CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1970 Kansas State

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

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1970, game by game: won at Utah State 37–0; lost at Kentucky 3–16; lost at Arizona State 13–35; won vs. No. 8 Colorado 21–20; lost vs. Kansas 15–21; won at Iowa State 17–0; won at Oklahoma 19–14; won vs. No. 17 Missouri 17–13; won vs. Oklahoma State 28–15; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 13–51; lost at Florida State 7–33+37−38Won 37–0 at Utah State+37Utah StateLost 3–16 at Kentucky-13KentuckyLost 13–35 at Arizona State-22Arizona StateWon 21–20 vs. No. 8 Colorado+1No. 8 ColoradoLost 15–21 vs. Kansas-6KansasWon 17–0 at Iowa State+17Iowa StateWon 19–14 at Oklahoma+5OklahomaWon 17–13 vs. No. 17 Missouri+4No. 17 MissouriWon 28–15 vs. Oklahoma State+13Oklahoma StateLost 13–51 at No. 4 Nebraska-38No. 4 NebraskaLost 7–33 at Florida State-26Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atUtah StateW 37–⁠052%
Sep 19atKentuckyL 3–⁠1665%
Sep 26atArizona StateL 13–⁠3527%
Oct 3vs8ColoradoW 21–⁠2038%
Oct 10vsKansasL 15–⁠2160%
Oct 17atIowa StateW 17–⁠041%
Oct 24atOklahomaW 19–⁠1435%
Oct 31vs17MissouriW 17–⁠1347%
Nov 7vsOklahoma StateW 28–⁠1562%
Nov 14at4NebraskaL 13–⁠5120%
Nov 21atFlorida StateL 7–⁠3336%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 33–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 10: 20

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 1970.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
190–⁠218
Coach
Vince Gibson
Elo
1543 +27 this season
SP+ rating
9.6 No. 35 of 117; offense No. 56, defense No. 18
SRS
10.6 No. 35 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 1Clarence Scott DBCleveland Browns
Rd 3Lynn Dickey QBHouston Oilers
Rd 3Mike Montgomery RBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 5Dean Shaternick OTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 7Ron Dickerson DBMiami Dolphins

All-Big Eight

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike KolichDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠11
Oklahoma5–⁠27–⁠4–⁠120
Kansas State5–⁠26–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri3–⁠45–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠65–⁠6

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