The 1974 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson, who served his eighth and final season.[1] The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. It was the final season for Wildcat quarterback Steve Grogan.
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (1–6 Big 8) |
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| Home stadium | KSU Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Nebraska | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 14 | Tulsa* | W 31–14 | 18,000 | ||
| September 21 | Wichita State* |
| W 17–0 | 32,800 | [2] |
| September 28 | Pacific (CA)* |
| W 38–7 | 28,100 | |
| October 5 | at Mississippi State* | L 16–21 | 31,000 | [3] | |
| October 12 | No. 19 Kansas |
| L 13–20 | 44,899 | |
| October 19 | at Iowa State | L 18–23 | 33,587 | ||
| October 26 | at No. 2 Oklahoma | L 0–63 | 62,460 | ||
| November 2 | Missouri |
| L 15–52 | 23,000 | |
| November 9 | No. 17 Oklahoma State |
| L 5–29 | 18,000 | |
| November 16 | at No. 6 Nebraska | L 7–35 | 76,188 | ||
| November 23 | Colorado |
| W 33–19 | 17,128 | |
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Roster
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References
edit- ^ "1974 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "Wildcats perk up to spill Wichita". The Kansas City Star. September 22, 1974. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mississippi State logs 21–16 victory". Pensacola News Journal. October 6, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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