1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1970 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record6–5 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
1970 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Nebraska $ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 1
No. 20 Oklahoma 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 1
Kansas State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Missouri 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Colorado 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 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 NCAA University Division football season.[1] 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 Conference. 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-ranked Cornhuskers throttled Kansas State 51–13 in the game. Kansas State did 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. And their first winning season in general since 1954. After the season Gibson was named coach of the year by the Big Eight.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12Utah State*No. 14
W 37–035,000[2]
September 19at Kentucky*No. 13
L 3–1633,500[3]
September 26at Arizona State*
L 13–3550,255[4]
October 3No. 8 Colorado
W 21–2040,200[5]
October 10Kansas
L 15–2142,000[6]
October 171:30 p.m.at Iowa State
W 17–028,000[7]
October 24at Oklahoma
W 19–1460,800[8]
October 31No. 17 Missouri
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 17–1342,000[9]
November 7Oklahoma State
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 28–1538,300[10]
November 14at No. 4 NebraskaNo. 20
L 13–5167,894[11]
November 21at Florida State*
L 7–3123,448[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[13]

Roster

1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 11 Lynn Dickey Sr
RB 23 Mike Montgomery Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 20 Ron Dickerson Jr
DB 26 Clarence Scott Sr
DE 70 Ron Yankowski Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1970 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "K-State rips Utah State in season opener, 37 to 0". Chicago Tribune. September 13, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Kentucky hits K-State, 16–3". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 20, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sun Devils rip 'Cats". The Kansas City Star. September 27, 1970. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wildcat rally stuns Colorado, 21–20". Santa Barbara News-Press. October 4, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "KU capitalizes on Purple mistakes to win, 21–15". Great Bend Tribune. October 11, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Scott's theft turns tide as Wildcats blank Cyclones". The Wichita Eagle & Beacon. October 18, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Wildcats score late to tumble Sooners". Southwest Times Record. October 25, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Missouri is upset". The Houston Post. November 1, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cats use air and ground game to subdue Cowboys". The Salina Journal. November 8, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Cornhuskers breeze past outclassed Kansas State". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 15, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Dazzling FSU defense wrecks Kansas State". The Birmingham News. November 22, 1970. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Schedule/Results (1970 Kansas State)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
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