1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1998 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 North champion
Alamo Bowl, L 34–37 vs. Purdue
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
1998 record	11–2 (8–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder
Offensive coordinator	Ron Hudson
Defensive coordinator	Mike Stoops
Home stadium	KSU Stadium (Capacity: 43,000)

1998 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
#10 Kansas State x		8	–	0		11	–	2
#19 Nebraska		5	–	3		9	–	4
#21 Missouri		5	–	3		8	–	4
Colorado		4	–	4		8	–	4
Kansas		1	–	7		4	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7		3	–	8
Southern Division
#11 Texas A&M x$		7	–	1		11	–	3
#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

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 season ended with a loss to Purdue in the 1998 Alamo Bowl.

The Wildcats finished the regular season undefeated (11-0). After the Wildcats' loss to #10 Texas A&M in the 1998 Big 12 Championship Game, the team dropped out of contention for the National Championship game.^[1]

After the Big 12 Championship Game, Kansas State was ranked #3, but the team was not invited to any of the BCS Bowl Games.^[1] 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
September 5	6:10 PM	Indiana State*	No. 6	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 66–0	41,728
September 12	11:30 AM	Northern Illinois*	No. 5	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 73–7	41,967
September 19	2:30 PM	Texas	No. 5	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 48–7	43,714
September 26	1:10 PM	NE Louisiana*	No. 5	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 62–7	42,029
October 10	6:00 PM	at No. 14 Colorado	No. 5	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FSN	W 16–9	51,581
October 17	2:30 PM	Oklahoma State	No. 4	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 52–20	43,694
October 24	1:10 PM	Iowa State	No. 4	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 52–7	43,203
October 31	11:30 AM	at Kansas	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS (Sunflower Showdown)	FSN	W 54–6	43,000
November 7	1:00 PM	at Baylor	No. 4	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX		W 49–6	38,217
November 14	2:30 PM	No. 11 Nebraska	No. 2	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 40–30	44,298
November 21	2:30 PM	at No. 19 Missouri	No. 2	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ABC	W 31–25	68,174
December 5	2:30 PM	vs. No. 10 Texas A&M	No. 2	Trans World Dome • St. Louis, MO (Big 12 Championship)	ABC	L 33–36 ^2OT	60,798
December 29	7:00 PM	vs. Purdue*	No. 4	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 34–37	60,780
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Table references^[5]

References

1 2 Barr, Josh (December 7, 1998). "Vols, Seminoles Head to Fiesta Bowl, Wildcats to Frustration". The Washington Post. p. D01.
↑ 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.
↑ King, David (December 30, 1998). "Alamo Bowl: Wildcats Are Upset By Purdue: Purdue 37, Kansas State 34". The Washington Post. p. C08.
↑ 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.

Kansas State Wildcats football

Venues	Ahearn Field (1911–1921) Memorial Stadium (1922–1967) Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa State Kansas: Sunflower Showdown (Governor's Cup)

Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Wildcat Victory" "Wabash Cannonball" Marching band Timeline of football in Kansas Aggieville riots 1939 Nebraska game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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