The 1970 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.^[1] 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 51–13 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	Source
September 12	Utah State*	No. 14	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 37–0	35,000
September 19	at Kentucky*	No. 13	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 3–16	33,500	[2]
September 26	at Arizona State*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 13–35	50,255
October 3	No. 8 Colorado		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 21–20	40,200
October 10	Kansas		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 15–21	41,070
October 17	at Iowa State		Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	W 17–0	26,053
October 24	at Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 19–14	60,800
October 31	No. 17 Missouri		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 17–13	42,000
November 7	Oklahoma State		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 28–15	38,300
November 14	at No. 4 Nebraska	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 13–51	67,894
November 21	Florida State*		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–31	23,408
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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