The 1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.
Senior quarterback Lynn Dickey led the team to a third straight season as the top-rated passing offense in the Big Eight Conference. Kansas State also led the conference in total defense, and posted its first win against a top-ten team, beating #8 Colorado. The Wildcats went into the final conference game of the season against Nebraska ranked #20 and playing for the Big Eight championship. The #4-ranked Cornhuskers throttled Kansas State 51–13 in the game. Kansas State did not return to the national rankings again until the 1993 season.
The team finished with a winning record in conference play for the first time since 1953. After the season Gibson was named coach of the year by the Big Eight.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 12 | Utah State* | No. 14 | | W 37–0 | 35,000 | |
September 19 | at Kentucky* | No. 13 | | L 3–16 | 33,500 | [2] |
September 26 | at Arizona State* | | | L 13–35 | 50,255 | [3] |
October 3 | No. 8 Colorado | | | W 21–20 | 40,200 | |
October 10 | Kansas | | | L 15–21 | 41,070 | |
October 17 | at Iowa State | | | W 17–0 | 26,053 | |
October 24 | at Oklahoma | | | W 19–14 | 60,800 | |
October 31 | No. 17 Missouri | | | W 17–13 | 42,000 | |
November 7 | Oklahoma State | | | W 28–15 | 38,300 | |
November 14 | at No. 4 Nebraska | No. 20 | | L 13–51 | 67,894 | |
November 21 | Florida State* | | | L 7–31 | 23,408 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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