The 1977 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented
Kansas State University in the
1977 NCAA Division I football season
The 1977 NCAA Division I football season was one in which the top five teams finished with 11–1 records. Notre Dame, which beat top-ranked and undefeated Texas in the Cotton Bowl, became the national champion.
The 1977 season was the last ...
. The team's head football coach was
Ellis Rainsberger. 1977 would turn out to be the last season with Rainsberger at the helm, as he was replaced with
Jim Dickey
James Dickey (March 22, 1934 – February 17, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University from 1978 to 1985, compiling record of 24–54–2. In 1981, he redshirted 18 players, ...
in 1978. The Wildcats played their home games in
KSU Stadium
Bill Snyder Family Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. It is used for American football, and is the home field of the Kansas State University Wildcats football team. It is named after the family of head coach Bill Snyder. Over the past 3 ...
. 1977 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 2–9, and a dismal 0–7 record in
Big Eight Conference play.
Schedule
^ Mississippi State was forced to forfeit the game. The score of the game was 24–21, in favor of Mississippi State.
Roster
References
Kansas State
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...
Kansas State Wildcats football seasons
Kansas State Wildcats football
The Kansas State Wildcats football program (variously Kansas State, K-State or KSU) is the intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and ...
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