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1969 Kansas State

5–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Vince Gibson.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1969, game by game: won at Baylor 45–15; won at Arizona 42–27; lost vs. No. 2 Penn State 14–17; won at Kansas 26–22; won vs. Iowa State 34–7; won vs. No. 11 Oklahoma 59–21; lost at No. 14 Missouri 38–41; lost at Oklahoma State 19–28; lost vs. No. 17 Nebraska 7–10; lost at Colorado 32–45+38−13Won 45–15 at Baylor+30BaylorWon 42–27 at Arizona+15ArizonaLost 14–17 vs. No. 2 Penn State-3No. 2 Penn StateWon 26–22 at Kansas+4KansasWon 34–7 vs. Iowa State+27Iowa StateWon 59–21 vs. No. 11 Oklahoma+38No. 11 OklahomaLost 38–41 at No. 14 Missouri-3No. 14 MissouriLost 19–28 at Oklahoma State-9Oklahoma StateLost 7–10 vs. No. 17 Nebraska-3No. 17 NebraskaLost 32–45 at Colorado-13Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atBaylorW 45–⁠1545%
Sep 27atArizonaW 42–⁠2740%
Oct 4vs2Penn StateL 14–⁠1732%
Oct 11atKansasW 26–⁠2237%
Oct 18vsIowa StateW 34–⁠770%
Oct 25vs11OklahomaW 59–⁠2145%
Nov 1at14MissouriL 38–⁠4134%
Nov 8atOklahoma StateL 19–⁠2856%
Nov 15vs17NebraskaL 7–⁠1049%
Nov 22atColoradoL 32–⁠4539%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 45–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 18
  2. Wk 7: 12
  3. Wk 8: 15

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 1969.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
316–⁠233
Coach
Vince Gibson
Elo
1524 +77 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.8 No. 17 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 4Lynn Larson OTChicago Bears
Rd 6Manuel Barrera LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Mack Herron RBAtlanta Falcons

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Lynn LarsonOTAP-2; UPI-2
  • James CarverOGUPI-2
  • Mike KolichDBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri6–⁠19–⁠26
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠211
Colorado5–⁠28–⁠316
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠4
Kansas State3–⁠45–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠45–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠63–⁠7
Kansas0–⁠71–⁠9

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