1930 Kansas State

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

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1930, game by game: won vs. Washburn 14–0; lost vs. Kansas 0–14; lost at Oklahoma 0–7; won vs. Missouri 20–13; lost at West Virginia 7–23; won at Iowa State 13–0; won vs. Centre 27–0; won at Nebraska 10–9+27−16Won 14–0 vs. Washburn+14WashburnLost 0–14 vs. Kansas-14KansasLost 0–7 at Oklahoma-7OklahomaWon 20–13 vs. Missouri+7MissouriLost 7–23 at West Virginia-16West VirginiaWon 13–0 at Iowa State+13Iowa StateWon 27–0 vs. Centre+27CentreWon 10–9 at Nebraska+1Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4vsWashburnW 14–⁠086%
Oct 18vsKansasL 0–⁠1448%
Oct 25atOklahomaL 0–⁠727%
Nov 1vsMissouriW 20–⁠1352%
Nov 8atWest VirginiaL 7–⁠2335%
Nov 15atIowa StateW 13–⁠052%
Nov 22vsCentreW 27–⁠085%
Nov 27atNebraskaW 10–⁠923%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nebraska 10–⁠9; 3rd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
5–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Big Six
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
91–⁠66
Coach
Bo McMillin
Elo
1462 +18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.4 No. 59 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

2 first team

First team

  • Henry CronkiteOTAP-1; UP-2
  • Alex NigroRBAP-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1930 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas4–⁠16–⁠2
Oklahoma3–⁠1–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Kansas State3–⁠25–⁠3
Nebraska2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Missouri1–⁠2–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Iowa State0–⁠50–⁠9

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