1991 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1991 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1991 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 7–4, and a 4–3 record in Big Eight Conference play.

1991 Kansas State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	7–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Del Miller (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Jim Leavitt (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bob Stoops (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	KSU Stadium

1991 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 15 Nebraska	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Colorado	6	–	0	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 16 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Kansas State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Oklahoma State	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	10	–	1
– Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1991 saw the first winning season for Kansas State since 1982. Kansas State recorded their first shutout of an opponent since September 20, 1975, when they shut out Wichita State at home. The Wildcats shut out Missouri on November 16, 1991.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	6:30 p.m.	Indiana State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 26–25	26,183
September 14	6:30 p.m.	Idaho State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 41–7	27,126
September 21	6:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 34–17	27,229
September 28	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 3–56	71,638
October 12	1:10 p.m.	Kansas	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 16–12	40,856
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 31–38	76,209
October 26	1:10 p.m.	No. 16 Colorado	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	L 0–10	31,987
November 2	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 7–28	62,162
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	W 37–7	37,052
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Missouri	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 32–0	20,986
November 23	1:30 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 36–26	17,800
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

At Washington

Kansas State at #4 Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3 • Huskies 21 14 7 14 56 Date: September 28 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA Game start: 12:30 pm PDT Game attendance: 71,638 Game weather: 65F Cloudy TV announcers (Prime Sports Northwest): Don Poier and Chuck Nelson

Scoring summary Q1 13:08 UW Jay Barry 3 yard run (Travis Hanson kick) UW 7–0 Q1 10:30 UW Mario Bailey 71 yard pass from Billy Joe Hobert (kick failed) UW 13–0 Q1 3:21 UW Beno Bryant 4 yard run (Travis Hanson kick) UW 20–0 Q2 12:22 UW Jay Barry 1 yard run (Travis Hanson kick) UW 27–0 Q2 3:00 UW Orlando McKay 28 yard pass from Billy Joe Hobert (Leif Johnson pass from Eric Bjornson) UW 35–0 Q2 0:00 KSU Tate Wright 42 yard field goal UW 35–3 Q3 4:19 UW Mario Bailey 32 yard pass from Billy Joe Hobert (Travis Hanson kick) UW 42–3 Q4 11:05 UW Beno Bryant 53 yard punt return (Jason Crabbe kick) UW 49–3 Q4 6:39 UW Napoleon Kaufman 3 yard run (Jason Crabbe kick) UW 56–3

See also: 1991 Washington Huskies football team

At Nebraska

Kansas State at #9 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 10 14 0 31 • Cornhuskers 14 3 7 14 38 Date: October 19 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE Game attendance: 76,209

See also: 1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry

Colorado

See also: 1991 Colorado Buffaloes football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
#19 Buffaloes	3	0	7	0	10

Roster

1991 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 86 Russ Campbell Sr WR 28 Andre Coleman Jr RB 1 Eric Gallon Jr C 72 Quentin Neujahr So OT 77 Mike Orr Jr WR 88 Michael Smith Sr OL   Doug Grush Sr QB 14 Paul Watson Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 89 Elijah Alexander Sr LB Mike Ekeler Fr LB 45 Kirby Hocutt Fr CB 5 William Price Sr MLB 52 Joe Boone Sr DL 76 Evan Simpson Sr CB 31 Thomas Randolph So LB   Brent Venables Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K   Tate Wright Jr	Head coach Bill Snyder Coordinators/assistant coaches Del Miller – Offensive Coordinator John Latina – Offensive line & running game coordinator Dana Dimel – Offensive line Bob Stoops – Defensive Coordinator John Hendrick – Defensive line Jim Leavitt – Linebackers Ben Griffith – Assistant Tom Grogan – Assistant Nick Quartaro – Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

After the season

NFL draft

The following Wildcats were selected in the 1992 NFL draft after the season.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
5	118	Rogerick Green	Cornerback	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7	179	Russ Campbell	Tight end	Pittsburgh Steelers
10	254	Elijah Alexander	Linebacker	Tampa Bay Buccaneers