1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1940 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	2–7 (1–4 Big 6)
Head coach	Hobbs Adams (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1940 Big Six Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Nebraska $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Kansas	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1940 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his first year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2–7 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 73 points and gave up 145 points.^[1]

Kansas State was ranked at No. 104 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Kansas State Teachers*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 21–16
October 5	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 6–7
October 12	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 13–24	11,000
October 19	at Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 0–14
October 26	Kansas	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 20–0	14,000	[3]
November 2	at Michigan State*	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 0–32
November 9	at South Carolina*	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	L 13–20	11,000	[4]
November 16	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 0–12	7,936
November 30	at No. 8 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 0–20	20,000	[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1940 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Wildcats Defeat KU, 20-0: 14,000 Watch K-State Drive To A Victory". The Morning Chronicle. October 27, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Win on passes; All South Carolina touchdowns came as result of aerials as K-State bows". The Kansas City Star. November 10, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. John Bentley (December 1, 1940). "Huskers beat K-State for Big Six Title". Sunday Journal and Star. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.