The 1980 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Dickey.^[1] The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.

1980 was the second time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one season, the only other time being in 1975. The Wildcats were shut out by LSU, Tulsa, Oklahoma State.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 0–21	75,405	[2]
September 20	South Dakota*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 24–3	26,120
September 27	Arkansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 31–7	32,580	[3]
October 4	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK		L 0–3	23,213
October 11	at Iowa State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		L 7–31	50,163
October 18	at No. 17 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 21–35	74,638
October 25	No. 16 Missouri	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	L 3–13	30,610
November 1	Kansas	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 18–20 (forfeit)^	43,276
November 8	at No. 5 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 8–55	76,121
November 15	Oklahoma State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		L 0–10	22,370
November 22	Colorado	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 17–14	17,510
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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^ Kansas mistakenly counts this as a win. Kansas was forced by the Big Eight Conference to forfeit this game after beating Kansas State on the field, 20–18. Kerwin Bell, a Kansas running back was later determined to be ineligible at the time of the game.

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