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1947 Kansas State

0–⁠10 (0–⁠5 Big Six), coached by Sam Francis.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1947, game by game: lost vs. Oklahoma State 0–12; lost at UTEP 6–20; lost vs. New Mexico 18–20; lost at Boston College 13–49; lost at Missouri 7–47; lost vs. Nebraska 7–14; lost at Kansas 0–55; lost vs. Oklahoma 13–27; lost at Iowa State 0–14; lost at Florida 7–25+7−55Lost 0–12 vs. Oklahoma State-12Oklahoma StateLost 6–20 at UTEP-14UTEPLost 18–20 vs. New Mexico-2New MexicoLost 13–49 at Boston College-36Boston CollegeLost 7–47 at Missouri-40MissouriLost 7–14 vs. Nebraska-7NebraskaLost 0–55 at Kansas-55KansasLost 13–27 vs. Oklahoma-14OklahomaLost 0–14 at Iowa State-14Iowa StateLost 7–25 at Florida-18Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsOklahoma StateL 0–⁠1229%
Sep 26atUTEPL 6–⁠2023%
Oct 4vsNew MexicoL 18–⁠2041%
Oct 10atBoston CollegeL 13–⁠4914%
Oct 18atMissouriL 7–⁠4713%
Oct 25vsNebraskaL 7–⁠1435%
Nov 1atKansasL 0–⁠5511%
Nov 8vsOklahomaL 13–⁠2716%
Nov 15atIowa StateL 0–⁠1424%
Nov 29atFloridaL 7–⁠2528%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida 25–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Six.

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

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
71–⁠283
Coach
Sam Francis
Elo
1184 −107 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.0 No. 109 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

1 second team

Second team

  • Dave SchirmerOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠212
Oklahoma4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠116
Missouri3–⁠26–⁠4
Nebraska2–⁠32–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠43–⁠6
Kansas State0–⁠50–⁠10

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