1991 Kansas State Wildcats football team
American college football season
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The 1991 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1991 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 7–4, and a 4–3 record in Big Eight Conference play.
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Headcoach
- Bill Snyder (3rd season)
OffensivecoordinatorDel Miller (3rd season)
| 1991 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (4–3 Big 8) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Del Miller (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
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| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | KSU Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Nebraska + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Colorado + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Oklahoma | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1991 saw the first winning season for Kansas State since 1982. The Wildcats shut out Missouri on November 16, 1991, which marked their first shutout of an opponent since September 20, 1975, when they shut out Wichita State at home.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 7 | 6:30 p.m. | Indiana State* | W 26–25 | 26,183 | [1] | |
| September 14 | 6:30 p.m. | Idaho State* |
| W 41–7 | 27,126 | [2] |
| September 21 | 6:30 p.m. | Northern Illinois* |
| W 34–17 | 27,229 | [3] |
| September 28 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 4 Washington* | L 3–56 | 71,638 | [4] | |
| October 12 | 1:10 p.m. | Kansas |
| W 16–12 | 40,856 | [5] |
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Nebraska | L 31–38 | 76,209 | [6] | |
| October 26 | 1:10 p.m. | No. 16 Colorado |
| L 0–10 | 31,987 | [7] |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Oklahoma | L 7–28 | 62,162 | [8] | |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Iowa State | W 37–7 | 37,052 | [9] | |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Missouri |
| W 32–0 | 20,986 | [10] |
| November 23 | 1:30 p.m. | at Oklahoma State | W 36–26 | 17,800 | [11] | |
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Game summaries
At Washington
Kansas State at #4 Washington
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • Huskies | 21 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 56 |
- Date: September 28
- Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA
- Game start: 12:30 pm PDT
- Game attendance: 71,638
- Game weather: 65F Cloudy
- TV announcers (Prime Sports Northwest): Don Poier and Chuck Nelson
| Q1 | 13:08 | UW | Jay Barry 3 yard run (Travis Hanson kick) | UW 7–0 |
| Q1 | 10:30 | UW | Mario Bailey 71 yard pass from Billy Joe Hobert (kick failed) | UW 13–0 |
| Q1 | 3:21 | UW | Beno Bryant 4 yard run (Travis Hanson kick) | UW 20–0 |
| Q2 | 12:22 | UW | Jay Barry 1 yard run (Travis Hanson kick) | UW 27–0 |
| Q2 | 3:00 | UW | Orlando McKay 28 yard pass from Billy Joe Hobert (Leif Johnson pass from Eric Bjornson) | UW 35–0 |
| Q2 | 0:00 | KSU | Tate Wright 42 yard field goal | UW 35–3 |
| Q3 | 4:19 | UW | Mario Bailey 32 yard pass from Billy Joe Hobert (Travis Hanson kick) | UW 42–3 |
| Q4 | 11:05 | UW | Beno Bryant 53 yard punt return (Jason Crabbe kick) | UW 49–3 |
| Q4 | 6:39 | UW | Napoleon Kaufman 3 yard run (Jason Crabbe kick) | UW 56–3 |
At Nebraska
Kansas State at #9 Nebraska
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Wildcats | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| • Cornhuskers | 14 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
- Date: October 19
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
- Game attendance: 76,209
Colorado
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #23 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #19 Buffaloes | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Roster
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After the season
NFL draft
The following Wildcats were selected in the 1992 NFL draft after the season.[13]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL team |
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| 5 | 118 | Rogerick Green | Cornerback | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 7 | 179 | Russ Campbell | Tight end | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 10 | 254 | Elijah Alexander | Linebacker | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
