American college football season
The 1999 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder . The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium . 1999 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–1, and a 7–1 record in Big 12 Conference play. The season culminated with a win over Washington in the 1999 Holiday Bowl . The Wildcat defense did not give up a score in the third quarter all season.
The Wildcats tied a school record for shutouts in a season with three. They shutout Temple , Utah State , and Missouri . The Wildcats shutout Missouri three times in five games in Manhattan between 1991 and 1999. The Wildcats also shutout three opponents in 1991 and 2002.[ 1]
Schedule Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 11 6:10 p.m. Temple * No. 17 W 40–050,624
September 18 6:10 p.m. UTEP * No. 16 W 40–750,923
September 25 11:30 a.m. at Iowa State No. 15 FSN W 35–2840,057
October 2 2:30 p.m. at No. 15 Texas No. 13 ABC W 35–1783,082
October 9 1:10 p.m. Kansas No. 9 W 50–952,254
October 16 1:10 p.m. Utah State * No. 9 W 40–051,106
October 23 11:30 a.m. at Oklahoma State No. 7 FSN W 44–2148,500
October 30 1:10 p.m. Baylor No. 6 W 48–749,732
November 6 11:30 a.m. Colorado No. 6 FSN W 20–1452,077
November 13 2:30 p.m. at No. 7 Nebraska No. 5 ABC L 15–4177,744
November 20 1:10 p.m. Missouri No. 9 FSN W 66–051,234
December 29 7:00 p.m. vs. Washington * No. 7 ESPN W 24–2057,118
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Rankings Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 20T 19 17 16 15 13 9 9 7 6 6 5 9 9 8 7 6 Coaches Poll 19 19* 18 16 15 13 10 8 7 6 6 5 9 8 7 7 6 BCS Not released 5 6 5 8 6 6 6 Not released
Roster
1999 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
20
Mike Goodnow
Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Ron Hudson – Offensive Coordinator & quarterbacks
Michael Smith – Running backs
Greg Peterson – Wide receivers & passing game coordinator
Matt Miller – Tight ends
Paul Dunn – Offensive line
Phil Bennett – Defensive Coordinator
Mo Latimore – interior Defensive line
Bob Fello – Defensive end & Special Teams Coordinator
Jim Gush – Linebackers
Rex Ryan – Defensive Coordinator (Never coached, left before start of season to coach defensive line for Baltimore Ravens )
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Game summaries
At No. 15 Texas
Kansas State at Texas
1
2 3 4 Total
• Kansas State
6
3 9 17
35
Texas
7
7 0 3
17
K-State won its first ever Big 12 trip to Austin, and first since 1942 (a 64–0 loss). They beat Texas soundly 48–7 in Manhattan in the 1998 campaign. David Allen returned a 74-yard punt for an NCAA record-tying touchdown and also scored a running touchdown as Texas turned the ball over a whopping six times. Kicker Jamie Rheem set a new school record with five field goals from 22, 23, 32, 27, and 20 yards. Linebacker Mark Simoneau scored on a pick six with 8:31 left in the fourth quarter extend the Wildcats' lead to 24–17. Jonathan Beasley who was removed from the game in the previous week's 35–28 victory over Iowa State relieved a struggling starting quarterback Adam Helm in the second quarter.
First Quarter
KSU - Rheem 22 FG (3–0)
KSU - Rheem 23 FG (6–0)
UT - Smith 14 pass from Applewhite (Stockton kick) (6–7)
Second Quarter
UT - Robertson 1 run (Stockton kick) (6–14)
KSU - Rheem 32 FG (9–14)
Third Quarter
KSU - Allen 74-yard punt return (Gramatica kick) (15–14)
KSU - Rheem 27 FG (18–14)
Fourth Quarter
UT - Stockton 25 FG (18–17)
KSU - Simoneau 37 interception return (Rheem kick) (25–17)
KSU - Allen 35 run (32–17) (Gramatica kick)
KSU - Rheem 20 FG (35–17)
At #7 Nebraska
Kansas State at Nebraska
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas State
0
9 0 6
15
• Nebraska
16
8 0 17
41
Statistics
Team
KSU
Opp
Scoring
433
144
Points per Game
39.4
13.1
First Downs
203
143
Rushing
108
68
Passing
79
55
Penalty
16
20
Total Offense
4,122
2,585
Avg per Play
5.3
3.7
Avg per Game
374.7
235.0
Fumbles-Lost
24-12
34–17
Penalties-Yards
101-860
76-542
Avg per Game
78.2
49.3
KSU
Opp
Punts-Yards
58–2,073
86–3,099
Avg per Punt
35.7
36.0
Time of Possession/Game
33:44
26:16
3rd Down Conversions
49/157
35/157
4th Down Conversions
10/16
3/12
Touchdowns Scored
54
19
Field Goals-Attempts
19-24
3–10
PAT-Attempts
48-50
17-17
Attendance
357,951
249,383
Games/Avg per Game
7/51,136
4/62,346
Scores by quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Kansas State
105
120
108
100
433
Opponents
54
49
0
41
144
Offense
Rushing
Name
GP
Att
Gain
Loss
Net
Avg
TD
Long
Avg/G
Joe Hall
9
121
628
15
613
5.1
6
47
68.1
Frank Murphy
7
97
569
28
541
5.6
6
46
77.3
David Allen
10
74
371
7
364
4.9
6
44
36.4
Total
11
526
2365
333
2032
3.9
31
47
184.7
Opponents
11
378
1571
350
1221
3.2
13
46
111.0
Passing
Name
GP-GS
Effic
Att-Cmp-Int
Yds
TD
Lng
Avg/G
Pct.
Jonathan Beasley
11-11
134.89
203-90-72
1,805
14
88
164.1
44.3
Total
11-11
124.91
256-116-9
2,090
14
88
190.0
45.3
Opponents
11
65.74
315-118-21
1,364
5
70
124.0
37.5
Receiving
Name
GP
No.
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Avg/G
Quincy Morgan
11
42
1007
24.0
9
88
91.5
Aaron Lockett
11
33
531
16.1
3
43
48.3
Frank Murphy
7
6
39
6.5
0
13
5.6
David Allen
10
4
40
10.0
1
14
4.0
Total
11
116
2,090
18.0
14
88
190.0
Opponents
11
118
1,364
11.6
5
70
124.0
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