1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1998 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 North Champions
Alamo Bowl, L 34–37 vs. Purdue
Conference Big 12 Conference North
Ranking
Coaches #9
AP #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)
Seasons
« 1997 1999 »
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* #6 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 66–0   41,728
September 12 11:30 AM Northern Illinois* #5 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS FSN W 73–7   41,967
September 19 2:30 PM Texas #5 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS ABC W 48–7   43,714
September 26 1:10 PM NE Louisiana* #5 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 62–7   42,029
October 10 6:00 PM at #14 Colorado #5 Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FSN W 16–9   51,581
October 17 2:30 PM Oklahoma State #4 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS ABC W 52–20   43,694
October 24 1:10 PM Iowa Statedagger #4 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 52–7   43,203
October 31 11:30 AM at Kansas #4 Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS (Sunflower Showdown) FSN W 54–6   43,000
November 7 1:00 PM at Baylor #4 Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX W 49–6   38,217
November 14 2:30 PM #11 Nebraska #2 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS ABC W 40–30   44,298
November 21 2:30 PM at #19 Missouri #2 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO ABC W 31–25   68,174
December 5 2:30 PM vs. #10 Texas A&M #2 Trans World Dome • St. Louis, MO (Big 12 Championship) ABC L 33–36 2OT  60,798
December 29 7:00 PM vs. Purdue* #4 Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) ESPN L 34–37   60,780
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Table references[5]

References

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