1988 Kansas State

0–⁠11 (0–⁠7 Big Eight), coached by Stan Parrish.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1988, game by game: lost at Tulsa 9–35; lost vs. No. 17 Iowa 10–45; lost at Tulane 16–20; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 28–31; lost vs. Missouri 21–52; lost at No. 9 Oklahoma 24–70; lost vs. No. 5 Nebraska 3–48; lost vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State 27–45; lost at Kansas 12–30; lost vs. Iowa State 7–16; lost at Colorado 14–56+7−46Lost 9–35 at Tulsa-26TulsaLost 10–45 vs. No. 17 Iowa-35No. 17 IowaLost 16–20 at Tulane-4TulaneLost 28–31 vs. Louisiana Tech-3Louisiana TechLost 21–52 vs. Missouri-31MissouriLost 24–70 at No. 9 Oklahoma-46No. 9 OklahomaLost 3–48 vs. No. 5 Nebraska-45No. 5 NebraskaLost 27–45 vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State-18No. 12 Oklahoma StateLost 12–30 at Kansas-18KansasLost 7–16 vs. Iowa State-9Iowa StateLost 14–56 at Colorado-42Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 56–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 122nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1988.

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠448
Coach
Stan Parrish
Elo
1194 −125 this season
SP+ rating
-27.2 No. 101 of 102; offense No. 84, defense No. 100
SRS
−21.5 No. 97 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Deal
Defensive coordinator
Jon Tenuta

All-Big Eight

1 second team

Second team

  • Greg WashingtonWRAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠210
Oklahoma6–⁠19–⁠314
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠211
Colorado4–⁠38–⁠4
Iowa State3–⁠45–⁠6
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠61–⁠10
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.