The 1986 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...
in the
1986 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Penn State winning the national championship. Coached by Joe Paterno, they defeated Miami (Fl) 14–10 in the Fiesta Bowl. This Fiesta Bowl was the first in the game's history to decide the na ...
. The team's head football coach was
Stan Parrish
Stanley Paul Parrish (September 20, 1946 – April 3, 2022) was an American football coach and player. He was the head coach at Ball State University from 2009 to 2010. Parrish was previously the head coach at Wabash College, Kansas State and M ...
. The Wildcats played their home games in
KSU Stadium. They finished with a record of 2–9 overall and 1–6 in
Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Associatio ...
play.
The Wildcats' October 18 win against rival Kansas would be the program's last victory for 31 games, stretching until the
1989 season, when they defeated North Texas 20–17 on a last-second touchdown pass. Kansas State posted a 0-30-1 record during the streak, with the lone tie also coming against Kansas in
1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
.
Schedule
Personnel
Game summaries
Oklahoma
References
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