American college football season
1970 Big Eight Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 1 Nebraska $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 |
No. 20 Oklahoma | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 |
Kansas State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Colorado | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Kansas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Oklahoma State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Iowa State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.
Senior quarterback Lynn Dickey led the team to a third straight season as the top-rated passing offense in the Big Eight Conference. Kansas State also led the conference in total defense, and posted its first win against a top-ten team, beating #8 Colorado. The Wildcats went into the final conference game of the season against Nebraska ranked #20 and playing for the Big Eight championship. The #4-ranked Cornhuskers throttled Kansas State 51–13 in the game. Kansas State did not return to the national rankings again until the 1993 season.
The team finished with a winning record in conference play for the first time since 1953. After the season Gibson was named coach of the year by the Big Eight.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 12 | Utah State* | No. 14 | | W 37–0 | 35,000 | |
September 19 | at Kentucky* | No. 13 | | L 3–16 | 33,500 | [2] |
September 26 | at Arizona State* | | | L 13–35 | 50,255 | [3] |
October 3 | No. 8 Colorado | | | W 21–20 | 40,200 | |
October 10 | Kansas | | | L 15–21 | 41,070 | |
October 17 | at Iowa State | | | W 17–0 | 26,053 | |
October 24 | at Oklahoma | | | W 19–14 | 60,800 | |
October 31 | No. 17 Missouri | | | W 17–13 | 42,000 | |
November 7 | Oklahoma State | | | W 28–15 | 38,300 | |
November 14 | at No. 4 Nebraska | No. 20 | | L 13–51 | 67,894 | |
November 21 | Florida State* | | | L 7–31 | 23,408 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "1970 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "Kentucky hits K-State, 16–3". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 20, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sun Devils rip 'Cats". The Kansas City Star. September 27, 1970. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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