1953 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1953 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1953 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Meek. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1953 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 6–3–1, and a 4–2 record in Big Seven Conference play, tied for second in the conference. The Wildcats scored 198 points while giving up 116.[1]

1953 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1953 record6–3–1 (4–2 Big 7)
Head coachBill Meek (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1953 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –0  9 –1 –1
Missouri 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Kansas State 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –1
Colorado 2 –4 –0  6 –4 –0
Nebraska 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –1
Kansas 2 –4 –0  2 –8 –0
Iowa State 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Kansas State started the season with a 5–1 record, and made the program's first appearance in the top 20 of a national ranking system at #18 in the Coaches Poll on October 28. 1953 was also the first year that Kansas State played on national television, when its game on November 7 against rival Kansas was broadcast on NBC.

The team finished the season leading the NCAA in punt returns (23.8 yards per punt average).

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19Drake*
W 50–0
September 26at Colorado A&M*
L 13–14
October 3Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W 27–012,500
October 10at Iowa State
W 20–128,037
October 17Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 28–1414,000
October 24Wichita*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 21–0
October 31No. 7 OklahomaNo. 18
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–3423,822
November 7at Kansas
NBCW 7–025,000
November 14at Missouri
L 6–16
November 21at Arizona*
T 26–26
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. "1953 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.


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