1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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.^[1]

1941 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	2–5–2 (1–3–1 Big 6)
Head coach	Hobbs Adams (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Big Six Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Missouri $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Nebraska	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Kansas	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
Iowa State	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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.^[2]

Kansas State was ranked at No. 120 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[3]

The team played its home games in Memorial Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Fort Hays*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	T 0–0	6,000	^[4]
October 4	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 3–51	40,000	^[5]
October 11	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–35		^[6]
October 18	Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 0–16	6,500	^[7]
November 1	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 12–6		^[8]
November 8	South Carolina*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 3–0	8,000	^[9]
November 15	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	L 16–20	10,463	^[10]
November 22	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	T 12–12	6,000	^[11]
November 29	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 21–28	9,000	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

References

1. "1941 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
2. "Missouri's Champs Place 5 Men on All Big Six Team". Ames Daily Tribune. December 1, 1941. p. 6.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fort Hays Holds Wildcats To A Scoreless Tie". The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas). September 28, 1941. p. 4.
5. Edward Burns (October 5, 1941). "Wildcats Rout Kansas State Eleven, 51 To 3". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Tigers Rout Kansas State, 35 to 0, in Big Six Opener". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 12, 1941. pp. 1E, 2E – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Sooners Down Fighting Wildcats, 16 to 0". The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas). October 19, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Nebraska humbled by Kansas State". Sunday Journal and Star. November 2, 1941. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Kansas State Takes South Carolina 3-0". The Morning Chronicle. November 9, 1941. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Fighting Jayhawks Upset Wildcats 20-16". The Manhattan Mercury. November 16, 1941. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Gordon Gammack (November 23, 1941). "I.S.C. Battles Kansas State To 12-12 Tie". The Des Moines Register. pp. Sports 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Vic Thornton (November 30, 1941). "Arizona Stops Kansas State 28-21". The Arizona Daily Star. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.