1954 Kansas State

7–⁠3 (3–⁠3 Big Seven), coached by Bill Meek. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Drake 53–⁠18Nov 6
By 35 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 18	vsColorado State	W 29–⁠0	56%
Sep 25	atWyoming	W 21–⁠13	45%
Oct 2	vsMissouri	L 7–⁠35	63%
Oct 9	atNebraska	W 7–⁠3	48%
Oct 16	atTulsa	W 20–⁠13	62%
Oct 23	at1Oklahoma	L 0–⁠21	17%
Oct 30	vsKansas	W 28–⁠6	79%
Nov 6	atDrake	W 53–⁠18	81%
Nov 13	vsIowa State	W 12–⁠7	78%
Nov 20	atColorado	L 14–⁠38	34%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 38–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1954.

Record: 7–⁠3
Conference: 3–⁠3 5th in Big Seven
AP final: Unranked
Points: 191–⁠154
Coach: Bill Meek
Elo: 1524 +44 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: −3.0 No. 63 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft

Rd 2	Corky Taylor B	Los Angeles Rams
Rd 7	Ron Marciniak OG	Washington Redskins

All-Big Seven

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Corky TaylorBAP-2; UP-1
Ron NeryOTAP-1; UP-2
Ray MarciniakOTUP-1

Second team

Jim FureyCUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Big Seven standings

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Oklahoma	6–⁠0	10–⁠0	3
Nebraska	4–⁠2	6–⁠5
Colorado	3–⁠2–⁠1	7–⁠2–⁠1
Missouri	3–⁠2–⁠1	4–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State	3–⁠3	7–⁠3
Iowa State	1–⁠5	3–⁠6
Kansas	0–⁠6	0–⁠10

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