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American college football season
The 1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented
Kansas State University in the
1975 NCAA Division I football season . The team's head football coach was
Ellis Rainsberger , in his first of three years at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in
KSU Stadium . 1975 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 3–8, and a dismal 0–7 record in
Big Eight Conference play.
[1]
1975 was the first time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one season; the other time was in 1980. The Wildcats were shut out by
Texas A&M ,
Kansas ,
Nebraska . They scored just 23 points in 7 conference games, an average of just 3.26 points per game.
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 13 at
Tulsa * W 17–1634,000
September 20
Wichita State * W 32–031,000
[2]
September 27 at
Wake Forest * W 17–1617,700
[3]
October 4 No. 6
Texas A&M * L 0–1037,100
October 11
Iowa State KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (
rivalry ) L 7–1725,698
October 18 No. 2
Oklahoma L 3–2533,196
October 25 at No. 15
Missouri L 3–3562,860
November 1 at
Kansas L 0–2850,538
November 8 No. 3
Nebraska KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (
rivalry ) L 0–1241,300
November 5 at
Oklahoma State L 3–5640,100
November 22 at No. 9
Colorado L 7–3344,345
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster
1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DE
79
Mike Osborn
So
LB
59
Gary Spani
So
DB
32
Marvin Switzer
Jr
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
References
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