1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1975 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record3–8 (0–7 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Pendry (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDick Selcer (1st season)
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
1975 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Oklahoma + 6 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Nebraska + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 16 Colorado 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Kansas 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Missouri 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma State 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Iowa State 1 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
0 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team's head football coach was Ellis Rainsberger, in his first of three years at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1975 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 3–8, and a dismal 0–7 record in Big Eight Conference play.[1]

1975 was the first time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one season; the other time was in 1980. The Wildcats were shut out by Texas A&M, Kansas, Nebraska. They scored just 23 points in 7 conference games, an average of just 3.26 points per game.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13at Tulsa*
W 17–1634,000[2]
September 20Wichita State*
W 32–031,000[3]
September 27at Wake Forest*
W 17–1617,700[4]
October 4No. 6 Texas A&M*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–1037,100[5]
October 11Iowa State
L 7–1725,698
October 18No. 2 Oklahoma
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 3–2533,196
October 25at No. 15 Missouri
L 3–3562,860
November 1at Kansas
L 0–2850,538
November 8No. 3 Nebraska
L 0–1241,300
November 5at Oklahoma State
L 3–5640,100
November 22at No. 9 Colorado
L 7–3344,345
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 81 Paul Coffman So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 79 Mike Osborn So
LB 59 Gary Spani So
DB 32 Marvin Switzer Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1975 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Kansas State holds off Tulsa, 71–16". The Daily Oklahoman. September 14, 1975. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Kansas State rips Wichita State". Pensacola News Journal. September 21, 1975. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "'Cats nip Wake Forest". The Wichita Eagle & Beacon. September 28, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wildcats' upset bid falls short". Longview Morning Journal. October 5, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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