1959 Kansas State
2–8 (1–5 Big Eight), coached by Bernard Mertes. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat South Dakota State 28–12Sep 26
By 16 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vsWichita State | L 0–19 | 57% |
| Sep 26 | at South Dakota State | W 28–12 | 78% |
| Oct 3 | vs Oklahoma State | L 21–27 | 41% |
| Oct 10 | vs Colorado | L 17–20 | 45% |
| Oct 17 | at Kansas | L 14–33 | 25% |
| Oct 24 | at Iowa State | L 0–26 | 23% |
| Oct 31 | at Iowa | L 0–53 | 13% |
| Nov 7 | vs Oklahoma | L 0–36 | 19% |
| Nov 14 | at Missouri | L 0–26 | 17% |
| Nov 21 | vs Nebraska | W 29–14 | 45% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Nebraska 29–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.
In program history: The 96th-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 1959.
- Record
- 2–8
- Conference
- 1–5 7th in Big Eight
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 109–266
- Coach
- Bernard Mertes
- Elo
- 1341 −79 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −11.0 No. 84 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Big Seven
1 first teamFirst team
John StolteOTAP-2; UPI-1
From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1959 Big Eight standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 5–1 | 7–3 | 15 |
| Missouri | 4–2 | 6–5 | 18 |
| Iowa State | 3–3 | 7–3 | |
| Kansas | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Colorado | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Nebraska | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Kansas State | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.