1978 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Template:Short description Template:1978 Big Eight Conference football standings The 1978 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Dickey. 1978 was the first year at Kansas State for Dickey. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

Game summaries

Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 8 Nebraska 0 14 21 13 48 Kansas State 0 7 0 7 14 Date: 1978-10-14 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,818

Kansas State made an effort to be competitive for a bit, but Nebraska kept going after obtaining a 14-7 halftime lead. The Wildcats were trailing by 28 before they put up their final 4th-quarter touchdown, which the Cornhuskers further marginalized with 13 additional points while posting their second consecutive 600+ yard game.

Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas St 0 7 12 0 19 • Oklahoma 21 14 0 21 56 Date: October 28 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 72,105