Kansas State at Marquette
Saturday, November 10, 1956 Share
Kansas State beat Marquette 41–14. It was their 13th meeting; Marquette leads the series 7–6.
FinalAttendance 10,300
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Kansas State–Marquette gameMarquette leads 7–6 in 13 meetings.
Around this game
Kansas State
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateNov. 17, 1956
- SeasonKansas State in 1956
- ProgramKansas State history and records
Marquette
- Next gameat Holy CrossNov. 18, 1956
- SeasonMarquette in 1956
- ProgramMarquette history and records
