This was the first victory Kansas State had at Oklahoma since 1970 and was game two of a five game winning streak against the Sooners. I found some highlights of the game on YouTube. I was at this game in person. A couple of buddies of mine and I took a charter bus ride to and from the game. It was a great party on the bus the whole way down and back. I remember being quite impressed with Oklahoma’s…
This game was pretty important in the upward trajectory of K-State football. K-State beat Nebraska for the first time in 30 years 199, but inn 1999 Nebraska beat the Wildcats 41-15 in Lincoln and everyone was wondering if the 1998 victory was an anomaly and if Nebraska was still going to be the dominant football program in the Big 12 North. Nebraska was ranked number four in the country going into the game and K-State was ranked number 16. The…
The 2001 Cotton Bowl was a great showing for Kansas State football. It was a nationally televised game on January first against a Phil Fulmer coached Tennessee team that was ranked 21 in both the AP and Coaches polls. This was the second highest ranked team that a Bill Snyder coached team ever beat in a bowl game. You can watch the entire broadcast of the game on YouTube here: I also found a six minute long highlight package of…
This game still ranks as one of the best games I’ve seen in person at Bill Snyder Family stadium. Baylor was ranked number 14 in the nation and was led by Robert Griffin III at quarterback. In a game that could have gone either way, I believe this victory helped propel the 2011 Wildcats to a 7-2 conference record and a second place finish with a trip to the Cotton Bowl. It was the first conference game that season and…
The 1994 K-State/KU football game is memorable for a couple of reasons. It was a Thursday night ESPN game so it was on national television. Not all the games were on national television back then, so it was kind of a big deal. Bill Snyder was still getting things going at K-State and the last few KU games, with the exception of 1992, prior to this one were close games. This game, which was played at KU in Lawrence, ended…