1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team
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The 1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University
in the college football
season of 1996.
The team's
head football coach was Bill Snyder
. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1996 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 9-3, and a 6-2 record in Big 12
play. The season ended with a loss against BYU in the 1997 Cotton Bowl Classic.
1996 was the first year of competition for the Big 12 Conference
. Kansas State played Texas Tech in the first Big 12 game on August 31, 1996 in Manhattan, Kansas.
As of the 2009 season, 1996 was the last time Kansas State was shutout by an opponent. They lost 12-0 to .
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
in the college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
season of 1996.
1996 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions, but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped....
The team's
Kansas State Wildcats football
The Kansas State Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference...
head football coach was Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder is the head football coach at Kansas State University. He was rehired to the position on November 24, 2008, making Snyder one of the rare college football head coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same school. Snyder previously served as head coach at the school from 1989 to...
. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1996 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 9-3, and a 6-2 record in Big 12
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
play. The season ended with a loss against BYU in the 1997 Cotton Bowl Classic.
1996 was the first year of competition for the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
. Kansas State played Texas Tech in the first Big 12 game on August 31, 1996 in Manhattan, Kansas.
As of the 2009 season, 1996 was the last time Kansas State was shutout by an opponent. They lost 12-0 to .