1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football Big Six Conference Big 6 2–7 1–4 Hobbs Adams 1st Memorial Stadium The 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1940 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his first year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2–7 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 73 points and gave up 145 points.1940 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 7, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas-state/1940-schedule.html Kansas State was ranked at No. 104 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings The Boston Globe Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 19, 1940 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/ Newspapers.com Schedule 1940 AP Central September 28 w y 1940 Kansas State Teachers Hornets Kansas State Teachers Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 21–16 5,000 October 5 l y y Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO rivalry 6–7 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-colorado-defeats-kansas-stat/171677893/ Waterloo Sunday Courier Colorado defeats Kansas State, 7–6 October 6, 1940 May 4, 2025 Newspapers.com October 12 l Missouri Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS 13–24 11,000 October 19 l y Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK 0–14 16,000 October 26 w y Kansas Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry 20–0 14,000 Wildcats Defeat KU, 20-0: 14,000 Watch K-State Drive To A Victory The Morning Chronicle October 27, 1940 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115408765/wildcats-defeat-ku-20-0-14000-watch/ Newspapers.com November 2 l y y Michigan State Macklin Field East Lansing, MI 0–32 20,000 November 9 l y y South Carolina Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC 13–20 11,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-win-on-passes-all/137155589/ The Kansas City Star Win on passes; All South Carolina touchdowns came as result of aerials as K-State bows November 10, 1940 December 20, 2023 Newspapers.com November 16 l Iowa State Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry 0–12 7,936 November 30 l y Nebraska 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry 0–20 20,000 Huskers beat K-State for Big Six Title Sunday Journal and Star John Bentley December 1, 1940 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120959555/huskers-beat-k-state-for-big-six-title/ Newspapers.com References Kansas State Category:Kansas State Wildcats football seasons Kansas State Wildcats football