1942 Kansas State Wildcats football team
| 1942 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (2–3 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Missouri $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1942 college football season. The team's head football coach was Ward Haylett, in his first year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 3–8 record with a 2–3 record in conference play. They finished in fourth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 79 points and gave up 334 points.[1]
Kansas State was ranked at No. 230 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at Kansas Wesleyan* | Salina, KS | W 37–6 | ||
| September 26 | at Texas* | L 0–64 | 15,000 | [3] | |
| October 3 | Fort Riley* | L 7–21 | 5,500 | ||
| October 10 | at Duquesne* | L 0–33 | 13,176 | ||
| October 17 | Missouri |
| L 2–46 | 5,500 | |
| October 24 | Kansas |
| L 7–19 | [4] | |
| October 31 | at Wichita* | Wichita, KS | L 0–9 | 5,000 | [5][6] |
| November 7 | at Oklahoma | L 0–76 | 8,000 | ||
| November 14 | at Indiana* | L 0–54 | 7,500 | ||
| November 21 | Iowa State |
| W 7–6 | 4,180 | |
| November 28 | at Nebraska | W 19–0 | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1942 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns rip Kansas State in 64–0 rout". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 27, 1942. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jayhawks Spoil Cat Homecoming 19 to 7". The Morning Chronicle. October 25, 1942. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wichita Whips Wildcats, 9-0". Los Angeles Times. November 1, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "K-State Drops Sixth Straight Game 9 to 0: Shockers Win For Graham". The Morning Chronicle. November 1, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
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