1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1970 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1970 record	6–5 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Vince Gibson (4th season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium
Seasons

1970 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Nebraska	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	1
#20 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Kansas State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1970 college football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

Senior quarterback Lynn Dickey led the team to a third straight season as the top-rated passing offense in the Big Eight Conference. Kansas State also led the conference in total defense, and posted its first win against a top-ten team, beating #8 Colorado. The Wildcats went into the final conference game of the season against Nebraska ranked #20 and playing for the Big Eight championship. The #4-ranked Cornhuskers throttled Kansas State 5113 in the game. Kansas State did not return to the national rankings again until the 1993 season.

The team finished with a winning record in conference play for the first time since 1953. After the season Gibson was named coach of the year by the Big Eight.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/12/1970*	Utah State	#13	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 37-0	35,000
9/19/1970*	at Kentucky	#13	McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky	L 16-3	33,500
9/26/1970*	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona	L 35-13	50,255
10/3/1970	#8 Colorado		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 21-20	40,200
10/10/1970	Kansas		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)	L 21-15	41,070
10/17/1970	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field • Ames, Iowa	W 17-0	26,053
10/24/1970	at Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	W 19-14	60,800
10/31/1970	#17 Missouri		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 17-13	42,000
11/7/1970†	Oklahoma State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 28-15	38,300
11/14/1970	at #4 Nebraska	#20	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	L 51-13	67,894
11/22/1970*	Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida	L 31-7	23,408
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Roster

• QB Lynn Dickey, Sr.