1954 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1954 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	7–3 (3–3 Big 7)
Head coach	Bill Meek (4th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1954 Big Seven Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Nebraska	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Missouri	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Kansas	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1954 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Meek, in his fourth and final year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 7–3 record with a 3–3 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 191 points and gave up 154 points.^[1] The Wildcats did not outscore their opponents again until 1969. 1954 was Kansas State's last winning season until 1970.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18		Colorado A&M*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 29–0	10,500
September 25		at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 21–13
October 2		Missouri	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 7–35	21,500
October 9		at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 7–3	34,000
October 16		at Tulsa*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 20–13	8,000
October 23		at No. 1 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 0–21	46,356
October 30		Kansas	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 28–26	21,000
November 5	8:00 p.m.	at Drake*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	W 53–18	2,500	[2][3][4]
November 13	2:00 p.m.	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 12–7	14,347	[5]
November 20		at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 14–38	23,600
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

References

1. "1954 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
2. White, Maury (November 5, 1954). "Drake Plays Strong Kansas State". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 17. Retrieved May 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
3. White, Maury (November 6, 1954). "Kansas State Drubs Drake, 53-18". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 9. Retrieved May 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
4. White, Maury (November 6, 1954). "Drake--- (continued)". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 10. Retrieved May 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
5. Bryson, Bill (November 14, 1954). "Iowa State Underdog in Season Finale". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 11. Retrieved July 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .