American college football season
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.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 2:30 p.m. Texas Tech No. 21 ABC W 21–1443,143 September 7 1:10 p.m. Indiana State * No. 21 W 59–340,724 September 14 1:10 p.m. Cincinnati * No. 17 W 35–043,111 September 21 7:00 p.m. at Rice * No. 16 W 34–719,700 October 5 2:30 p.m. No. 7 Nebraska No. 16 ABC L 3–3943,916 October 12 1:00 p.m. at Missouri No. 22 W 35–1045,211 October 19 6:00 p.m. at Texas A&M No. 21 FSN W 23–2064,155 October 26 1:10 p.m. Oklahoma No. 16 W 42–3543,815 November 9 1:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 13 W 38–1248,800 November 16 6:00 p.m. at No. 6 Colorado No. 9 FSN L 0–1253,500 November 23 6:10 p.m. Iowa State No. 14 FSN W 35–2043,174 January 1 1:30 p.m. vs. No. 5 BYU * No. 14 CBS L 15–1971,928 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster Players Coaches Offense 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
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