1977 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1977 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. 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 in 1978. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1977 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 2–9, and a dismal 0–7 record in Big Eight Conference play.^[1]

1977 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	2–9 (0–7 Big 8)
Head coach	Ellis Rainsberger (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dick Selcer (3rd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium
Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

1977 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at BYU*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 0–39	35,196	[2]
September 17	Florida State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 10–18	26,200
September 24	at Wichita State*	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 21–14	28,724	[3]
October 1	No. 18 Mississippi State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 21–24 (forfeit)^	30,060	[4]
October 8	No. 9 Nebraska	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 9–26	41,100
October 15	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 14–21	48,200
October 22	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	L 13–28	63,168
October 29	No. 4 Oklahoma	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 7–42	25,600
November 5	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	L 21–29	47,858
November 12	Iowa State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 15–22	19,521
November 19	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 0–23	43,873
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Mississippi State was forced to forfeit the game.^[5]

Roster

1977 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Paul Coffman Sr QB 9 Wendell Henrikson Sr QB 10 Dan Manucci Jr TE 93 Jim Miller So	Defense Pos. # Name Class NG 89 Greg Brown So CB 36 J. J. Miller So LB 59 Gary Spani Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ellis Rainsberger Coordinators/assistant coaches J.W. Emerson – Quarterbacks & wide receivers Jim Gilstrap – Offensive line Dick Selcer – Defensive Coordinator Sandy Buda – Defensive line Bobby Robinson – Assistant Dave Dunkelberger – Assistant George Walstad – Assistant Ivy Williams – Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt