1972 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1972 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1972 record	3–8 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Vince Gibson (6th season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium
Seasons

1972 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#4 Nebraska	5	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
#16 Colorado	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	1			5	–	6	–	1
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1972 college football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/9/1972*	Tulsa		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 21-13	28,000
9/16/1972*	at BYU		Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah	L 32-9	31,752
9/23/1972*	at #10 Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona	L 56-14	50,682
9/30/1972*	Tampa		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 31-7	25,000
10/7/1972	#12 Colorado		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 38-17	40,000
10/14/1972	Kansas		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)	W 20-19	39,947
10/21/1972	at #20 Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field • Ames, Iowa	L 25-22	35,893
10/28/1972	at #8 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	L 52-0	61,451
11/4/1972	#16 Missouri		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 31-14	37,500
11/11/1972†	Oklahoma State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	L 45-14	25,000
11/18/1972	at #5 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	L 59-7	75,079
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster

1972 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 76 Acker, DelDel Acker 7.0 !Sr T 77 Brittain, BillBill Brittain 5.0 !Jr FB 32 Calhoun, DonDon Calhoun 5.0 !Jr TE 83 Childs, HenryHenry Childs 5.0 !Jr WR 46 Fergerson, RickRick Fergerson WR 47 Goerger, JohnJohn Goerger 7.0 !Sr QB 11 Grogan, SteveSteve Grogan 3.0 !So G 69 Hopkins, LarryLarry Hopkins 5.0 !Jr RB 25 Jackson, IsaacIsaac Jackson 5.0 !Jr QB 10 Morrison, DennisDennis Morrison 7.0 !Sr WR 38 Peterson, BudBud Peterson T 61 Price, ChuckChuck Price 5.0 !Jr C 59 Rothwell, FredFred Rothwell G 74 Wells, JohnJohn Wells 5.0 !Jr	Defense Gordon Chambliss LB Gary Glatz* DL Donald Lareau DB Gary Melcher* DB Roger Stucky* DL Kevin Vohoska* LB Pos. # Name Class DB 20 Brown, TerryTerry Brown 5.0 !Jr DT 75 Clarington, CharlesCharles Clarington 5.0 !Jr DB 19 Coppenbarger, RonRon Coppenbarger 7.0 !Sr LB 50 Jones, GregGreg Jones 5.0 !Jr DE 86 O'Neill, JohnJohn O'Neill 7.0 !Sr DE 87 Oettmeier, BertBert Oettmeier 5.0 !Jr DB 29 Solt, RonRon Solt 3.0 !So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Vince Gibson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt