1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his last year at K-State. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1959 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 2–8, and a 1–5 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored only 58 points while giving up 232.^[1] The finished seventh in the Big Seven.

1959 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	2–8 (1–5 Big 7)
Head coach	Bus Mertes (5th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

1959 Big Seven Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 15 Oklahoma $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Missouri	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Kansas	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	Wichita*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 0–19
September 26	at South Dakota State*	State Field Brookings, SD	W 28–12
October 3	at Oklahoma State*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 21–28	8,500
October 10	Colorado	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 17–20	10,000
October 17	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	L 14–33	27,000
October 24	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	L 0–26	13,899
October 31	at Iowa*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 0–53	45,000
November 7	No. 18 Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 0–36	11,204
November 14	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–26
November 21	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 29–14	8,318
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1959 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.