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1940 Kansas State

2–⁠7 (1–⁠4 Big Six), coached by Hobbs Adams.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1940, game by game: won vs. Emporia State 21–16; lost at Colorado 6–7; lost vs. Missouri 13–24; lost at Oklahoma 0–14; won vs. Kansas 20–0; lost at Michigan State 0–32; lost at South Carolina 13–20; lost vs. Iowa State 0–12; lost at No. 8 Nebraska 0–20+20−32Won 21–16 vs. Emporia State+5Emporia StateLost 6–7 at Colorado-1ColoradoLost 13–24 vs. Missouri-11MissouriLost 0–14 at Oklahoma-14OklahomaWon 20–0 vs. Kansas+20KansasLost 0–32 at Michigan State-32Michigan StateLost 13–20 at South Carolina-7South CarolinaLost 0–12 vs. Iowa State-12Iowa StateLost 0–20 at No. 8 Nebraska-20No. 8 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsEmporia StateW 21–⁠1688%
Oct 5atColoradoL 6–⁠738%
Oct 12vsMissouriL 13–⁠2443%
Oct 19atOklahomaL 0–⁠1424%
Oct 26vsKansasW 20–⁠063%
Nov 2atMichigan StateL 0–⁠3234%
Nov 9atSouth CarolinaL 13–⁠2055%
Nov 16vsIowa StateL 0–⁠1258%
Nov 30at8NebraskaL 0–⁠2011%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠4 5th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
73–⁠145
Coach
Hobbs Adams
Elo
1382 −95 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.4 No. 93 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Bernie WeinerOTAP-2; UP-1

Second team

  • Ken HamkilCUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska5–⁠08–⁠27
Oklahoma4–⁠16–⁠3
Missouri3–⁠26–⁠3
Iowa State2–⁠34–⁠5
Kansas State1–⁠42–⁠7
Kansas0–⁠52–⁠7

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