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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 September 6 6:30 p.m. at Northern Illinois * No. 21 W 47–726,873
September 13 6:10 p.m. Ohio * No. 20 W 23–2042,097
September 27 1:10 p.m. Bowling Green * No. 18 W 58–041,524
October 4 6:00 p.m. at No. 3 Nebraska No. 17 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry )FX L 26–5675,856
October 11 11:30 a.m. Missouri No. 22 FSN W 41–1143,510
October 18 2:30 p.m. No. 14 Texas A&M No. 20 ABC W 36–1743,601
October 25 1:30 p.m. at Oklahoma No. 14 W 26–768,433
November 1 11:30 a.m. at Texas Tech No. 13 FSN W 13–238,322
November 8 1:10 p.m. Kansas No. 11 PPV W 48–1643,832
November 15 2:30 p.m. Colorado No. 10 ABC W 37–2043,981
November 22 11:30 a.m. at Iowa State No. 9 FSN W 28–324,042
December 31 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 14 Syracuse * No. 10 CBS W 35–1869,367
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Roster [ ]
1997 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
Nebraska [ ]
Kansas State at Nebraska
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas State
6
0 6 14
26
• Nebraska
10
10 21 15
56
Date: 1997-10-04Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 75,856TV announcers (FX ): Drew Goodman , Artie Gigantino
Texas A&M [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Texas A&M
0
3
7
7
17
#20 Kansas State
13
3
7
13
36
Syracuse (Fiesta Bowl) [ ]
1997 Fiesta Bowl
1
2 3 4 Total
• #10 Kansas State
0
21 0 14
35
#14 Syracuse
3
12 0 3
18
Date: 1997-12-31Location: Sun Devil Stadium , Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 69,367Referee: David Witvoet (Big Ten )TV announcers (CBS ): Tim Brando and Ed Cunningham
Rankings [ ]
References [ ]
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