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American college football season
The 1997 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1997 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–1, and a 7–1 record in Big 12 Conference play. The season ended with a win over Donovan McNabb's Syracuse Orangemen in the 1997 Fiesta Bowl.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 6 | 6:30 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | No. 21 | | | W 47–7 | 26,873 |
September 13 | 6:10 p.m. | Ohio* | No. 20 | | | W 23–20 | 42,097 |
September 27 | 1:10 p.m. | Bowling Green* | No. 18 | | | W 58–0 | 41,524 |
October 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Nebraska | No. 17 | | FX | L 26–56 | 75,856 |
October 11 | 11:30 a.m. | Missouri | No. 22 | | FSN | W 41–11 | 43,510 |
October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 14 Texas A&M![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 20 | | ABC | W 36–17 | 43,601 |
October 25 | 1:30 p.m. | at Oklahoma | No. 14 | | | W 26–7 | 68,433 |
November 1 | 11:30 a.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 13 | | FSN | W 13–2 | 38,322 |
November 8 | 1:10 p.m. | Kansas | No. 11 | | PPV | W 48–16 | 43,832 |
November 15 | 2:30 p.m. | Colorado | No. 10 | | ABC | W 37–20 | 43,981 |
November 22 | 11:30 a.m. | at Iowa State | No. 9 | | FSN | W 28–3 | 24,042 |
December 31 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 14 Syracuse* | No. 10 | | CBS | W 35–18 | 69,367 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Roster
1997 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
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Game summaries
Nebraska
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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10–69–2
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1996
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L 3–39
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Syracuse (Fiesta Bowl)
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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First meeting
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Rankings
References
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