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1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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The 1959 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1959 college 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.

Record2–8 (1–5 Big 7)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
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1959 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
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1959 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Oklahoma $5–1–07–3–0
No. 18 Missouri4–2–06–5–0
Colorado3–3–05–5–0
Iowa State3–3–07–3–0
Kansas3–3–05–5–0
Nebraska2–4–04–6–0
Kansas State1–5–02–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Wichita*L 0–1912,500[2]
September 26at South Dakota State*
W 28–124,500[3][4]
October 3at Oklahoma State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 21–288,500[5]
October 10Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 17–2010,000[6]
October 17at KansasL 14–3327,000[7]
October 24at Iowa StateL 0–2613,899[8]
October 31at Iowa*L 0–5345,000[9]
November 7Oklahomadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–3611,204[10]
November 14at MissouriL 0–2615,000[11]
November 21Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 29–148,318[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Source: [13]
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