1949 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1949 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1949 college football season. The team's head football coach was Ralph Graham in his second year. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2–8 record with a 1–5 record in conference play. They finished in last place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 191 points and gave up 257 points.[1] The win against Colorado on 10/1/1949 snapped a 22-game conference losing streak.

1949 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1949 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Oklahoma $ 5 –0 –011 –0 –0
No. 20 Missouri 5 –1 –07 –4 –0
Iowa State 3 –3 –05 –3 –1
Nebraska 3 –3 –04 –5 –0
Kansas 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Colorado 1 –4 –03 –7 –0
Kansas State 1 –5 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Harold Robinson played football for Kansas State with an athletic scholarship in 1949, breaking the decades-long "color barrier" in Big Seven conference athletics, and also becoming the first ever African-American athlete on scholarship in the conference.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Fort Hays*
W 55–0
October 1Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 27–1313,397
October 8Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
L 6–1317,000
October 15at Iowa State
L 21–2518,792
October 22at Memphis State*
L 14–21[3]
October 29at Kansas
L 0–3833,500
November 5No. 3 Oklahomadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 0–3918,500
November 12Oklahoma A&M*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 14–26
November 19at Tulsa*
L 27–4811,000
November 24at Missouri
L 27–3420,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1949 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. "Athlete Who Broke Big 12 Race Barrier Dies". CBS College Sports. May 13, 2006. Archived from the original on September 3, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  3. "Upset the 'Cats, Tigers show surprising power after visitors take advantage early in game". The Kansas City Star. October 23, 1949. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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