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1948 Kansas State

1–⁠9 (0–⁠6 Big Seven), coached by Ralph Graham.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1948, game by game: lost at Illinois 0–40; lost vs. Iowa State 0–20; won vs. Arkansas State 37–6; lost at No. 20 Oklahoma 0–42; lost at Colorado 7–51; lost vs. No. 8 Missouri 7–49; lost at Nebraska 0–32; lost vs. Kansas 14–20; lost at Oklahoma State 6–42; lost at Saint Louis 7–21+31−44Lost 0–40 at Illinois-40IllinoisLost 0–20 vs. Iowa State-20Iowa StateWon 37–6 vs. Arkansas State+31Arkansas StateLost 0–42 at No. 20 Oklahoma-42No. 20 OklahomaLost 7–51 at Colorado-44ColoradoLost 7–49 vs. No. 8 Missouri-42No. 8 MissouriLost 0–32 at Nebraska-32NebraskaLost 14–20 vs. Kansas-6KansasLost 6–42 at Oklahoma State-36Oklahoma StateLost 7–21 at Saint Louis-14Saint Louis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atIllinoisL 0–⁠4014%
Oct 2vsIowa StateL 0–⁠2040%
Oct 9vsArkansas StateW 37–⁠676%
Oct 16at20OklahomaL 0–⁠4210%
Oct 23atColoradoL 7–⁠5122%
Oct 30vs8MissouriL 7–⁠4915%
Nov 6atNebraskaL 0–⁠3229%
Nov 13vsKansasL 14–⁠2010%
Nov 20atOklahoma StateL 6–⁠4210%
Nov 25atSaint LouisL 7–⁠2138%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Saint Louis 21–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
78–⁠323
Coach
Ralph Graham
Elo
1192 −98 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−24.3 No. 111 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1948 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri5–⁠18–⁠3
Kansas4–⁠27–⁠3
Colorado2–⁠33–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠6
Nebraska2–⁠42–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9

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