1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1940 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Six Conference
1940 record	2–7 (1–4 Big 6)
Head coach	Hobbs Adams (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons

1940 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Nebraska	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Kansas	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1940 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his first year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2–7 record with a 1–4 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 73 points and gave up 145 points.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
9/28/1940*	[[{{{school}}}|Emporia State]]	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 21-16
10/5/1940*	at Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	L 6-7
10/12/1940	Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 13-24	11,000
10/19/1940	at Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	L 0-14
10/26/1940†	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)	W 20-0
11/2/1940*	at Michigan State	Macklin Field • East Lansing, Michigan	L 0-32
11/9/1940*	at South Carolina	Columbia Municipal Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina	L 13-20
11/22/1940	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 0-12	7,936
11/30/1940	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	L 0-20	20,000
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP. All times are in Central Time.