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1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team
| 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football |
|---|
| Big Six Conference |
| 2–7 (1–4 Big 6) |
| Hobbs Adams (1st season) |
| Memorial Stadium |
The 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1940 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his first year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2–7 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 73 points and gave up 145 points.
Kansas State was ranked at No. 104 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28 | Kansas State Teachers* | Memorial StadiumManhattan, KS | W 21–16 | 5,000 | |
| October 5 | at Colorado* | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO (rivalry) | L 6–7 | ||
| October 12 | Missouri | Memorial StadiumManhattan, KS | L 13–24 | 11,000 | |
| October 19 | at Oklahoma | Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | L 0–14 | 16,000 | |
| October 26 | Kansas | Memorial StadiumManhattan, KS (rivalry) | W 20–0 | 14,000 | |
| November 2 | at Michigan State* | Macklin FieldEast Lansing, MI | L 0–32 | 20,000 | |
| November 9 | at South Carolina* | Columbia Municipal StadiumColumbia, SC | L 13–20 | 11,000 | |
| November 16 | Iowa State | Memorial StadiumManhattan, KS (rivalry) | L 0–12 | 7,936 | |
| November 30 | at No. 8 Nebraska | Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE (rivalry) | L 0–20 | 20,000 | |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game |
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