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1950 Kansas State

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

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1950, game by game: won vs. Baker 55–0; lost at Washington 7–33; lost at Colorado 6–34; lost at Marquette 6–46; lost vs. Missouri 7–28; lost at No. 2 Oklahoma 0–58; lost vs. Iowa State 7–13; lost at No. 16 Nebraska 21–49; lost vs. Kansas 7–47; lost at Oklahoma State 0–41; tied at Wichita State 6–6+55−58Won 55–0 vs. Baker+55BakerLost 7–33 at Washington-26WashingtonLost 6–34 at Colorado-28ColoradoLost 6–46 at Marquette-40MarquetteLost 7–28 vs. Missouri-21MissouriLost 0–58 at No. 2 Oklahoma-58No. 2 OklahomaLost 7–13 vs. Iowa State-6Iowa StateLost 21–49 at No. 16 Nebraska-28No. 16 NebraskaLost 7–47 vs. Kansas-40KansasLost 0–41 at Oklahoma State-41Oklahoma StateTied 6–6 at Wichita State0Wichita State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsBakerW 55–⁠078%
Sep 23atWashingtonL 7–⁠3331%
Sep 30atColoradoL 6–⁠3431%
Oct 7atMarquetteL 6–⁠4628%
Oct 14vsMissouriL 7–⁠2828%
Oct 21at2OklahomaL 0–⁠585%
Nov 4vsIowa StateL 7–⁠1333%
Nov 11at16NebraskaL 21–⁠4913%
Nov 18vsKansasL 7–⁠4718%
Nov 25atOklahoma StateL 0–⁠4118%
Dec 2atWichita StateT 6–⁠624%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Wichita State 6–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
1–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
122–⁠355
Coach
Ralph Graham
Elo
1228 −100 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.3 No. 107 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1950 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠11
Nebraska4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠117
Missouri3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas3–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Colorado2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9–⁠1

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