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1929 Kansas State

3–⁠5 (3–⁠2 Big Six), coached by Bo McMillin.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1929, game by game: lost at Purdue 14–26; lost at Texas A&M 0–19; won at Kansas 6–0; lost vs. Oklahoma 13–14; won at Missouri 7–6; won vs. Iowa State 3–2; lost vs. Nebraska 6–10; lost at Marquette 6–25+7−19Lost 14–26 at Purdue-12PurdueLost 0–19 at Texas A&M-19Texas A&MWon 6–0 at Kansas+6KansasLost 13–14 vs. Oklahoma-1OklahomaWon 7–6 at Missouri+1MissouriWon 3–2 vs. Iowa State+1Iowa StateLost 6–10 vs. Nebraska-4NebraskaLost 6–25 at Marquette-19Marquette
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5atPurdueL 14–⁠2627%
Oct 12atTexas A&ML 0–⁠1930%
Oct 19atKansasW 6–⁠038%
Oct 26vsOklahomaL 13–⁠1444%
Nov 2atMissouriW 7–⁠624%
Nov 9vsIowa StateW 3–⁠266%
Nov 23vsNebraskaL 6–⁠1034%
Nov 25atMarquetteL 6–⁠2538%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Marquette 25–⁠6; 3rd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Big Six
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
55–⁠102
Coach
Bo McMillin
Elo
1416 −27 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.9 No. 53 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Cookie TackwellOTAP-1
  • K.C. BaumanOGAP-1

Second team

  • William G. TowlerEAP-2
  • Alex NigroQBAP-2
  • George WigginsRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1929 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1929 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska3–⁠0–⁠24–⁠1–⁠3
Missouri3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Kansas State3–⁠23–⁠5
Oklahoma2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Kansas2–⁠34–⁠4
Iowa State0–⁠51–⁠7

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