1997 Kansas State Wildcats football team

1997 Kansas State Wildcats football
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 35–18 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
1997 record	11–1 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Hudson (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Stoops (2nd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium (Capacity: 43,000)

1997 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$		8	–	0		13	–	0
No. 8 Kansas State %		7	–	1		11	–	1
No. 23 Missouri		5	–	3		7	–	5
Colorado		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kansas		3	–	5		6	–	5
Iowa State		1	–	7		1	–	10
Southern Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy		6	–	2		9	–	4
No. 24 Oklahoma State		5	–	3		8	–	4
Texas Tech		5	–	3		6	–	5
Texas		2	–	6		4	–	7
Oklahoma		2	–	6		4	–	8
Baylor		1	–	7		2	–	9
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
† – Coaches Poll National Champion $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1997 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–1, and a 7–1 record in Big 12 Conference play. The season ended with a win over Donovan McNabb's Syracuse Orangemen in the 1997 Fiesta Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	6:30 PM	at Northern Illinois*	No. 21	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 47–7	26,873
September 13	6:10 PM	Ohio*	No. 20	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 23–20	42,097
September 27	1:10 PM	Bowling Green*	No. 18	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 58–0	41,524
October 4	6:00 PM	at No. 3 Nebraska	No. 17	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FX	L 26–56	75,856
October 11	11:30 AM	Missouri	No. 22	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 41–11	43,510
October 18	2:30 PM	No. 14 Texas A&M	No. 20	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 36–17	43,601
October 25	1:30 PM	at Oklahoma	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK		W 26–7	68,433
November 1	11:30 AM	at Texas Tech	No. 13	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FSN	W 13–2	38,322
November 8	1:10 PM	Kansas	No. 11	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown)	PPV	W 48–16	43,832
November 15	2:30 PM	Colorado	No. 10	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 37–20	43,981
November 22	11:30 AM	at Iowa State	No. 9	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FSN	W 28–3	24,042
December 31	6:00 PM	vs. No. 14 Syracuse*	No. 10	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	CBS	W 35–18	69,367
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Table references^[1]

Kansas State Wildcats football
Venues	Ahearn Field (1911–1921) Memorial Stadium (1922–1967) Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (1968–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa State Kansas: Sunflower Showdown (Governor's Cup)
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Wildcat Victory" "Wabash Cannonball" Marching band Timeline of football in Kansas Aggieville riots 1939 Nebraska game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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