1953 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1953 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1953 record	6–3–1 (4–2 Big 7)
Head coach	Bill Meek (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons

1953 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Oklahoma	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
Kansas State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Missouri	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Colorado	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Kansas	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1953 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Meek. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1953 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 6–3–1, and a 4–2 record in Big Seven Conference play, tied for second in the conference. The Wildcats scored 198 points while giving up 116.

Kansas State started the season with a 5–1 record, and made the program's first appearance in the top 20 of a national ranking system at #18 in the Coaches Poll on October 28. 1953 was also the first year that Kansas State played on national television, when its game on November 7 against rival Kansas was broadcast on NBC.

The team finished the season leading the NCAA in punt returns (23.8 yards per punt average).

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19, 1953*	Drake		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		W 50–0
September 26, 1953*	at Colorado State		Colorado Field • Fort Collins, Colorado		L 13–14
October 3, 1953	Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		W 27–0	12,500
October 10, 1953	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field • Ames, Iowa		W 20–12	8,037
October 17, 1953	Colorado		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		W 28–14	14,000
October 24, 1953*	Wichita		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		W 21–0
October 31, 1953†	#7 Oklahoma	#18	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		L 0–34	23,822
November 7, 1953	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas	NBC	W 7–0	25,000
November 14, 1953	at Missouri		Memorial Stadium • Columbia, Missouri		L 6–16
November 21, 1953*	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona		T 26–26
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Central Time.