1942 Kansas State Wildcats football team
American college football season
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The 1942 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1942 college football season. The team's head football coach was Ward Haylett, in his first year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 3–8 record with a 2–3 record in conference play. They finished in fourth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 79 points and gave up 334 points.[1]
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record3–8 (2–3 Big 6)
Headcoach
- Ward Haylett (1st season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 1942 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (2–3 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kansas State was ranked at No. 230 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at Kansas Wesleyan* | Salina, KS | W 37–6 | ||
| September 26 | at Texas* | L 0–64 | 15,000 | [3] | |
| October 3 | Fort Riley* | L 7–21 | 5,500 | ||
| October 10 | at Duquesne* | L 0–33 | 13,176 | ||
| October 17 | Missouri |
| L 2–46 | 5,500 | |
| October 24 | Kansas |
| L 7–19 | 7,500 | [4] |
| October 31 | at Wichita* | Wichita, KS | L 0–9 | 5,000 | [5][6] |
| November 7 | at Oklahoma | L 0–76 | 8,000 | ||
| November 14 | at Indiana* | L 0–54 | 7,500 | ||
| November 21 | Iowa State |
| W 7–6 | 4,180 | |
| November 28 | at Nebraska | W 19–0 | 7,000 | ||
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