1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1996 Kansas State Wildcats football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 15–19 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 17
1996 record9–3 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach
  • Bill Snyder (8th season)
Offensive coordinatorDana Dimel (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBob Cope (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMike Stoops (1st season)
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
(Capacity: 43,000)
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Northern Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%   8 0     11 2  
No. 8 Colorado   7 1     10 2  
No. 17 Kansas State   6 2     9 3  
Missouri   3 5     5 6  
Kansas   2 6     4 7  
Iowa State   1 7     2 9  
Southern Division
No. 23 Texas x$   6 2     8 5  
Texas Tech   5 3     7 5  
Texas A&M   4 4     6 6  
Oklahoma   3 5     3 8  
Oklahoma State   2 6     5 6  
Baylor   1 7     4 7  
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1996 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 9–3, and a 6–2 record in Big 12 Conference play.

The season ended with a loss against fifth-ranked BYU in the 1997 Cotton Bowl Classic—the school's first appearance in a traditional New Year's Day bowl game. 1996 was also the first year of competition for the Big 12 Conference, and Kansas State's home game against Texas Tech was the first athletic event in Big 12 history.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 312:30 p.m.Texas TechNo. 21
ABCW 21–1443,143
September 71:10 p.m.Indiana State*No. 21
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 59–340,724
September 141:10 p.m.Cincinnati*No. 17
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 35–043,111
September 217:00 p.m.at Rice*No. 16
W 34–719,700
October 52:30 p.m.No. 7 NebraskaNo. 16
ABCL 3–3943,916
October 121:00 p.m.at MissouriNo. 22
W 35–1045,211
October 196:00 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 21
FSNW 23–2064,155
October 251:10 p.m.OklahomaNo. 16
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 42–3543,815
November 91:00 p.m.at KansasNo. 13W 38–1248,800
November 166:00 p.m.at No. 6 ColoradoNo. 9
FSNL 0–1253,500
November 236:10 p.m.Iowa StateNo. 14
FSNW 35–2043,174
January 11:30 p.m.vs. No. 5 BYU*No. 14CBSL 15–1971,928
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1]

Roster[]

1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 33 David Allen Fr
WR 25 Andre Anderson Jr
WR 22 Jimmy Dean Sr
RB 24 Eric Hickson Jr
C 64 Jason Johnson Sr
WR 83 Kevin Lockett Sr
TE 86 Justin Swift So
T 58 Todd Weiner Jr
T 76 Ryan Young So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 90 Kenneth Bouie Jr
DE 94 Da'Von Brame Fr
DE 53 Mike Bush So
CB 2 Chris Canty Jr
DL 91 Pat Curry Fr
CB 29 Demetric Denmark Jr
DB 14 Edwin Lin Dotson Fr
DT 98 Jerome Evans Jr
LB 8 DeShawn Fogle Sr
LB 42 Mark Simoneau Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 38 Martin Gramatica So
Head coach
  • Bill Snyder
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
AP 21 21 21 17 16 16 16 22 21 16 14 13 9 14 14 14 14 17 
Coaches Poll 18 15 14 14 13 12 21 19 14 12 11 9 16 16 15 14 17

References[]

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (1996)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
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