1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1970 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1970 record6–5 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Big Eight Conference football standings
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 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
  • $ – Conference champion
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[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 2Utah State*No. 14
W 37–035,000
September 19at Kentucky*No. 13
L 3–1633,500
September 26at Arizona State*
L 13–3550,255
October 3No. 8 Colorado
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 21–2040,200
October 10Kansas
L 15–2141,070
October 17at Iowa State
W 17–026,053
October 24at Oklahoma
W 19–1460,800
October 31No. 17 Missouri
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 17–1342,000
November 7Oklahoma Statedagger
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 28–1538,300
November 14at No. 4 NebraskaNo. 20
L 13–5167,894
November 21Florida State*
L 7–3123,408
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 11 Lynn Dickey Sr
RB 23 Mike Montgomery Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 20 Ron Dickerson Jr
DB 26 Clarence Scott Sr
DE 70 Ron Yankowski Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "1970 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.


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