1942 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1942 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Six Conference
1942 record	3–8 (2–3 Big 6)
Head coach	Ward Haylett (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons

1942 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma	3	–	1	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
Nebraska	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Kansas	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0

The 1942 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1942 college football season. The team's head football coach was Ward Haylett, in his first year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 3–8 record with a 2–3 record in conference play. They finished in fourth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 79 points and gave up 334 points.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
9/19/1942*	at Kansas Wesleyan	Unknown • Salina, Kansas	W 37-6
9/26/1942*	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	L 0-64	15,000
10/3/1942*	Fort Riley	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 7-21
10/10/1942*	at Duquesne	Unknown • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	L 0-33
10/17/1942	Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 2-46	5,500
11/6/1943†	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)	L 7-19
10/31/1942*	at Wichita State	Unknown • Wichita, Kansas	L 0-9
11/7/1942	at Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	L 0-76	8,000
11/14/1942*	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana	L 0-54	7,500
11/21/1942	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 7-6	4,180
11/28/1942	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 19-0
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP. All times are in Central Time.