1937 Kansas State

4–⁠5 (1–⁠4 Big Six), coached by Wesley Fry.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1937, game by game: lost at Boston College 7–21; lost at Missouri 7–14; won vs. Marquette 13–0; won at Creighton 15–7; lost vs. Oklahoma 0–19; won vs. Washburn 20–7; won at Kansas 7–0; lost at Iowa State 7–13; lost vs. No. 11 Nebraska 0–3+13−19Lost 7–21 at Boston College-14Boston CollegeLost 7–14 at Missouri-7MissouriWon 13–0 vs. Marquette+13MarquetteWon 15–7 at Creighton+8CreightonLost 0–19 vs. Oklahoma-19OklahomaWon 20–7 vs. Washburn+13WashburnWon 7–0 at Kansas+7KansasLost 7–13 at Iowa State-6Iowa StateLost 0–3 vs. No. 11 Nebraska-3No. 11 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 3–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
76–⁠84
Coach
Wesley Fry
Elo
1476 −40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.7 No. 94 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Howard ClevelandBAP-1
  • Anthony KruegerOTAP-1

Second team

  • Elmer HackneyBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska3–⁠0–⁠26–⁠1–⁠211
Oklahoma3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠2
Kansas2–⁠1–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Missouri2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State1–⁠44–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠43–⁠6

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