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1979 Kansas State

3–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Jim Dickey.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1979, game by game: lost at Auburn 18–26; won vs. Oregon State 22–16; won at Air Force 19–6; lost vs. Tulsa 6–9; lost vs. Iowa State 3–7; lost vs. No. 8 Oklahoma 6–38; won at Missouri 19–3; lost at Kansas 28–36; lost vs. No. 2 Nebraska 12–21; lost at Oklahoma State 15–42; lost at Colorado 6–21+16−32Lost 18–26 at Auburn-8AuburnWon 22–16 vs. Oregon State+6Oregon StateWon 19–6 at Air Force+13Air ForceLost 6–9 vs. Tulsa-3TulsaLost 3–7 vs. Iowa State-4Iowa StateLost 6–38 vs. No. 8 Oklahoma-32No. 8 OklahomaWon 19–3 at Missouri+16MissouriLost 28–36 at Kansas-8KansasLost 12–21 vs. No. 2 Nebraska-9No. 2 NebraskaLost 15–42 at Oklahoma State-27Oklahoma StateLost 6–21 at Colorado-15Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atAuburnL 18–⁠2630%
Sep 22vsOregon StateW 22–⁠1666%
Sep 29atAir ForceW 19–⁠661%
Oct 6vsTulsaL 6–⁠950%
Oct 13vsIowa StateL 3–⁠754%
Oct 20vs8OklahomaL 6–⁠3821%
Oct 27atMissouriW 19–⁠318%
Nov 3atKansasL 28–⁠3651%
Nov 10vs2NebraskaL 12–⁠2119%
Nov 17atOklahoma StateL 15–⁠4233%
Nov 24atColoradoL 6–⁠2142%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 21–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 8th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
154–⁠225
Coach
Jim Dickey
Elo
1384 −46 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 111 of 135; offense No. 118, defense No. 75
SRS
−2.4 No. 81 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Gary Darnell

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • James WalkerDEAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • L.J. BrownRBAP-2
  • Eddy WhitleyTEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠29
Oklahoma State5–⁠27–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠47–⁠5
Colorado2–⁠53–⁠8
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8

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