1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1975 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference Big 8 Conference
1975 record 3-8 (0-7 Big 8)
Head coach Ellis Rainsberger
Home stadium KSU Stadium
Seasons
« 1974 1976 »
1975 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Oklahoma 6 – 1 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#9 Nebraska 6 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#16 Colorado 5 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Kansas 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma State 3 – 4 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Missouri 3 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 1 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 7 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 1975. The team's head football coach was Ellis Rainsberger, in his first of three years at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1975 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 3–8, and a dismal 0–7 record in Big 8 play.

1975 was the first time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one seaon; the other time was in 1980. The Wildcats were shut out by Texas A&M, Kansas, Nebraska.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
Non-conference Schedule
9/13/1975 at Tulsa* Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK W 17-16   34,000
9/20/1975 Wichita State* KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 32-0   31,000
9/27/1975 at Wake Forest* Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 17-16   17,700
10/4/1975 #6 Texas A&M* KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 0-10   37,100
Conference Schedule
10/11/1975 Iowa State KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 7-17   25,698
10/18/1975 #2 Oklahoma KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 3-25   33,196
10/25/1975 at #15 Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO L 3-35   62,860
11/1/1975 at Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS (Sunflower Showdown) L 0-28   53,480
11/8/1975 #3 Nebraska KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 0-12   41,300
11/15/1975 at Oklahoma State Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK L 3-56   40,100
11/22/1975 at #9 Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO L 78-33   44,345
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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