1997 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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.

1997 Kansas State Wildcats football
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 35–18 vs. Syracuse
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
1997 record11–1 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Hudson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Stoops (2nd season)
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
(Capacity: 43,000)
1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$  8 0     13 0  
No. 8 Kansas State %  7 1     11 1  
No. 23 Missouri  5 3     7 5  
Colorado  3 5     5 6  
Kansas  3 5     5 6  
Iowa State  1 7     1 10  
Southern Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy  6 2     9 4  
No. 24 Oklahoma State  5 3     8 4  
Texas Tech  5 3     6 5  
Texas  2 6     4 7  
Oklahoma  2 6     4 8  
Baylor  1 7     2 9  
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • † – Coaches Poll National Champion
    $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 66:30 p.m.at Northern Illinois*No. 21W 47–726,873
September 136:10 p.m.Ohio*No. 20W 23–2042,097
September 271:10 p.m.Bowling Green*No. 18
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 58–041,524
October 46:00 p.m.at No. 3 NebraskaNo. 17FXL 26–5675,856
October 1111:30 a.m.MissouriNo. 22
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FSNW 41–1143,510
October 182:30 p.m.No. 14 Texas A&MNo. 20
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
ABCW 36–1743,601
October 251:30 p.m.at OklahomaNo. 14W 26–768,433
November 111:30 a.m.at Texas TechNo. 13FSNW 13–238,322
November 81:10 p.m.KansasNo. 11
PPVW 48–1643,832
November 152:30 p.m.ColoradoNo. 10
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
ABCW 37–2043,981
November 2211:30 a.m.at Iowa StateNo. 9FSNW 28–324,042
December 316:00 p.m.vs. No. 14 Syracuse*No. 10CBSW 35–1869,367
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings 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
Pos.#NameClass
RB 32 David Allen So
QB 7 Michael Bishop Jr
WR 80 Darnell McDonald Jr
TE 86 Justin Swift Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 44 Monty Beisel Fr
CB 23 Jerametrius Butler Fr
DB 1 Lamar Chapman So
S 40 Jarrod Cooper Fr
DL 49 Darren Howard So
LB 8 Jeff Kelly So
LB 50 Travis Ochs Jr
LB 42 Mark Simoneau So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 10 Martín Gramática Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Game summaries

Nebraska


Syracuse (Fiesta Bowl)


Rankings

References


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