1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team
1998 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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Big 12 North champion | |
Alamo Bowl, L 34–37 vs. Purdue | |
Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 9 |
AP | No. 10 |
Record | 11–2 (8–0 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Ron Hudson (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Mike Stoops (3rd season) |
Home stadium | KSU Stadium (Capacity: 43,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 10 Kansas State x | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Nebraska | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Missouri | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 11 Texas A&M x$ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Texas | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1998 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–2, and an 8–0 record in Big 12 Conference play.
The Wildcats finished the regular season undefeated (11–0) and were ranked second in the nation ahead of their match-up with tenth-ranked Texas A&M in the 1998 Big 12 Championship Game. Kansas State lost in overtime, losing their chance at a national championship.[1]
After the Big 12 Championship Game, Kansas State did not receive a spot in the inaugural Bowl Championship Series despite being ranked in its top four as well as the highest ranked non-champion from any conference. They also were not invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, as the conference runner-up typically would be, or the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, which at the time was contracted to invite the third place team in the conference; those bowls chose Texas and Nebraska instead. Instead, Kansas State was invited to the Alamo Bowl,[2] where it lost to the unranked Purdue Boilermakers, who drove 80 yards for a touchdown in the final minute to defeat Kansas State 37–34.[3]
Following the end of the season, a new rule was created. Nicknamed the "Kansas State Rule", the #3 ranked team would always have an automatic bid to a BCS bowl game.
The Wildcats finished the season as the top scoring team in NCAA Division I-A (at 48 points per game), and set a school record for points scored with 610.[4]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:10 p.m. | Indiana State* | No. 6 | W 66–0 | 41,728 | ||
September 12 | 11:30 a.m. | Northern Illinois* | No. 5 |
| FSN | W 73–7 | 41,967 |
September 19 | 2:30 p.m. | Texas | No. 5 |
| ABC | W 48–7 | 43,714 |
September 26 | 1:10 p.m. | NE Louisiana* | No. 5 |
| W 62–7 | 42,029 | |
October 10 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 14 Colorado | No. 5 | FSN | W 16–9 | 51,581 | |
October 17 | 2:30 p.m. | Oklahoma State | No. 4 |
| ABC | W 52–20 | 43,694 |
October 24 | 1:10 p.m. | Iowa State | No. 4 |
| W 52–7 | 43,203 | |
October 31 | 11:30 a.m. | at Kansas | No. 4 | FSN | W 54–6 | 43,000 | |
November 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Baylor | No. 4 | W 49–6 | 38,217 | ||
November 14 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 11 Nebraska | No. 2 |
| ABC | W 40–30 | 44,298 |
November 21 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 19 Missouri | No. 2 | ABC | W 31–25 | 68,174 | |
December 5 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. No. 10 Texas A&M | No. 2 | ABC | L 33–36 2OT | 60,798 | |
December 29 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Purdue* | No. 4 | ESPN | L 34–37 | 60,780 | |
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Roster
1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Game summaries
Indiana State
Northern Illinois
Texas
Northeast Louisiana
Colorado
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
Kansas
Baylor
Nebraska
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Michael Bishop threw for 306 yards and 2 touchdowns, and ran for 140 yards and two more scores as the Wildcats finally broke through against the Huskers.[6]
Missouri
Texas A&M (Big 12 Championship)
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Purdue (Alamo Bowl)
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Kansas State had 125 yards in penalties, 7 turnovers, and allowed the Boilermakers to drive 80 yards in only 54 seconds for the game-winning touchdown.[8]
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | 6 (2) | 5 (2) | 5 (2) | 5 (2) | 5 (2) | 5 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (3) | 2 (19) | 2 (29) | 2 (24) | 2 (24) | 4 | 10 |
Coaches | 6 (1) | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 4 (1) | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 3 (5) | 2 (5) | 1 (30) | 1 (361⁄2) | 1 (311⁄2) | 1 (301⁄2) | 4 | 9 |
BCS | Not released | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Not released |
Postseason Awards
- Bill Snyder – Named Big 12 Coach of the Year, Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, Walter Camp Coach of the Year, AP Coach of the Year, Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
- Michael Bishop – Davey O'Brien Award, Heisman Trophy runner-up, All-American, First-Team All-Big 12
- Jeff Kelly – Consensus All-American, First-Team All-Big 12
- Martín Gramática – Consensus All-American, First-Team All-Big 12
- David Allen – Consensus All-American, First-Team All-Big 12
- Ryan Young – First-Team All-Big 12
- Darnell McDonald – First-Team All-Big 12
- Darren Howard – First-Team All-Big 12
- Jarrod Cooper – First-Team All-Big 12
Players in the 1999 NFL Draft
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club | Ref |
Martín Gramática | K | 3 | 80 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | [10] |
Jeff Kelly | LB | 6 | 198 | Atlanta Falcons | [10] |
Ryan Young | OT | 7 | 223 | New York Jets | [10] |
Michael Bishop | QB | 7 | 227 | New England Patriots | [10] |
Justin Swift | TE | 7 | 238 | Denver Broncos | [10] |
Darnell McDonald | WR | 7 | 240 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | [10] |
References
- ^ Barr, Josh (December 7, 1998). "Vols, Seminoles Head to Fiesta Bowl, Wildcats to Frustration". The Washington Post. p. D01. ProQuest 408429398.
- ^ King, David (December 29, 1998). "K-State Out to Prove It Belongs -- Elsewhere: A National Title May Be Out of Reach, But Not Out of Mind at the Alamo Bowl". The Washington Post. p. D07. ProQuest 408408043.
- ^ King, David (December 30, 1998). "Alamo Bowl: Wildcats Are Upset By Purdue: Purdue 37, Kansas State 34". The Washington Post. p. C08. ProQuest 408407357.
- ^ Points scored fact Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (1998)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ "Unbeaten Kansas St. Finally Has Nebraska's Number". The New York Times. November 15, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Perfection Eludes Kansas St. and U.C.L.A." The New York Times. December 6, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Purdue Pulls Off Surprise At Alamo". The New York Times. December 30, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Kansas State 1998 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "1999 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com.