1951 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1951 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	0–9 (0–6 Big 7)
Head coach	Bill Meek (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1951 Big Seven Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Colorado	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Missouri	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1951 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Meek, in his first season at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1951 saw the team finish with a record of 0–9, and a 0–6 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored just 73 points while giving up 212.[1] They finished in seventh place in the Big Seven Conference.

Kansas State's record was 1–7–1 at the end of the season, including a 6–6 tie with Nebraska and a 14–12 victory over Missouri. However, when head coach Bill Meek learned after the season that an ineligible player had participated, he immediately self-reported the violation to the NCAA and the school voluntarily forfeited the win and the tie.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	Cincinnati*	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 0–34 [2]	12,000
September 29	at Iowa*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 0–16	29,700
October 6	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 6–6 (forfeit)	12,000
October 1	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	L 6–32	15,789
October 20	Colorado	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 7–20	14,523
October 27	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	L 14–33	20,000
November 3	No. 17 Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 0–33	11,248
November 10	at Tulsa*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 26–42	13,226
November 17	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 14–12 (forfeit)	13,545
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Iowa

See also: 1951 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 0 0 0 0 0 • #9 Iowa 2 0 7 7 16 Date: September 29 Location: Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 29,700

Iowa had eight scoring opportunities in the game but only came away with 16 points because of fumbles and penalties. Kansas State came closest to score in the second quarter, reaching Iowa 19 yard line.[3]

References

1. "1951 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
2. "Sep 23, 1951, page 28 - The Des Moines Register at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
3. "K-State Surprise In Defensive Play". Hutchinson News Herald. September 30, 1951.