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1973 Kansas State

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

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1973, game by game: lost at No. 14 Florida 10–21; won vs. Tulsa 21–0; won at Tampa 17–0; won vs. Memphis 21–16; lost at No. 19 Kansas 18–25; won vs. Iowa State 21–19; lost vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 14–56; lost at No. 12 Missouri 7–31; lost at Oklahoma State 9–28; lost vs. No. 10 Nebraska 21–50; won at Colorado 17–14+21−42Lost 10–21 at No. 14 Florida-11No. 14 FloridaWon 21–0 vs. Tulsa+21TulsaWon 17–0 at Tampa+17TampaWon 21–16 vs. Memphis+5MemphisLost 18–25 at No. 19 Kansas-7No. 19 KansasWon 21–19 vs. Iowa State+2Iowa StateLost 14–56 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma-42No. 3 OklahomaLost 7–31 at No. 12 Missouri-24No. 12 MissouriLost 9–28 at Oklahoma State-19Oklahoma StateLost 21–50 vs. No. 10 Nebraska-29No. 10 NebraskaWon 17–14 at Colorado+3Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15at14FloridaL 10–⁠2127%
Sep 22vsTulsaW 21–⁠053%
Sep 29atTampaW 17–⁠027%
Oct 6vsMemphisW 21–⁠1654%
Oct 13at19KansasL 18–⁠2535%
Oct 20vsIowa StateW 21–⁠1953%
Oct 27vs3OklahomaL 14–⁠5621%
Nov 3at12MissouriL 7–⁠3129%
Nov 10atOklahoma StateL 9–⁠2831%
Nov 17vs10NebraskaL 21–⁠5019%
Nov 24atColoradoW 17–⁠1424%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colorado 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 57th-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 1973.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
176–⁠260
Coach
Vince Gibson
Elo
1467 +37 this season
SP+ rating
10.5 No. 35 of 123; offense No. 47, defense No. 38
SRS
7.3 No. 43 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 5Henry Childs TEAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7Willie Cullars DEPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big Eight

2 first team

First team

  • Bill BrittainOGAP-1; UPI-2
  • Isaac JacksonBAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠0–⁠13
Nebraska4–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠17
Kansas4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠118
Missouri3–⁠48–⁠417
Oklahoma State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Colorado2–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7

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