1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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1996 Kansas State Wildcats football
Cotton Bowl vs. BYU, Lost 19-15
Conference Big 12 North
1996 Record 9-3 (6-2 Big 12)
Head Coach Bill Snyder

Home Stadium

KSU Stadium
Seasons
« 1995 1997 »

The 1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 1996. 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 play. The season ended with a loss against BYU in the 1997 Cotton Bowl.

1996 was the first year of competition for the Big 12 Conference. Kansas State played Texas Tech in the first Big 12 game on August 31, 1996 in Manhattan, Kansas.



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[edit] 1996 Results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
Regular season
8/31/1996 Texas Tech #21 KSU StadiumManhattan, KS ABC W 21-14   
9/7/1996* Indiana State #21 KSU StadiumManhattan, KS None W 59-3   
9/14/1996* Cincinnati #17 KSU StadiumManhattan, KS None W 35-0   
9/21/1996* at Rice #16 Rice StadiumHouston, TX None W 34-7   
10/5/1996 #6 Nebraska #16 KSU StadiumManhattan, KS ABC L 39-3   
10/12/1996 at Missouri #22 Faurot FieldColumbia, MO None W 35-10   
10/19/1996 at Texas A&M #21 Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX Fox W 23-20   
10/25/1996 Oklahoma #16 KSU StadiumManhattan, KS None W 42-35   
11/9/1996 at Kansas #13 Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS None W 38-12   
11/16/1996 at #6 Colorado #9 Folsom FieldBoulder, CO Fox L 12-0   
11/23/1996 Iowa State #14 KSU StadiumManhattan, KS Fox W 35-20   
1/1/1997* vs. #5 BYU #14 Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Cotton Bowl) CBS L 19-15   
*Non-Conference Game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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