1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game

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1939 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record4–5 (1–4 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1939 college football season. The Wildcats finished the season with a 4–5 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. The Wildcats scored 107 points and gave up 108 points.

Schedule[change | change source]

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 30[[{{{school}}}|Fort Hays]]*
W 34–7
October 6at Marquette*
W 3–0
October 14Colorado*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 20–0
October 21at Missouri
L 7–912,000
October 28No. 10 Nebraskadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
W9XAKL 9–25
November 4at Kansas
W 27–6
November 11No. 6 Oklahoma
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 10–1317,545
November 18at Iowa State
L 0–105,339
November 25at Boston College*
L 0–2011,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Homecoming game against Nebraska[change | change source]

Kansas State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers on October 28, 1939. This game was the first college football homecoming game ever shown on television.[1] It was also the second ever televised college football game and the first televised game west of New York City.

Kansas State scored first with a field goal. Two minutes later Nebraska took the lead.[2] Nebraska won the game 25–9.[3]

Nebraska entered the game a 12–5 favorite.[4] The matchup was considered to be important to the outcome of the Big Six Conference championship.[5] Nebraska ended the game as one of ten college teams in the nation that were unbeaten up to that point.[6]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Televised Game". Morning Chronicle. Manhattan, Kansas. October 28, 1939.
  2. ↑ "Nebraska Cornhusker (yearbook)". University of Nebraska. 1940. p. 176. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  3. ↑ DeLassus, David. "Coach: Wesley L. Fry-Coaching Records Game-by-Game (1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ Breitz, Eddie (October 27, 1939). "Roundup-Sports". The Fayetteville Observer. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Feature Big Six Tilt". St. Joseph News-Press. October 25, 1939. p. 8. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Nation's Football Teams Head Into Climax of Slate". St. Joseph News-Press. October 30, 1939. p. 4. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
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