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.
1970 Big Eight Conference football standings |
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| Conf | | | Overall |
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Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
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No. 1 Nebraska $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 |
No. 20 Oklahoma | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 |
Kansas State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Colorado | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Kansas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Oklahoma State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Iowa State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
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.