The 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team was an

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team that represented Kansas State University as a member of the

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during the

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. The team's head football coach was

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, in his second and final year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats compiled a 2–5–2 record (1–3–1 record in conference play), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 168 to 67. End Frank Barnhart was selected by the

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as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team. Center John Hancock and fullback Lyle Wilkins were named to the second team. Kansas State was ranked at No. 120 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941. The team played its home games in Memorial Stadium in

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Kansas State Wildcats football seasons

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