1939 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1939 Kansas State Wildcats football 1939 Nebraska vs Kansas State football game.gif 285 1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game Big Six Conference Big 6 4–5 1–4 Wesley Fry 5th Memorial Stadium The 1939 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1939 college football season. The team's head football coach was Wesley Fry, in his fifth and final year of his at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 4–5 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in a three-way tie for last place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 117 points and gave up 108 points.1939 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results https://www.kstatesports.com/documents/2024/7/8/2024_K-State_Football_Media_Guide.pdf Kansas State was ranked at No. 61 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth E. E. Litkenhous Johnson City Sunday Press December 31, 1939 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/ Newspapers.com Schedule 1939 AP Central September 30 w y 1939 Fort Hays Tigers Fort Hays Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 34–7 6,000 October 6 w y y Marquette Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI 3–0 15,000 Hilltops Drop 3-0 Decision To Kansas State: Marquette Fails to Make Good on Numerous Scoring Chances The Capital Times October 7, 1939 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116717021/hilltops-drop/ Newspapers.com October 14 w y Colorado Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry 20–0 7,000 October 21 l y Missouri Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO 7–9 12,000 Missouri Beats Kansas State in First Big Six Game, 9 to 7 St. Louis Post-Dispatch October 22, 1939 1C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122308407/missouri-beats-kansas-state-in-first/ Newspapers.com October 28 l y Nebraska 10 Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry W9XAK 9–25 15,000 November 4 w y Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS rivalry 27–6 November 11 l Oklahoma 6 Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 10–13 17,545 November 18 l y Iowa State Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA rivalry 0–10 5,339 November 25 l y y Boston College Fenway Park Boston, MA 7–20 11,000 Homecoming game against Nebraska Kansas State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers on October 28, 1939. This game is notable for being the first college football homecoming game ever televised.,Televised Game Morning Chronicle Manhattan, Kansas October 28, 1939 the second ever televised college football game and the first televised game west of New York City. Kansas State scored first with a field goal, but two minutes later Nebraska took the lead.http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1940&page=176 April 3, 2011 176 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Nebraska Cornhusker (yearbook) 1940 Nebraska won the game 25–9. Although Nebraska entered the game a 12–5 favorite,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4mw5AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eykMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2731,5074337 The Fayetteville Observer October 27, 1939 April 3, 2011 Eddie Breitz Roundup-Sports 10 the game itself was considered to a good test for Nebraska, who was undefeated at the time. The matchup was considered to be important to the outcome of the Big Six Conference championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eQZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1778,5173643 Feature Big Six Tilt St. Joseph News-Press October 25, 1939 April 3, 2011 8 Nebraska ended the game as one of ten college teams in the US that were unbeaten up to that point.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fgZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1285,5679063 4 St. Joseph News-Press October 30, 1939 April 3, 2011 Nation's Football Teams Head Into Climax of Slate References Kansas State Category:Kansas State Wildcats football seasons Kansas State Wildcats football