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1951 Kansas State Wildcats football team
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1951 Kansas State Wildcats football Big Seven Conference Big 7 0–9 0–6 Bill Meek 1st Memorial Stadium
The 1951 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1951 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Meek, in his first season at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1951 saw the team finish with a record of 0–9, and a 0–6 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored just 73 points while giving up 212.1951 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 7, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas-state/1951-schedule.html They finished in seventh place in the Big Seven Conference.
Kansas State's record was 1–7–1 at the end of the season, including a 6–6 tie with Nebraska and a 14–12 victory over Missouri. However, when head coach Bill Meek learned after the season that an ineligible player had participated, he immediately self-reported the violation to the NCAA and the school voluntarily forfeited the win and the tie.
Schedule
1951 AP Central September 22 l y Cincinnati Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 0–34 https://www.newspapers.com/image/127686892 Sep 23, 1951, page 28 - The Des Moines Register at Newspapers.com Newspapers.com 12,000 September 29 l y y Iowa Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA 0–16 29,700 October 6 l Nebraska Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry 6–6 (forfeit) 12,000 October 1 l y Iowa State Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA rivalry 6–32 15,789 October 20 l y Colorado Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry 7–20 14,523 October 27 l y Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS rivalry 14–33 20,000 November 3 l Oklahoma 17 Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 0–33 11,248 November 10 l y y Tulsa Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK 26–42 13,226 November 17 l y Missouri Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO 14–12 (forfeit) 13,545
Game summaries
Iowa
1951 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
Kansas State 0 0 0 0 #9 Iowa 2 0 7 7 September 29 Iowa StadiumIowa City, IA 29,700
Iowa had eight scoring opportunities in the game but only came away with 16 points because of fumbles and penalties. Kansas State came closest to score in the second quarter, reaching Iowa 19 yard line.K-State Surprise In Defensive Play Hutchinson News Herald September 30, 1951
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