1998_Kansas_State_Wildcats_football_team

1998 Kansas State Wildcats football
1998 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 North champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 33–362OT vs. Texas A&M
Alamo Bowl, L 34–37 vs. Purdue
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
Record	11–2 (8–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (10th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ron Hudson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Stoops (3rd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium; (Capacity: 43,000)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

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.

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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]

Game summaries

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:10 p.m.	Indiana State*	No. 6	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 66–0	41,728
September 12	11:30 a.m.	Northern Illinois*	No. 5	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 73–7	41,967
September 19	2:30 p.m.	Texas	No. 5	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 48–7	43,714
September 26	1:10 p.m.	NE Louisiana*	No. 5	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 62–7	42,029
October 10	6:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Colorado	No. 5	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	FX	W 16–9	51,581
October 17	2:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 4	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 52–20	43,694
October 24	1:10 p.m.	Iowa State	No. 4	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 52–7	43,203
October 31	11:30 a.m.	at Kansas	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	FSN	W 54–6	43,000
November 7	1:00 p.m.	at Baylor	No. 4	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		W 49–6	38,217
November 14	2:30 p.m.	No. 11 Nebraska	No. 2	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	W 40–30	44,298
November 21	2:30 p.m.	at No. 19 Missouri	No. 2	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	ABC	W 31–25	68,174
December 5	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 10 Texas A&M	No. 2	Trans World Dome St. Louis, MO (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	L 33–36 ^2OT	60,798
December 29	7:00 p.m.	vs. Purdue*	No. 4	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 34–37	60,780
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	Week
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

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club	Ref
Martín Gramática	K	3	80	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	^[22]
Jeff Kelly	LB	6	198	Atlanta Falcons	^[22]
Ryan Young	OT	7	223	New York Jets	^[22]
Michael Bishop	QB	7	227	New England Patriots	^[22]
Justin Swift	TE	7	238	Denver Broncos	^[22]
Darnell McDonald	WR	7	240	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	^[22]

1998_Kansas_State_Wildcats_football_team

1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Indiana State

Northern Illinois

Texas

Northeast Louisiana

At #14 Colorado

Oklahoma State

Iowa State

At Kansas

At Baylor

Nebraska

At #19 Missouri

Texas A&M (Big 12 Championship)

Purdue (Alamo Bowl)

Rankings

Postseason Awards

Players in the 1999 NFL Draft

References

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1998 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 North champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 33–36^2OT vs. Texas A&M
Alamo Bowl, L 34–37 vs. Purdue
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
Record	11–2 (8–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Hudson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Stoops (3rd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium (Capacity: 43,000)
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
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
South Division
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
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll