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1974 Kansas State

4–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Vince Gibson.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1974, game by game: won vs. Tulsa 31–14; won vs. Wichita State 17–0; won vs. Pacific 38–7; lost at Mississippi State 16–21; lost vs. No. 19 Kansas 13–20; lost at Iowa State 18–23; lost at No. 2 Oklahoma 0–63; lost vs. Missouri 15–52; lost vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State 5–29; lost at No. 6 Nebraska 7–35; won vs. Colorado 33–19+31−63Won 31–14 vs. Tulsa+17TulsaWon 17–0 vs. Wichita State+17Wichita StateWon 38–7 vs. Pacific+31PacificLost 16–21 at Mississippi State-5Mississippi Sta…Lost 13–20 vs. No. 19 Kansas-7No. 19 KansasLost 18–23 at Iowa State-5Iowa StateLost 0–63 at No. 2 Oklahoma-63No. 2 OklahomaLost 15–52 vs. Missouri-37MissouriLost 5–29 vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State-24No. 17 Oklahoma StateLost 7–35 at No. 6 Nebraska-28No. 6 NebraskaWon 33–19 vs. Colorado+14Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsTulsaW 31–⁠1460%
Sep 21vsWichita StateW 17–⁠077%
Sep 28vsPacificW 38–⁠754%
Oct 5atMississippi StateL 16–⁠2146%
Oct 12vs19KansasL 13–⁠2050%
Oct 19atIowa StateL 18–⁠2342%
Oct 26at2OklahomaL 0–⁠6311%
Nov 2vsMissouriL 15–⁠5246%
Nov 9vs17Oklahoma StateL 5–⁠2939%
Nov 16at6NebraskaL 7–⁠3510%
Nov 23vsColoradoW 33–⁠1939%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colorado 33–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 64th-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 1974.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
193–⁠283
Coach
Vince Gibson
Elo
1456 −22 this season
SP+ rating
4.9 No. 57 of 124; offense No. 44, defense No. 77
SRS
2.9 No. 58 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 5Steve Grogan QBNew England Patriots

All-Big Eight

1 second team

Second team

  • David HernandezOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠01
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠39
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠4
Oklahoma State4–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠64–⁠7

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