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1944 Kansas State

2–⁠5–⁠2 (1–⁠4 Big Six), coached by Ward Haylett.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1944, game by game: tied vs. Wichita State 6–6; lost vs. Missouri 0–33; lost at Michigan State 6–45; lost at Oklahoma 0–68; lost vs. Iowa State 0–14; won at Wichita State 15–0; won vs. Kansas 18–14; tied vs. Olathe Navy 0–0; lost at Nebraska 0–35+15−68Tied 6–6 vs. Wichita State0Wichita StateLost 0–33 vs. Missouri-33MissouriLost 6–45 at Michigan State-39Michigan StateLost 0–68 at Oklahoma-68OklahomaLost 0–14 vs. Iowa State-14Iowa StateWon 15–0 at Wichita State+15Wichita StateWon 18–14 vs. Kansas+4KansasTied 0–0 vs. Olathe Navy0Olathe NavyLost 0–35 at Nebraska-35Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsWichita StateT 6–⁠674%
Oct 7vsMissouriL 0–⁠3335%
Oct 14atMichigan StateL 6–⁠4516%
Oct 21atOklahomaL 0–⁠6817%
Oct 28vsIowa StateL 0–⁠1427%
Nov 4atWichita StateW 15–⁠050%
Nov 11vsKansasW 18–⁠1439%
Nov 18vsOlathe NavyT 0–⁠073%
Nov 25atNebraskaL 0–⁠3541%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 35–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
2–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
45–⁠215
Coach
Ward Haylett
Elo
1274 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−23.1 No. 90 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

1 second team

Second team

  • Russell HardinOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1944 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma4–⁠0–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Iowa State3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Missouri2–⁠1–⁠23–⁠5–⁠2
Nebraska2–⁠32–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State1–⁠42–⁠5–⁠2

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