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1968 Kansas State

4–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Vince Gibson.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1968, game by game: won vs. Colorado State 21–0; lost at No. 4 Penn State 9–25; won at Virginia Tech 34–19; lost vs. Iowa State 14–23; lost at Colorado 14–37; lost vs. No. 14 Missouri 20–56; lost at Oklahoma 20–35; won at Nebraska 12–0; lost vs. No. 7 Kansas 29–38; won vs. Oklahoma State 21–14+21−36Won 21–0 vs. Colorado State+21Colorado StateLost 9–25 at No. 4 Penn State-16No. 4 Penn StateWon 34–19 at Virginia Tech+15Virginia TechLost 14–23 vs. Iowa State-9Iowa StateLost 14–37 at Colorado-23ColoradoLost 20–56 vs. No. 14 Missouri-36No. 14 MissouriLost 20–35 at Oklahoma-15OklahomaWon 12–0 at Nebraska+12NebraskaLost 29–38 vs. No. 7 Kansas-9No. 7 KansasWon 21–14 vs. Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsColorado StateW 21–⁠035%
Sep 28at4Penn StateL 9–⁠2515%
Oct 5atVirginia TechW 34–⁠1919%
Oct 12vsIowa StateL 14–⁠2360%
Oct 19atColoradoL 14–⁠3720%
Oct 26vs14MissouriL 20–⁠5627%
Nov 2atOklahomaL 20–⁠3516%
Nov 9atNebraskaW 12–⁠016%
Nov 16vs7KansasL 29–⁠3828%
Nov 23vsOklahoma StateW 21–⁠1446%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 73rd-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 1968.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
194–⁠247
Coach
Vince Gibson
Elo
1422 +79 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.1 No. 46 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 5Corny Davis RBMinnesota Vikings

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Dave JonesEAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas6–⁠19–⁠27
Oklahoma6–⁠17–⁠411
Missouri5–⁠28–⁠39
Nebraska3–⁠46–⁠4
Colorado3–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State2–⁠54–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠63–⁠7

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