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1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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The 1956 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1956 college 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]

Record3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
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1956 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
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1956 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Oklahoma $6–0–010–0–0
No. 20 Colorado4–1–18–2–1
Missouri3–2–14–5–1
Nebraska3–3–04–6–0
Kansas2–4–03–6–1
Kansas State2–4–03–7–0
Iowa State0–6–02–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Oklahoma A&M*L 7–2715,000[2]
September 29at ColoradoL 0–3421,000[3]
October 6at No. 1 OklahomaL 0–6642,000[4]
October 13at NebraskaW 10–724,000[5]
October 20Missouri
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 6–2013,000[6]
October 27Wyoming*L 15-276,731[7]
November 3Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 15–2019,000[8]
November 10at Marquette*W 41–1410,300[9]
November 17Iowa Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 32–612,000[10]
November 24at No. 10 Michigan State*L 17–3834,119[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [12]
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