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1971 Kansas State

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

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1971, game by game: lost vs. Utah State 7–10; won at Tulsa 19–10; won vs. BYU 23–7; lost at No. 6 Colorado 21–31; lost at Kansas 13–39; lost vs. Iowa State 0–24; lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 28–75; won at Missouri 28–12; won at Oklahoma State 35–23; lost vs. No. 1 Nebraska 17–44; won at Memphis 28–21+16−47Lost 7–10 vs. Utah State-3Utah StateWon 19–10 at Tulsa+9TulsaWon 23–7 vs. BYU+16BYULost 21–31 at No. 6 Colorado-10No. 6 ColoradoLost 13–39 at Kansas-26KansasLost 0–24 vs. Iowa State-24Iowa StateLost 28–75 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-47No. 2 OklahomaWon 28–12 at Missouri+16MissouriWon 35–23 at Oklahoma State+12Oklahoma StateLost 17–44 vs. No. 1 Nebraska-27No. 1 NebraskaWon 28–21 at Memphis+7Memphis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsUtah StateL 7–⁠1068%
Sep 18atTulsaW 19–⁠1050%
Sep 25vsBYUW 23–⁠763%
Oct 2at6ColoradoL 21–⁠3129%
Oct 9atKansasL 13–⁠3954%
Oct 16vsIowa StateL 0–⁠2454%
Oct 23vs2OklahomaL 28–⁠7526%
Oct 30atMissouriW 28–⁠1245%
Nov 6atOklahoma StateW 35–⁠2333%
Nov 13vs1NebraskaL 17–⁠4420%
Nov 20atMemphisW 28–⁠2139%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Memphis 28–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 33rd-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 1971.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
219–⁠296
Coach
Vince Gibson
Elo
1531 +2 this season
SP+ rating
8.6 No. 37 of 120; offense No. 19, defense No. 71
SRS
5.5 No. 34 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 5Bill Butler RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7Joe Colquitt DEPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Marion LatimoreOLAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠013–⁠01
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠12
Colorado5–⁠210–⁠23
Iowa State4–⁠38–⁠4
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri0–⁠71–⁠10

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