1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1940

| team = Kansas State Wildcats

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big Six Conference

| short_conf = Big 6

| record = 2–7

| conf_record = 1–4

| head_coach = Hobbs Adams

| hc_year = 1st

| captain =

| stadium = 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.{{cite web|title=1940 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 7, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas-state/1940-schedule.html}}

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.{{cite news|title=Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 19, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1940

| poll = AP

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Kansas State Teachers Hornets|title=Kansas State Teachers}}

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS

| score = 21–16

| attend = 5,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 5

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Colorado

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–7

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-colorado-defeats-kansas-stat/171677893/|work=Waterloo Sunday Courier|title=Colorado defeats Kansas State, 7–6|date=October 6, 1940|accessdate=May 4, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| w/l = l

| opponent = Missouri

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS

| score = 13–24

| attend = 11,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Oklahoma

| site_stadium = Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| score = 0–14

| attend = 16,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Kansas

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 20–0

| attend = 14,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Wildcats Defeat KU, 20-0: 14,000 Watch K-State Drive To A Victory|newspaper=The Morning Chronicle|date=October 27, 1940|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115408765/wildcats-defeat-ku-20-0-14000-watch/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Michigan State

| site_stadium = Macklin Field

| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI

| score = 0–32

| attend = 20,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 9

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = South Carolina

| site_stadium = Columbia Municipal Stadium

| site_cityst = Columbia, SC

| score = 13–20

| attend = 11,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-win-on-passes-all/137155589/|newspaper=The Kansas City Star|title=Win on passes; All South Carolina touchdowns came as result of aerials as K-State bows|date=November 10, 1940|accessdate=December 20, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| w/l = l

| opponent = Iowa State

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–12

| attend = 7,936

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 30

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Nebraska

| opprank = 8

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–20

| attend = 20,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Huskers beat K-State for Big Six Title|newspaper=Sunday Journal and Star|author=John Bentley|date=December 1, 1940|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120959555/huskers-beat-k-state-for-big-six-title/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

References

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