1954 Kansas State Wildcats football team
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The 1954 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University
in the college football
season of 1954
. The team's
head football coach was Bill Meek
, in his fourth and final year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium
. The Wildcats finished the season with a 7-3 record with a 3-3 record in conference play. They finished in 5th place in the Big 7. The Wildcats scored 191 points and gave up 154 points. It would be another 15 years until the Wildcats would outscore their opponents again. The 1969 team
would be the next season they did so.
1954 was Kansas State's last winning season until 1970.
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 1954
1954 college football season
The 1954 college football season saw three teams finish unbeaten and untied, with Ohio State Buckeyes and the UCLA Bruins sharing the national championship as the #1 picks of the AP Poll and the UPI Poll, respectively. Although the winners of the Big Ten and the Pacific conferences normally met in...
. 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...
, in his fourth and final year at the helm of the Wildcats. 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...
. The Wildcats finished the season with a 7-3 record with a 3-3 record in conference play. They finished in 5th place in the Big 7. The Wildcats scored 191 points and gave up 154 points. It would be another 15 years until the Wildcats would outscore their opponents again. The 1969 team
1969 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1969 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 1969. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1969 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 5-5, and a 3-4 record in...
would be the next season they did so.
1954 was Kansas State's last winning season until 1970.