1938 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

1938 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record4–4–1 (1–3–1 Big 6)
Head coach
  • Wesley Fry (4th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Big Six Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 5 0 0 10 1 0
Iowa State 3 1 1 7 1 1
Missouri 2 3 0 6 3 0
Nebraska 2 3 0 3 5 1
Kansas State 1 3 1 4 4 1
Kansas 1 4 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1938 college football season. The team's head football coach was Wesley Fry, in his fourth year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 4–4–1 record with a 1–3–1 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 108 points and gave up 134 points.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at Northwestern*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–2135,000
October 8MissouriW 21–13
October 14at Marquette*W 6–013,000[2]
October 22at Indiana*W 13–6
October 29Kansasdagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 7–2717,000
November 5at No. 11 OklahomaL 0–26
November 12Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
T 13–1310,000
November 19Washburn*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 41–145,500
November 24at Nebraska
L 7–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1938 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "K State 6, Marquette 0, In a 1-Man Drive: Elmer Hackney Shows Power in Final Quarter to Give Wildcats a Victory". The Kansas City Times. October 15, 1938. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
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