1979 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1979 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1979 record	3-8 (1-6 Big 8)
Head coach	Jim Dickey
Home stadium	KSU Stadium

1979 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#9 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Dickey. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1979 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 3-8, and a 1-6 record in Big Eight Conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
9/15/1979	at Auburn*	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama	None	L 26-18	50,132
9/22/1979	Oregon State*	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	None	W 22-16	32,600
9/29/1979	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado	None	W 19-6	22,200
10/6/1979	Tulsa*	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	None	L 9-6	33,100
10/13/1979	Iowa State	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	None	L 7-3	23,400
10/20/1979	No. 9 Oklahoma	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	None	L 38-6	27,257
10/27/1979	at Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri	None	W 19-3	70,029
11/3/1979	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)	None	L 36-28	48,627
11/10/1979	No. 2 Nebraska	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	None	L 21-12	43,210
11/17/1979	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma	None	L 42-15	49,000
11/24/1979	at Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	None	L 21-6	22,391
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Table references^[1]

Kansas State Wildcats football

Venues	Ahearn Field (1911–1921) Memorial Stadium (1922–1967) Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa State Kansas: Sunflower Showdown (Governor's Cup)

Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Wildcat Victory" "Wabash Cannonball" Marching band Timeline of football in Kansas Aggieville riots 1939 Nebraska game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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