1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his second year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 3–7 record with a 2–4 record in conference play. They finished tied for fifth place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 110 points and gave up 192 points.^[1]

1956 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach	Bus Mertes (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

1956 Big Seven Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 20 Colorado	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Missouri	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Nebraska	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	Oklahoma A&M*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 7–27	15,000
September 29	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 0–34	21,000
October 6	at No. 1 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 0–66	39,981
October 13	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 10–7	30,469
October 20	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 6–20	13,000
October 27	Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 27–15	6,731
November 3	Kansas	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 15–20	19,000
November 10	at Marquette*	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 41–14
November 17	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 32–6	12,693
November 24	at No. 10 Michigan State*	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 17–38	34,119
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1956 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.