1934 Kansas State Wildcats football team
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The 1934 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University
in the 1934 college football season
. The 1934 team went undefeated in the Big 6 Conference, and won the second of three conference championships in school history. It would be another 69 years until the Wildcats would win the third, when they won the Big 12 title in 2003.
The Kansas State team was led by future Hall-of-Fame
coach Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf, who would depart from the school following his one championship season. At the conclusion of the season, tackle George Maddox was named a first-team All-American player by several organizations (including the All-America Board), becoming the third player in team history to be so honored.
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
in the 1934 college football season
1934 college football season
The 1934 college football season saw the addition of not one, but two New Year's Day football games to rival the venerable Rose Bowl. On February 15, Warren V. Miller and Joseph M. Cousins had organized the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association and by October, the group had enough funds to...
. The 1934 team went undefeated in the Big 6 Conference, and won the second of three conference championships in school history. It would be another 69 years until the Wildcats would win the third, when they won the Big 12 title in 2003.
The Kansas State team was led by future Hall-of-Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
coach Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf, who would depart from the school following his one championship season. At the conclusion of the season, tackle George Maddox was named a first-team All-American player by several organizations (including the All-America Board), becoming the third player in team history to be so honored.