1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team
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.
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| 1970 record | 6–5 (5–2 Big 8) |
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| Home stadium | KSU Stadium |
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| 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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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 |
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| September 2 | Utah State* | No. 14 | W 37–0 | 35,000 | |
| September 19 | at Kentucky* | No. 13 | L 3–16 | 33,500 | |
| September 26 | at Arizona State* | L 13–35 | 50,255 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Roster
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References
- "1970 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.