1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1970 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1970 record	6-5 (5-2 Big 8)
Head coach	Vince Gibson
Home stadium	KSU Stadium

1970 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	1
#20 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Kansas State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1970 college football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

Senior quarterback Lynn Dickey led the team to a third straight season as the top-rated passing offense in the Big Eight. Kansas State also led the conference in total defense, and posted its first win against a top-ten team, beating #8 Colorado. The Wildcats went into the final conference game of the season against Nebraska ranked #20 and playing for the Big Eight championship. The #4 Cornhuskers throttled Kansas State 51-13 in the game. Kansas State would not return to the national rankings again until the 1993 season.

The team finished with a winning record in conference play for the first time since 1953. After the season Vince Gibson was named coach of the year by the Big Eight Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/12/1970	Utah State*	No. 13	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 37-0	35,000
9/19/1970	at Kentucky*	No. 13	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 16-3	33,500
9/26/1970	at Arizona State*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 35-13	50,255
10/3/1970	No. 8 Colorado		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 21-20	40,200
10/10/1970	Kansas		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown)	L 21-15	41,070
10/17/1970	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field • Ames, IA	W 17-0	26,053
10/24/1970	at Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 19-14	60,800
10/31/1970	No. 17 Missouri		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 17-13	42,000
11/7/1970	Oklahoma State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 28-15	38,300
11/14/1970	at No. 4 Nebraska	No. 20	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 51-13	67,894
11/22/1970	Florida State*		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 31-7	23,408
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

Kansas State Wildcats football

Venues	Ahearn Field (1911–1921) Memorial Stadium (1922–1967) Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa State Kansas: Sunflower Showdown (Governor's Cup)

Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Wildcat Victory" "Wabash Cannonball" Marching band Timeline of football in Kansas Aggieville riots 1939 Nebraska game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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