The 1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University

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 1955

1955 college football season

The 1955 college football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners win the national championship after going 10-0-0. Although the final poll was taken before the postseason bowl games, Oklahoma played against the nation's other unbeaten and untied team, the Maryland Terrapins, at the Orange Bowl in Miami,...

. 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 Bus Mertes

Bus Mertes

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, in his first 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...

. 1955 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 4-6, and a 3-3 record in Big 7 play. The Wildcats scored 165 points while giving up 191. They finished tied for 3rd in the Big 7.

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