1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team
| 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 2–5–2 (1–3–1 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 7 Missouri $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big Six Conference during the 1941 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his second and final year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats compiled a 2–5–2 record (1–3–1 record in conference play), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 168 to 67.[1]
End Frank Barnhart was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team. Center John Hancock and fullback Lyle Wilkins were named to the second team.[2]
Kansas State was ranked at No. 120 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]
The team played its home games in Memorial Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Fort Hays* | T 0–0 | 6,000 | [4] | |
| October 4 | at Northwestern* | L 3–51 | 40,000 | [5] | |
| October 11 | at Missouri | L 0–35 | [6] | ||
| October 18 | Oklahoma |
| L 0–16 | 6,500 | [7] |
| November 1 | Nebraska |
| W 12–6 | [8] | |
| November 8 | South Carolina* |
| W 3–0 | 8,000 | [9] |
| November 15 | at Kansas | L 16–20 | 10,463 | [10] | |
| November 22 | at Iowa State | T 12–12 | 6,000 | [11] | |
| November 29 | at Arizona* | L 21–28 | 9,000 | [12] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "1941 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Missouri's Champs Place 5 Men on All Big Six Team". Ames Daily Tribune. December 1, 1941. p. 6.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fort Hays Holds Wildcats To A Scoreless Tie". The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas). September 28, 1941. p. 4.
- ^ Edward Burns (October 5, 1941). "Wildcats Rout Kansas State Eleven, 51 To 3". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers Rout Kansas State, 35 to 0, in Big Six Opener". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 12, 1941. pp. 1E, 2E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sooners Down Fighting Wildcats, 16 to 0". The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas). October 19, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nebraska humbled by Kansas State". Sunday Journal and Star. November 2, 1941. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kansas State Takes South Carolina 3-0". The Morning Chronicle. November 9, 1941. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fighting Jayhawks Upset Wildcats 20-16". The Manhattan Mercury. November 16, 1941. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gordon Gammack (November 23, 1941). "I.S.C. Battles Kansas State To 12-12 Tie". The Des Moines Register. pp. Sports 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Vic Thornton (November 30, 1941). "Arizona Stops Kansas State 28-21". The Arizona Daily Star. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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