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1963 Kansas State

2–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Doug Weaver.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1963, game by game: won vs. BYU 24–7; lost at San José State 0–16; lost vs. Colorado 7–21; lost at Missouri 11–21; lost vs. Nebraska 6–28; lost vs. No. 7 Oklahoma 9–34; lost at Kansas 0–34; lost at Texas Tech 13–51; won at Iowa State 21–10+17−38Won 24–7 vs. BYU+17BYULost 0–16 at San José State-16San José StateLost 7–21 vs. Colorado-14ColoradoLost 11–21 at Missouri-10MissouriLost 6–28 vs. Nebraska-22NebraskaLost 9–34 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma-25No. 7 OklahomaLost 0–34 at Kansas-34KansasLost 13–51 at Texas Tech-38Texas TechWon 21–10 at Iowa State+11Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsBYUW 24–⁠738%
Sep 28atSan José StateL 0–⁠1641%
Oct 5vsColoradoL 7–⁠2148%
Oct 12atMissouriL 11–⁠2112%
Oct 19vsNebraskaL 6–⁠2822%
Oct 26vs7OklahomaL 9–⁠3416%
Nov 2atKansasL 0–⁠3411%
Nov 9atTexas TechL 13–⁠5128%
Nov 16atIowa StateW 21–⁠1014%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 21–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
91–⁠222
Coach
Doug Weaver
Elo
1313 −14 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.6 No. 96 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Eight

2 second team

Second team

  • Ralph McFillenEAP-2
  • Bob MittsOGUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠010–⁠16
Oklahoma6–⁠18–⁠210
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠3
Kansas3–⁠45–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠44–⁠5
Colorado2–⁠52–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠52–⁠7
Oklahoma State0–⁠61–⁠8

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