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1980 Kansas State

3–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Jim Dickey. The season’s Wikipedia article records 4–⁠7, over the same number of games, so a result differs.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1980, game by game: lost at LSU 0–21; won vs. South Dakota 24–3; won vs. Arkansas State 31–7; lost at Tulsa 0–3; lost at Iowa State 7–31; lost at No. 17 Oklahoma 21–35; lost vs. No. 16 Missouri 3–13; lost vs. Kansas 18–20; lost at No. 5 Nebraska 8–55; lost vs. Oklahoma State 0–10; won vs. Colorado 17–14+24−47Lost 0–21 at LSU-21LSUWon 24–3 vs. South Dakota+21South DakotaWon 31–7 vs. Arkansas State+24Arkansas StateLost 0–3 at Tulsa-3TulsaLost 7–31 at Iowa State-24Iowa StateLost 21–35 at No. 17 Oklahoma-14No. 17 OklahomaLost 3–13 vs. No. 16 Missouri-10No. 16 MissouriLost 18–20 vs. Kansas-2KansasLost 8–55 at No. 5 Nebraska-47No. 5 NebraskaLost 0–10 vs. Oklahoma State-10Oklahoma StateWon 17–14 vs. Colorado+3Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atLSUL 0–⁠2126%
Sep 20vsSouth DakotaW 24–⁠387%
Sep 27vsArkansas StateW 31–⁠759%
Oct 4atTulsaL 0–⁠337%
Oct 11atIowa StateL 7–⁠3129%
Oct 18at17OklahomaL 21–⁠3515%
Oct 25vs16MissouriL 3–⁠1326%
Nov 1vsKansasL 18–⁠2052%
Nov 8at5NebraskaL 8–⁠558%
Nov 15vsOklahoma StateL 0–⁠1043%
Nov 22vsColoradoW 17–⁠1464%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colorado 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
129–⁠212
Coach
Jim Dickey
Elo
1366 −57 this season
SP+ rating
-9.4 No. 106 of 133; offense No. 123, defense No. 62
SRS
−2.8 No. 79 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Gary Darnell

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 5Steve Clark DTNew England Patriots

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • James WalkerDEAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Jim Bob MorrisDBUPI-2
  • Don BirdseyPUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠23
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠27
Missouri5–⁠28–⁠4
Kansas3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Oklahoma State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠56–⁠5
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8
Colorado1–⁠61–⁠10

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