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 | 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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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
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AP | 23 | 22 | 21т | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
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Coaches | 23 | | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
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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
- Ron Hudson – Offensive Coordinator & quarterbacks
- Michael Smith – Running backs
- Greg Peterson – Wide receivers & passing game coordinator
- Larry Kramer – Tight ends & Special Teams Coordinator
- Mike Stoops – Defensive Coordinator & defensive backs
- Mo Latimore – interior Defensive line
- Jon Faris – Defensive end
- Brent Venables – Linebackers
- Mark Mangino – Recruiting Game Coordinator
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
Nebraska
Kansas State at Nebraska
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Kansas State |
6 |
0 | 6 | 14 |
26 |
• Nebraska |
10 |
10 | 21 | 15 |
56 |
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Texas A&M
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#14 Texas A&M
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0
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3
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7
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7 |
17 |
#20 Kansas State
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13
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3
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7
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13 |
36 |
Syracuse (Fiesta Bowl)
1997 Fiesta Bowl
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• #10 Kansas State |
0 |
21 | 0 | 14 |
35 |
#14 Syracuse |
3 |
12 | 0 | 3 |
18 |
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