Record: 46-37-0, .554 W-L% (4th of 13) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 13.14 (1st of 13) ▪ SOS: 10.90 (1st of 13)
Conference Champion: Missouri and Nebraska
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Missouri and Oklahoma)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Colorado, Missouri and Nebraska)
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Mel Gray | Missouri | 26 | 705 | 27.1 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 28 | 723 | 25.8 | 10 |
| 2 | Charlie Collins | Kansas State | 21 | 422 | 20.1 | 4 | 21 | 422 | 20.1 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Hermann Eben | Oklahoma State | 41 | 733 | 17.9 | 7 | 41 | 733 | 17.9 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | Monte Huber | Colorado | 28 | 488 | 17.4 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | 31 | 520 | 16.8 | 3 |
| 5 | John Henley | Missouri | 19 | 320 | 16.8 | 4 | 19 | 320 | 16.8 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Larry Frost* | Nebraska | 26 | 413 | 15.9 | 2 | 39 | 144 | 3.7 | 0 | 65 | 557 | 8.6 | 2 |
| 7 | Guy Ingles* | Nebraska | 30 | 463 | 15.4 | 3 | 30 | 463 | 15.4 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | Forrest Wells | Kansas State | 22 | 326 | 14.8 | 2 | 22 | 326 | 14.8 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | John Mosier | Kansas | 25 | 339 | 13.6 | 1 | 25 | 339 | 13.6 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | Otto Stowe | Iowa State | 39 | 508 | 13.0 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | 44 | 541 | 12.3 | 4 |
| 11 | Jim McFarland* | Nebraska | 32 | 406 | 12.7 | 0 | 32 | 406 | 12.7 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Mack Herron | Kansas State | 52 | 652 | 12.5 | 1 | 127 | 568 | 4.5 | 20 | 179 | 1220 | 6.8 | 21 |
| 13 | Tom Dearinger | Oklahoma State | 24 | 263 | 11.0 | 1 | 24 | 263 | 11.0 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Jeff Kinney* | Nebraska | 44 | 455 | 10.3 | 2 | 191 | 590 | 3.1 | 10 | 235 | 1045 | 4.4 | 12 |
| 15 | Steve Zabel | Oklahoma | 22 | 203 | 9.2 | 1 | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | 0 | 24 | 193 | 8.0 | 1 |
| 16 | Mike Montgomery | Kansas State | 28 | 217 | 7.8 | 3 | 81 | 408 | 5.0 | 1 | 109 | 625 | 5.7 | 4 |
| 17 | Jerry Lawson | Kansas State | 22 | 144 | 6.5 | 2 | 42 | 188 | 4.5 | 1 | 64 | 332 | 5.2 | 3 |