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1991 Kansas State

7–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Bill Snyder.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1991, game by game: won vs. Indiana State 26–25; won vs. Idaho State 41–7; won vs. Northern Illinois 34–17; lost at No. 4 Washington 3–56; won vs. Kansas 16–12; lost at No. 9 Nebraska 31–38; lost vs. No. 16 Colorado 0–10; lost at No. 20 Oklahoma 7–28; won at Iowa State 37–7; won vs. Missouri 32–0; won at Oklahoma State 36–26+34−53Won 26–25 vs. Indiana State+1Indiana StateWon 41–7 vs. Idaho State+34Idaho StateWon 34–17 vs. Northern Illinois+17Northern Illino…Lost 3–56 at No. 4 Washington-53No. 4 WashingtonWon 16–12 vs. Kansas+4KansasLost 31–38 at No. 9 Nebraska-7No. 9 NebraskaLost 0–10 vs. No. 16 Colorado-10No. 16 ColoradoLost 7–28 at No. 20 Oklahoma-21No. 20 OklahomaWon 37–7 at Iowa State+30Iowa StateWon 32–0 vs. Missouri+32MissouriWon 36–26 at Oklahoma State+10Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsIndiana StateW 26–⁠2577%
Sep 14vsIdaho StateW 41–⁠775%
Sep 21vsNorthern IllinoisW 34–⁠1750%
Sep 28at4WashingtonL 3–⁠5614%
Oct 12vsKansasW 16–⁠1256%
Oct 19at9NebraskaL 31–⁠3820%
Oct 26vs16ColoradoL 0–⁠1025%
Nov 2at20OklahomaL 7–⁠2819%
Nov 9atIowa StateW 37–⁠747%
Nov 16vsMissouriW 32–⁠064%
Nov 23atOklahoma StateW 36–⁠2666%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 36–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 41st-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 1991.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
263–⁠226
Coach
Bill Snyder
Elo
1515 +100 this season
SP+ rating
8.9 No. 35 of 104; offense No. 41, defense No. 34
SRS
8.2 No. 29 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Del Miller
Defensive coordinators
Jim Leavitt and Bob Stoops
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 5Rogerick Green DBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 7Russ Campbell TEPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Michael SmithWRAP-1
  • Brooks BartaLBAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠115
Colorado6–⁠0–⁠18–⁠3–⁠120
Oklahoma5–⁠29–⁠316
Kansas State4–⁠37–⁠4
Kansas3–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Missouri1–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

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