1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game
Template:Infobox college sports team season The 1939 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1939 college football season. The Wildcats finished the season with a 4–5 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. The Wildcats scored 107 points and gave up 108 points.
Schedule
Homecoming game against Nebraska
Kansas State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers on October 28, 1939. This game was the first college football homecoming game ever shown on television.[1] It was also the second ever televised college football game and the first televised game west of New York City.
Kansas State scored first with a field goal. Two minutes later Nebraska took the lead.[2] Nebraska won the game 25–9.[3]
Nebraska entered the game a 12–5 favorite.[4] The matchup was considered to be important to the outcome of the Big Six Conference championship.[5] Nebraska ended the game as one of ten college teams in the nation that were unbeaten up to that point.[6]
References
- ↑ Televised Game. Manhattan, Kansas. October 28, 1939.
- ↑ "Nebraska Cornhusker (yearbook)". University of Nebraska. 1940. p. 176. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Coach: Wesley L. Fry-Coaching Records Game-by-Game (1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ Breitz, Eddie (October 27, 1939). "Roundup-Sports". The Fayetteville Observer. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ Feature Big Six Tilt. October 25, 1939. p. 8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eQZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1778,5173643&dq=nebraska+kansas+football. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ Nation's Football Teams Head Into Climax of Slate. October 30, 1939. p. 4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fgZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1285,5679063&dq=nebraska+kansas+football. Retrieved April 3, 2011.