1993 Copper Bowl
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The 1993 edition to the Copper Bowl featured the Wyoming Cowboys
and the Kansas State Wildcats
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K-State capped off its most successful season in 83 years, with its first-ever bowl game victory. The 20th ranked Kansas Wildcats, making only their second bowl appearance in school history, defeated the Wyoming Cowboys, 52-17.
Wyoming took a quick 3-0 lead on a 35-yard field goal, but K-State put its high-powered offense into overdrive and scored on its first three possessions. J.J. Smith put K-State on the board with a two-yard TD run and Tate Wright added a 22-yard field goal before K-State drove 76 yards on its third possession to take a 16-3 edge on a Chad May TD plunge. All-American Andre Coleman closed out the first half with a 68-yard punt return to put K-State ahead 24-10 at the break then blew things open with a 61-yard touchdown catch just 54 seconds into the third quarter.
Freshman All-American Kevin Lockett
put K-State ahead 38-10 midway through the third quarter with a 30-yard touchdown reception before reserve running back Leon Edwards added a 13-yard touchdown run and cornerback Kenny McEntyre provided the game’s crowning moment with a 37-yard interception return for a score.
Andre Coleman
racked up a career-high 283 yards of total offense, tying or breaking three Copper Bowl records along the way. Quarterback Chad May threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns, including the picture-perfect 30-yarder to wide receiver Kevin Lockett on a fourth-down play in the fourth quarter.
1993 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The Wyoming Cowboys represented the University of Wyoming in the 1993 NCAA Football season. The Cowboys finished the season 8–4 and 6–2 in conference play to share the Western Athletic Conference championship with Brigham Young and Fresno State. The Cowboys offense scored 357 points, while the...
and the Kansas State Wildcats
1993 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1993 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 1993. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1993 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 8-2-1, and a 4-2-1 record in...
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K-State capped off its most successful season in 83 years, with its first-ever bowl game victory. The 20th ranked Kansas Wildcats, making only their second bowl appearance in school history, defeated the Wyoming Cowboys, 52-17.
Wyoming took a quick 3-0 lead on a 35-yard field goal, but K-State put its high-powered offense into overdrive and scored on its first three possessions. J.J. Smith put K-State on the board with a two-yard TD run and Tate Wright added a 22-yard field goal before K-State drove 76 yards on its third possession to take a 16-3 edge on a Chad May TD plunge. All-American Andre Coleman closed out the first half with a 68-yard punt return to put K-State ahead 24-10 at the break then blew things open with a 61-yard touchdown catch just 54 seconds into the third quarter.
Freshman All-American Kevin Lockett
Kevin Lockett
Kevin Eugene Lockett is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the New York Jets. He played college football at Kansas State University where he was a football and academic All-American. ...
put K-State ahead 38-10 midway through the third quarter with a 30-yard touchdown reception before reserve running back Leon Edwards added a 13-yard touchdown run and cornerback Kenny McEntyre provided the game’s crowning moment with a 37-yard interception return for a score.
Andre Coleman
Andre Coleman
Andre Clintonian Coleman is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He attended Hickory High School in Hermitage, Pennsylvania playing on the AAA state championship team. He played collegiately at Kansas State University...
racked up a career-high 283 yards of total offense, tying or breaking three Copper Bowl records along the way. Quarterback Chad May threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns, including the picture-perfect 30-yarder to wide receiver Kevin Lockett on a fourth-down play in the fourth quarter.