1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1955 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1955 record	4–6 (3–3 Big 7)
Head coach	Bus Mertes (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons

1955 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Oklahoma	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Nebraska	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Kansas	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
Missouri	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1955 college football season. The team's head football coach was Bus Mertes, in his first year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1955 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 4–6, and a 3–3 record in Big Seven Conference play. The Wildcats scored 165 points while giving up 191. They finished tied for third in the Big Seven. Ten Days before the Kansas game on November 5, K-State's mascot Touchdown IV was stolen by Kansas students. At the end of the first quarter the mascot was returned but the theft had already been avenged as K-State led the Jayhawks, 26–0, at that point and went on to defeat Kansas, 46–0.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/15/1955*	Wyoming		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 7-12
9/24/1955*	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa	L 7-28	44,500
10/1/1955	Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 0-16	12,500
10/8/1955*	at Marquette		Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee	W 41-0	13,500
10/15/1955	#20 Colorado		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 13-34	16,500
10/21/1955†	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field • Ames, Iowa	W 9-7	14,740
10/29/1955†	#1 Oklahoma		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 7-40	18,263
11/5/1955	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas	W 46-0	26,000
11/15/1955	at Missouri		Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri	W 21-0
11/19/1955*	at Oklahoma A&M		Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma	L 0-28	10,000
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP. All times are in Central Time.