Kansas State vs. Texas
Kansas State and Texas have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1913; Texas leads the series 14–10 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 8–2, and Texas has won the last 7. Share
- Kansas State wins
- 10
- Texas wins
- 14
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1913
- Longest streak
- 7 Texas
- Current streak
- 7 Texas
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas 8–2
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–4 |
- Both ranked
- 5 meetings: Kansas State 2, Texas 3
- Average margin
- 17 points; 11 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kansas State
- 7–4 Kansas State’s record at home
- At Texas
- 10–3 Texas’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Kansas State’s biggest win1998: Kansas State 48, Texas 7by 41 points
- Texas’s biggest win1942: Texas 64, Kansas State 0by 64 points
- Upset2007: Kansas State 41, Texas 21Kansas State had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2006: Kansas State 45, Texas 42Kansas State had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2002: Texas 17, Kansas State 14No. 8 Texas at No. 17 Kansas State
- Ranked showdown1999: Kansas State 35, Texas 17No. 13 Kansas State at No. 15 Texas
- Ranked showdown2003: Texas 24, Kansas State 20No. 16 Kansas State at No. 13 Texas
- Ranked showdown2012: Kansas State 42, Texas 24No. 23 Texas at No. 7 Kansas State
Coach against coach
| Years | Kansas State | Series | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2013 | Bill Snyder | 5–3 | Mack Brown |
| 2014–2016 | Bill Snyder | 2–1 | Charlie Strong |
| 2021–2023 | Chris Klieman | 0–3 | Steve Sarkisian |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas State’s side (Snyder 5–3 against Brown). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Tyler Lockett Kansas State | 13 catches, 237 yards | 2013 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2003.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Photos
Colt McCoy drops back to pass against KSU 2007Photo: audreyhs17, cropped by Johntex, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeff Arredondo from Austin, United States; cropped by Johntex, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
KSU vs UT 2007 - TEXAS flagsPhoto: Jeff Arredondo from Austin, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Colt McCoy drops back to pass against KSU 2007Photo: audreyhs17, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.