1953 Kansas State Wildcats football team
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The 1953 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University
in the college football
season of 1953
. 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 7 play. The Wildcats scored 198 points while giving up 116. They finished tied for second in the Big 7.
Kansas State started the season with a 5-1 record, and made its first appearance in the top 20 of a national ranking system at #18 in the Coaches Poll
on October 28, 1953. 1953 was also the first year that Kansas State played on national television, when the game on November 7 against rival Kansas
was broadcast on NBC
.
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
in the college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
season of 1953
1953 college football season
The 1953 college football season finished with the Maryland Terrapins capturing the AP, INS, and UPI national championship after Notre Dame held the top spot for the first nine weeks. The #4 Oklahoma Sooners defeated Maryland in the Orange Bowl, but there was no further polling after the November...
. The team's
Kansas State Wildcats football
The Kansas State Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference...
head football coach was Bill Meek
Bill Meek
William M. Meek was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University , the University of Houston , Southern Methodist University , and the University of Utah , compiling a career college football record of 78–88–7.-Early life:Meek was born in...
. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Kansas State)
Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. For several decades it was used by Kansas State University for college football and track and field. It was the home field of the K-State's football team between 1922 and 1967, prior to the opening of Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium...
. 1953 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 6-3-1, and a 4-2 record in Big 7 play. The Wildcats scored 198 points while giving up 116. They finished tied for second in the Big 7.
Kansas State started the season with a 5-1 record, and made its first appearance in the top 20 of a national ranking system at #18 in the Coaches Poll
Coaches Poll
The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and Division I college basketball teams....
on October 28, 1953. 1953 was also the first year that Kansas State played on national television, when the game on November 7 against rival Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
was broadcast on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
.