1947 Kansas State Wildcats football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Kansas State Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Kansas State University in the Big Six Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Sam Francis, the team compiled a 0–10 record (0–5 against conference opponents), finished last in the Big Six, and was outscored by a total of 283 to 71.[1]
- Sam Francis (1st season)
| 1947 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 0–10 (0–5 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Kansas + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Oklahoma + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Kansas State was ranked at No. 149 out of 500 college football teams.[2]
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.
On September 20, 1947, Kansas State hosted the first night game held in a Big Six stadium.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | 8:30 p.m. | Oklahoma A&M* | L 0–12 | > 12,000 | [3] | |
| September 26 | at Texas Mines* | L 6–20 | 10,000 | [4] | ||
| October 4 | 8:30 p.m. | New Mexico* |
| L 18–20 | 10,000 | [6] |
| October 10 | at Boston College* | L 13–49 | 21,457 | [7] | ||
| October 18 | at Missouri | L 7–47 | 18,000 | [8] | ||
| October 25 | Nebraska |
| L 7–14 | 17,000 | [9] | |
| November 1 | at Kansas | L 0–55 | 20,033 | [10] | ||
| November 8 | Oklahoma |
| L 13–27 | 8,000 | [11] | |
| November 20 | at Iowa State | L 0–14 | 8,000 | [12] | ||
| November 29 | at Florida* | L 7–25 | 7,000 | [13] | ||
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