1949 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1949 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1949 record	2-8 (1-5 Big 7)
Head coach	Ralph Graham
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1949 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Oklahoma $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
#20 Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Nebraska	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Colorado	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1949 college football season. The team's head football coach was Ralph Graham in his second year. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 2-8 record with a 1-5 record in conference play. They finished in last place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 191 points and gave up 257 points. The win against Colorado on 10/1/1949 snapped a 22 game conference losing streak.

Harold Robinson played football for Kansas State with an athletic scholarship in 1949, breaking the decades-long "color barrier" in Big Seven conference athletics, and also becoming the first ever African-American athlete on scholarship in the conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
9/24/1949	Fort Hays State*	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 55-0
10/1/1949	Colorado	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 27-13	13,397
10/8/1949	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 6-13	17,000
10/15/1949	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field • Ames, IA	L 21-25	18,792
10/22/1949	at Memphis State*	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 14-21
10/29/1949	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS (Sunflower Showdown)	L 0-38	33,500
11/5/1949	Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 0-39	18,500
11/12/1949	Oklahoma A&M*	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 14-26
11/19/1949	at Tulsa*	Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK	L 27-48	11,000
11/24/1949	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	L 27-34	20,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.