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The 1958 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1958 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes. 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 in fifth place. The Wildcats scored just 110 points and gave up 192 points.[1]

Record3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
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1958 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record3–7 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
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1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Oklahoma $6–0–010–1–0
Missouri4–1–15–4–1
Colorado4–2–06–4–0
Kansas3–2–14–5–1
Kansas State2–4–03–7–0
Nebraska1–5–03–7–0
Iowa State0–6–04–6–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Wyoming*W 17–1412,000[2]
September 27at ColoradoL 3–1337,500[3]
October 4Utah State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 13–209,866[4]
October 11at NebraskaW 23–637,596[5]
October 18Missouridagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 8–3212,000[6]
October 25at No. 9 OklahomaL 6–4047,743[7]
November 1Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 12–2119,000[8]
November 8at Oklahoma State*L 7–1412,000[9]
November 15Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 14–68,193[10]
November 22at Michigan State*L 7–2639,032[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [12]
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