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1999 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1999
team	Kansas State Wildcats
sport	football
conference	Big 12 Conference
division	North Division
short_conf	Big 12
CoachRank	6
APRank	6
record	11–1
conf_record	7–1
head_coach	Bill Snyder
hc_year	11th
off_coach	Ron Hudson
oc_year	3rd
off_scheme	Pro-style
def_coach	Phil Bennett
dc_year	1st
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	KSU Stadium
champion	Big 12 North co-champion
Holiday Bowl champion
bowl	[Holiday Bowl](1999-holiday-bowl)
bowl_result	W 24–20 vs. [Washington](1999-washington-huskies-football-team)

Holiday Bowl champion The 1999 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University as a member of the North Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Bill Snyder, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 11–1 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing Big 12's North Division title with Nebraska. Kansas State was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Wildcats defeated Washington.The team played home games at KSU Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.

The Wildcats defense did not give up a score in the third quarter all season, and tied a program record for shutouts in a season with three. They shut out Temple, Utah State, and Missouri. Kansas State shutout Missouri three times in five games in Manhattan between 1991 and 1999. The Wildcats also shut out three opponents in 1991 and 2002.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

At Texas

Source: box score K-State won its first ever Big 12 trip to Austin, and first since 1942 (a 64–0 loss). They beat Texas soundly 48–7 in Manhattan in the 1998 campaign. David Allen returned a 74-yard punt for an NCAA record-tying touchdown and also scored a running touchdown as Texas turned the ball over a whopping six times. Kicker Jamie Rheem set a new school record with five field goals from 22, 23, 32, 27, and 20 yards. Linebacker Mark Simoneau scored on a pick six with 8:31 left in the fourth quarter extend the Wildcats' lead to 24–17. Jonathan Beasley who was removed from the game in the previous week's 35–28 victory over Iowa State relieved a struggling starting quarterback Adam Helm in the second quarter.

First quarter

KSU - Rheem 22 FG (3–0)

KSU - Rheem 23 FG (6–0)

UT - Smith 14 pass from Applewhite (Stockton kick) (6–7)

Second quarter

UT - Robertson 1 run (Stockton kick) (6–14)

KSU - Rheem 32 FG (9–14)

Third quarter

KSU - Allen 74-yard punt return (Gramatica kick) (15–14)

KSU - Rheem 27 FG (18–14)

Fourth quarter

UT - Stockton 25 FG (18–17)

KSU - Simoneau 37 interception return (Rheem kick) (25–17)

KSU - Allen 35 run (32–17) (Gramatica kick)

KSU - Rheem 20 FG (35–17)

At Nebraska

Roster

Ron Hudson – Offensive Coordinator & quarterbacks
Michael Smith – Running backs
Greg Peterson – Wide receivers & passing game coordinator
Matt Miller – Tight ends
Paul Dunn – Offensive line
Phil Bennett – Defensive Coordinator
Mo Latimore – interior Defensive line
Bob Fello – Defensive end & Special Teams Coordinator
Jim Gush – Linebackers
Rex Ryan – Defensive Coordinator (Never coached, left before start of season to coach defensive line for Baltimore Ravens) | access-date=

Statistics

Team

KSU	Opp
Scoring	433
Points per game	39.4
First downs	203
Rushing	108
Passing	79
Penalty	16
Total offense	4,122
Avg per play	5.3
Avg per game	374.7
Fumbles-Lost	24-12
Penalties-Yards	101-860
Avg per game	78.2

KSU	Opp
Punts-Yards	58–2,073
Avg per punt	35.7
Time of possession/Game	33:44
3rd down conversions	49/157
4th down conversions	10/16
Touchdowns scored	54
Field goals-Attempts	19-24
PAT-Attempts	48-50
Attendance	357,951
Games/Avg per Game	7/51,136

Scores by quarter

{{Linescore Amfootball		Road=Kansas State	R1=105	R2=120	R3=108	R4=100	Home=Opponents	H1=54	H2=49	H3=0	H4=41

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Joe Hall	9	121	628	15	613	5.1	6	47	68.1
Frank Murphy	7	97	569	28	541	5.6	6	46	77.3
David Allen	10	74	371	7	364	4.9	6	44	36.4
Total	11	526	2365	333	2032	3.9	31	47	184.7
Opponents	11	378	1571	350	1221	3.2	13	46	111.0

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G	Pct.
Jonathan Beasley	11-11	134.89	203-90-72	1,805	14	88	164.1	44.3
Total	11-11	124.91	256-116-9	2,090	14	88	190.0	45.3
Opponents	11	65.74	315-118-21	1,364	5	70	124.0	37.5

Receiving

Name	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Quincy Morgan	11	42	1007	24.0	9	88	91.5
Aaron Lockett	11	33	531	16.1	3	43	48.3
Frank Murphy	7	6	39	6.5	0	13	5.6
David Allen	10	4	40	10.0	1	14	4.0
Total	11	116	2,090	18.0	14	88	190.0
Opponents	11	118	1,364	11.6	5	70	124.0

References

"Shutout info".
. ["1999 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas-state/1999-schedule.html). *[[Sports Reference]]*.

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