Kansas State at Marquette

Saturday, November 10, 1956

Kansas State beat Marquette 41–⁠14. It was their 13th meeting; Marquette leads the series 7–⁠6.

AwayKansas State3–⁠7 in 1956
41
HomeMarquette0–⁠9 in 1956
14

FinalAttendance 10,300

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas Stute Pins Eighth Defeat on Marquette, ALA

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1956, page 72

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    Kansas Stute Pins Eighth Defeat on Marquette, ALA MILWAUKEE,, Nov. 10 (P1.- Kansas State. which is having its troubles in the Big Seven football conference. breezed to ae41–⁠14 victory today over Mar quette, which now has dropped eight in a row and nine straight over a two-year span. Gene Ready, who switched from quarterback to halfback and End Don zadnik each scored two touchdowns in the Wildcats rout. Quarterback Dick Corbin, a southpaw, passed for two scores and plunged for a third. k KsPsa: state ----5 ~ 1T Ill Kansas state scoring; Touchdown Ready, 2 (16. pass-run from Wilson; IS, rum; zadnik. as, pass-run from Corbin; 20, pass from Corbin); Corbin q, plungeD. Crosse 90. run). CONVEX sions-Nesmith, 4; Crosse, !. Marquette scoring: Touchdowns-Surance, 2 q, plunge /, plunge). Conversions-O Conner, / Stracka, /.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Kansas State 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Marquette leads 7–⁠6 in 13 meetings.

Recent meetings
1956Kansas State 41, Marquette 14
1955Kansas State 42, Marquette 0
1950Marquette 46, Kansas State 6
1945Marquette 55, Kansas State 13
1939Kansas State 3, Marquette 0
1938Kansas State 6, Marquette 0

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