1953 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1953 Kansas State Wildcats football Big Seven Conference Big 7 6–3–1 4–2 Bill Meek 3rd Memorial Stadium The 1953 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1953 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Meek. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1953 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 6–3–1, and a 4–2 record in Big Seven Conference play, tied for second in the conference. The Wildcats scored 198 points while giving up 116.1953 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 7, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas-state/1953-schedule.html Kansas State started the season with a 5–1 record, and made the program's first appearance in the top 20 of a national ranking system at #18 in the Coaches Poll on October 28. 1953 was also the first year that Kansas State played on national television, when its game on November 7 against rival Kansas was broadcast on NBC. The team finished the season leading the NCAA in punt returns (23.8 yards per punt average). Schedule 1953 Coaches Central September 19 8:00 p.m. w y Drake Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 50–0 11,000 Wildcats To Test "Muscles' Against Drake Saturday Night https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-manhattan-mercury/128483498/ Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle Manhattan, Kansas September 18, 1953 5 July 18, 2023 Newspapers.com Burnette Stan Rampaging Wildcats Clobber Drake, 50-0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-manhattan-mercury/128483649/ Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle Manhattan, Kansas September 20, 1953 4 July 18, 2023 Newspapers.com September 26 l y y Colorado A&M Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO 13–14 10,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times-colorado-ags/171519726/ Corpus Christi Caller-Times Colorado Ags rally, whip Kansas State September 27, 1953 May 1, 2025 Newspapers.com October 3 w Nebraska Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry 27–0 12,500 October 10 w y Iowa State Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA rivalry 20–12 8,037 October 17 w Colorado Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry 28–14 14,000 October 24 w y Wichita Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 21–0 15,000 October 31 l y 18 Oklahoma 7 Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 0–34 23,822 November 7 w y Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS rivalry NBC 7–0 25,000 November 14 l y Missouri Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO 6–16 17,000 November 21 t y y Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ 26–26 19,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-cats-gain-a-tie/169668185/ The Kansas City Star Cats gain a tie November 22, 1953 April 5, 2025 Newspapers.com References Kansas State Category:Kansas State Wildcats football seasons Kansas State Wildcats football