1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football Big Six Conference Big 6 2–5–2 1–3–1 Hobbs Adams 2nd Memorial Stadium The 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big Six Conference during the 1941 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his second and final year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats compiled a 2–5–2 record (1–3–1 record in conference play), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 168 to 67.1941 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football September 25, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas-state/1941-schedule.html End Frank Barnhart was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team. Center John Hancock and fullback Lyle Wilkins were named to the second team.Missouri's Champs Place 5 Men on All Big Six Team Ames Daily Tribune December 1, 1941 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3093721/missouris_champs/ Kansas State was ranked at No. 120 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published The Courier-Journal Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 26, 1941 Sports 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123088221/gophers-grid-kings-over-6-year-span/ Newspapers.com The team played its home games in Memorial Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. Schedule Central September 27 t y 1941 Fort Hays Tigers Fort Hays Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 0–0 6,000 Fort Hays Holds Wildcats To A Scoreless Tie The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas) September 28, 1941 4 October 4 l y y Northwestern Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL 3–51 40,000 Wildcats Rout Kansas State Eleven, 51 To 3 Chicago Tribune Edward Burns October 5, 1941 II-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35804584/wildcats_rout_kansas_state_eleven_51/ Newspapers.com October 11 l y Missouri Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO 0–35 Tigers Rout Kansas State, 35 to 0, in Big Six Opener St. Louis Post-Dispatch October 12, 1941 1E, 2E https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35813194/tigers_rout_kansas_state_35_to_0_in/ Newspapers.com October 18 l Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 0–16 6,500 Sooners Down Fighting Wildcats, 16 to 0 The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas) October 19, 1941 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35913073/sooners_down_fighting_wildcats_16_to_0/ Newspapers.com November 1 w y Nebraska Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry 12–6 7,000 Nebraska humbled by Kansas State Sunday Journal and Star November 2, 1941 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36366991/nebraska_humbled_by_kansas_state/ Newspapers.com November 8 w y South Carolina Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 3–0 8,000 Kansas State Takes South Carolina 3-0 The Morning Chronicle November 9, 1941 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36164772/kansas_state_takes_south_carolina_30/ Newspapers.com November 15 l y Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS rivalry 16–20 10,463 Fighting Jayhawks Upset Wildcats 20-16 The Manhattan Mercury November 16, 1941 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35917504/fighting_jayhawks_upset_wildcats_2016/ Newspapers.com November 22 t y Iowa State Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA rivalry 12–12 6,000 I.S.C. Battles Kansas State To 12-12 Tie The Des Moines Register Gordon Gammack November 23, 1941 Sports 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35917058/isc_battles_kansas_state_to_1212_tie/ Newspapers.com November 29 l y y Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ 21–28 9,000 Arizona Stops Kansas State 28-21 The Arizona Daily Star Vic Thornton November 30, 1941 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35899387/arizona_stops_kansas_state_282/ Newspapers.com References Kansas State Category:Kansas State Wildcats football seasons Kansas State Wildcats football