1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game

Template:Infobox college sports team season The 1939 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1939 college football season. The Wildcats finished the season with a 4–5 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. The Wildcats scored 107 points and gave up 108 points.

Schedule

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Homecoming game against Nebraska

Kansas State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers on October 28, 1939. This game was the first college football homecoming game ever shown on television.[1] It was also the second ever televised college football game and the first televised game west of New York City.

Kansas State scored first with a field goal. Two minutes later Nebraska took the lead.[2] Nebraska won the game 25–9.[3]

Nebraska entered the game a 12–5 favorite.[4] The matchup was considered to be important to the outcome of the Big Six Conference championship.[5] Nebraska ended the game as one of ten college teams in the nation that were unbeaten up to that point.[6]

References

  1. Televised Game. Manhattan, Kansas. October 28, 1939. 
  2. "Nebraska Cornhusker (yearbook)". University of Nebraska. 1940. p. 176. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  3. DeLassus, David. "Coach: Wesley L. Fry-Coaching Records Game-by-Game (1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  4. Breitz, Eddie (October 27, 1939). "Roundup-Sports". The Fayetteville Observer. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  5. Feature Big Six Tilt. October 25, 1939. p. 8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eQZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1778,5173643&dq=nebraska+kansas+football. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 
  6. Nation's Football Teams Head Into Climax of Slate. October 30, 1939. p. 4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fgZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1285,5679063&dq=nebraska+kansas+football. Retrieved April 3, 2011.