March 18, 2020 11:09 AM EDT
In the mid-1950s, coach Bill Meek started to Watch Kansas State Football Live rebuild the program. In 1953, Kansas State posted a 5–3–1 record, the first winning season at the school since Wes Fry’s 1936 team. Upon starting that season 5–1, K-State also made the school’s first appearance in the top 20 polls for college football, at 18 in the Coaches Poll on October 28, 1953.