1927 Kansas State

3–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Charlie Bachman.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1927, game by game: won vs. Fort Hays 30–6; lost at Missouri 6–13; won at Kansas 13–2; won vs. Oklahoma 20–14; lost at Iowa State 7–12; lost at Texas 7–41; lost vs. Nebraska 0–33; lost vs. Oklahoma State 18–25+24−34Won 30–6 vs. Fort Hays+24Fort HaysLost 6–13 at Missouri-7MissouriWon 13–2 at Kansas+11KansasWon 20–14 vs. Oklahoma+6OklahomaLost 7–12 at Iowa State-5Iowa StateLost 7–41 at Texas-34TexasLost 0–33 vs. Nebraska-33NebraskaLost 18–25 vs. Oklahoma State-7Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsFort HaysW 30–⁠690%
Oct 1atMissouriL 6–⁠1333%
Oct 15atKansasW 13–⁠253%
Oct 22vsOklahomaW 20–⁠1455%
Oct 29atIowa StateL 7–⁠1251%
Nov 12atTexasL 7–⁠4139%
Nov 19vsNebraskaL 0–⁠3341%
Nov 24vsOklahoma StateL 18–⁠2565%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 25–⁠18; tied for 8th in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The tied 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 8th in Missouri Valley Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
101–⁠146
Coach
Charlie Bachman
Elo
1448 −68 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.9 No. 64 of 99 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Notre Dame Box

All-Missouri Valley

2 second team

Second team

  • Ted FleckEAP-2
  • Joe HolsingerRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1927 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1927 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri5–⁠17–⁠2
Nebraska4–⁠16–⁠2
Oklahoma State2–⁠14–⁠4
Iowa State3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠1
Kansas3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Washington St. Louis2–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠2
Oklahoma2–⁠33–⁠3–⁠2
Kansas State2–⁠43–⁠5
Drake1–⁠23–⁠6
Grinnell0–⁠50–⁠7–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.