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1976 Kansas State

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Big Eight), coached by Ellis Rainsberger.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1976, game by game: won vs. BYU 13–3; lost at No. 11 Texas A&M 14–34; lost vs. Wake Forest 0–13; lost at Florida State 10–20; lost vs. No. 9 Missouri 21–28; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 0–51; lost vs. Kansas 14–24; lost at Iowa State 14–45; lost at No. 17 Oklahoma 20–49; lost vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State 21–45; lost vs. No. 15 Colorado 28–35+10−51Won 13–3 vs. BYU+10BYULost 14–34 at No. 11 Texas A&M-20No. 11 Texas A&MLost 0–13 vs. Wake Forest-13Wake ForestLost 10–20 at Florida State-10Florida StateLost 21–28 vs. No. 9 Missouri-7No. 9 MissouriLost 0–51 at No. 3 Nebraska-51No. 3 NebraskaLost 14–24 vs. Kansas-10KansasLost 14–45 at Iowa State-31Iowa StateLost 20–49 at No. 17 Oklahoma-29No. 17 OklahomaLost 21–45 vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State-24No. 17 Oklahoma StateLost 28–35 vs. No. 15 Colorado-7No. 15 Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsBYUW 13–⁠345%
Sep 18at11Texas A&ML 14–⁠3420%
Sep 25vsWake ForestL 0–⁠1365%
Oct 2atFlorida StateL 10–⁠2044%
Oct 9vs9MissouriL 21–⁠2829%
Oct 16at3NebraskaL 0–⁠5110%
Oct 23vsKansasL 14–⁠2429%
Oct 30atIowa StateL 14–⁠4519%
Nov 6at17OklahomaL 20–⁠498%
Nov 13vs17Oklahoma StateL 21–⁠4522%
Nov 20vs15ColoradoL 28–⁠3517%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 35–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
155–⁠347
Coach
Ellis Rainsberger
Elo
1316 −107 this season
SP+ rating
-2.1 No. 84 of 132; offense No. 47, defense No. 107
SRS
−2.6 No. 77 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dick Selcer

All-Big Eight

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠29–⁠2–⁠15
Oklahoma State5–⁠29–⁠314
Colorado5–⁠28–⁠416
Nebraska4–⁠39–⁠3–⁠19
Iowa State4–⁠38–⁠319
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠56–⁠5
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠10

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