1943 Kansas State

1–⁠7 (0–⁠5 Big Six), coached by Ward Haylett.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1943, game by game: won vs. Washburn 13–7; lost at Missouri 14–47; lost vs. William Jewell 6–19; lost vs. Oklahoma 0–37; lost at Kansas 2–25; lost vs. Nebraska 7–13; lost vs. Washburn 6–13; lost at Iowa State 0–48+7−48Won 13–7 vs. Washburn+6WashburnLost 14–47 at Missouri-33MissouriLost 6–19 vs. William Jewell-13William JewellLost 0–37 vs. Oklahoma-37OklahomaLost 2–25 at Kansas-23KansasLost 7–13 vs. Nebraska-6NebraskaLost 6–13 vs. Washburn-7WashburnLost 0–48 at Iowa State-48Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa State 48–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
1–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
48–⁠209
Coach
Ward Haylett
Elo
1237 −149 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−30.0 No. 75 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

1 second team

Second team

  • Jon MachenBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠07–⁠2
Iowa State3–⁠24–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠23–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Nebraska2–⁠32–⁠6
Kansas State0–⁠51–⁠7

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