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The 1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team's head football coach was Ellis Rainsberger, in his first of three years at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1975 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 3–8, and a dismal 0–7 record in Big Eight Conference play.[1]
| 1975 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (0–7 Big 8) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joe Pendry (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Dick Selcer (1st season) |
| Home stadium | KSU Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Nebraska + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Colorado | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1975 was the first time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one season; the other time was in 1980. The Wildcats were shut out by Texas A&M, Kansas, Nebraska. They scored just 23 points in 7 conference games, an average of just 3.26 points per game.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | at Tulsa* | W 17–16 | 34,000 | ||
| September 20 | Wichita State* | W 32–0 | 31,000 | [2] | |
| September 27 | at Wake Forest* | W 17–16 | 17,700 | [3] | |
| October 4 | No. 6 Texas A&M* |
| L 0–10 | 37,100 | |
| October 11 | Iowa State |
| L 7–17 | 25,698 | |
| October 18 | No. 2 Oklahoma |
| L 3–25 | 33,196 | |
| October 25 | at No. 15 Missouri | L 3–35 | 62,860 | ||
| November 1 | at Kansas | L 0–28 | 50,538 | ||
| November 8 | No. 3 Nebraska |
| L 0–12 | 41,300 | |
| November 5 | at Oklahoma State | L 3–56 | 40,100 | ||
| November 22 | at No. 9 Colorado | L 7–33 | 44,345 | ||
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