October 29at No. 6 Minnesota*
L 7–4843,568
November 5Oklahoma Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 7–289,000
November 12Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 7–207,649
November 19at Arizona*L 16–3525,793
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ Morey, Earl (December 9, 1960). "Big Eight voted 5-3 to strip KU's title in Bert Coan action". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 1. The Big Eight faculty committee, meeting in Kansas City, found that Kansas violated league rules in recruiting Coan and order the Jayhawks to forfeit their last two victories-over Colorado and Missouri.
  2. ^ "1960 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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