Kansas State University also offers Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) and Air Force ROTC programs. [23] The Wildcats best season was in 1981, when they reached the national semifinals.[24]. The team is among the all-time winningest programs in the NCAA. Kansas State subsequently beat Nebraska in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004. - Kansas is 122-57 all-time in 179 head-to-head games against Kansas State. In 1888, when the University was still Kansas State Agricultural College, H.W. [7][10] The school was the first land-grant college created under the Morrill Act. [10][15] Fairchild was credited with saying, "Our college exists not so much to make men farmers as to make farmers men. On October 28, 1939, the station broadcast the Homecoming football game in Manhattan between Kansas State and Nebraska, which was the second college football game ever televised. The athletics logo is a stylized Wildcat head in profile usually featured in the school color, called the "Powercat. [7] The most recent change in athletic teams offered at Kansas State occurred when the school began a women's soccer program in the fall of 2016, and discontinued women's equestrian at the conclusion of the 2015–16 season. 2020 season schedule, scores, stats, and highlights. The College of Technology and Aviation is at the Salina campus. The team's head coach is Pete Hughes. [18][19][failed verification] Milton S. Eisenhower served as president of the university from 1943 to 1950, and Dr. James McCain succeeded him, serving from 1950 to 1975. The rivalry continued strong through the 1980s, but faded as Kansas began a 24-game win streak against the Wildcats in Manhattan in 1984. Haymaker and Marlatt Halls were all-male residence halls until the fall semesters of 2002 and 2009 respectively, when they became co-educational. Success and high rankings followed, highlighted by a #1 national ranking during the 1998 season, a #1 BCS ranking in the 2012 season, and Big 12 Conference championships in 2003 and 2012. Since 1969, the two teams have competed for the Governor's Cup. Kansas (15-7, 9-5 Big 12) picked up three wins last week, including a dominating 78-66 victory over then-No. The Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina is home to the College of Technology and Aviation. Kansas State's best finish at the Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament is a runner-up finish in the 2008 tournament. Twenty-four Kansas State athletes have attended 15 Olympic Games, most recently at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and have won eight medals. K-State has twelve residence halls on campus: Boyd Hall, Ford Hall, Goodnow Hall, Haymaker Hall, Marlatt Hall, Moore Hall, West Hall, Putnam Hall, Van Zile Hall, and the new Wefald hall, completed in 2016. The Wildcats previously played college rugby in the Central Division, where they were champions in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. Find the latest videos we have for Kansas High School teams and games. [7] It was formally renamed as Kansas State University in 1959. [20] In March 2010 he announced his K-State 2025 plan. (The Big 12 Conference awards KSU 4 additional titles for winning its North Division). [55] The residence halls are divided into three complexes: Derby, Kramer, and Strong. In 2012−2013, Kansas State became only the second Big 12 school to win conference titles in football, men's basketball, and baseball in the same school year.[63]. [15], The main campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan now covers 668 acres (2.70 km2). Kansas forward Mitch Lightfoot (44) and Kansas guard Dajuan Harris (3) have a chat while waiting to check in during the … The graduate school offers 65 master's degree programs and nearly 50 doctoral programs. 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By comparison, the University of Kansas opened in 1866, and offered only preparatory-level classes until college-level classes began in 1869. The Association of Residence Halls (KSUARH) is the second largest organization of student leaders working towards better the on-campus living experience for students living in the Residence Halls around campus. Additionally, from 1995 to 2001 the school appeared in the AP Poll for 108 consecutive weeks—the 15th-longest streak in college football history.[20]. Overall, seven U.S. presidents and ten current or former foreign heads of state have given Landon Lectures at K-State since the series was inaugurated in 1966. [13] In 1862, another bill to make Manhattan the site of the state university failed by one vote. The 46th Governor of Kansas, who served as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under President Donald Trump, Sam Brownback, and one U.S. The Wildcats call Tointon Family Stadium home. [25], In the spring of 1951, the conference color barrier in baseball was broken by Kansas State's Earl Woods (the father of golf great Tiger Woods). Kansas leads the overall series with Kansas State, 200-94, and has won 12 of the last 13 matchups, including a 74-51 win on Feb. 2, 2021, in Allen Fieldhouse. Athletics at Kansas State University are administered by the University's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. [59] The song is sung at most K-State sporting events by fans, students and alumni. Highlights during this era include winning two Big 12 regular-season conference championships (2012–13 and 2018–19), and freshman Michael Beasley being named an All-American and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year in 2008. The rivalry on the hardwood peaked in the 1950s when both teams were national title contenders. Former teammate Larry Hartshorn recalled an instance when the Wildcats were scheduled to play a spring game against a team from Mississippi. The Jayhawks have won three straight and four of its last five outings. Alma Mater is the name of the official school song of Kansas State University. During this era, the tenor of the school shifted with the tenure of college presidents. Kansas State participates in the NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) and is a member of the Big 12 Conference since 1996. Harold Robinson became the first African-American athlete in the conference in more than two decades and the first ever to receive a scholarship, playing football for Kansas State in 1949. Clevenger was elected the school's first official Athletic Director. MaxPreps - Kansas High School Sports Rankings, Leaderboards, and Scoreboards. In the winter of 1951–1952, Kansas State's Gene Wilson broke the conference color barrier in basketball, together with LaVannes Squires at the University of Kansas.[27]. The Jayhawks scored 97 … K-State also participated in the AIAW tournament in 1977. As of May 2018, Kansas State has won more than 80 conference championships through the years, not counting titles captured in the old Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (see chart below). [47] The station was reassigned to the frequency of AM 580 in 1928, and continued broadcasting on that frequency until November 27, 2002, when it made its last broadcast after the frequency was bought out by WIBW in Topeka, Kansas. [36] The school is a member of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools, and is home to the Kansas Beta chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. The 2009–10 team spent much of the year ranked in the Top 10 of the national polls and finished second in the Big 12. Since 1986, Kansas State ranks first nationally among public universities in its total of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, and Udall scholars with 124 recipients. "We just left", Hartshorn said. For example, President John A. Anderson (1873–1879) favored a limited education and President George T. Fairchild (1879–1897) favored a classic liberal education. In 1991 Head Coach Bill Snyder gained his first win against the Jayhawks and over the next 12 years Kansas would only beat the Wildcats once, in 1992, until KU finally won again in a home game in 2004. That year, the delegation from Manhattan introduced a bill to convert the private Blue Mont Central College in Manhattan, incorporated in 1858, into the state university. Kansas State Athletics Main Navigation Menu. An indicator of the controversial nature of this position is reflected in an article published in The Tulsa World about an incident that occurred in the early 1950s during a baseball game:[26]. Kansas shot 46% (22 for 48) from the field and held Kansas State (5-18, 1-13) to 31% on 18-for-58 shooting. Anderson Hall, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has housed the university's administrative offices for more than a century. [14] A commission to establish a state university in Lawrence was called for later in the same legislative session, provided that town could meet certain requirements, and finalized later that year. In 1991, the former Kansas Technical Institute in Salina, Kansas was merged with Kansas State University by an act of the Kansas legislature. Between the years of 1993 and 2003, Snyder's teams went 109–29–1 and attended eleven straight bowl games. [37], In 2018, the Kansas Board of Regents approved that the name of the College of Engineering should be changed to the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering in his honor.[38]. [10] Clevenger was assisted in that role by former football star Germany Schulz. The team has won 23 major conference championships. In 1928, when the "Big Six" members of the MVIAA split away from the smaller schools of the Missouri Valley, Kansas State was included in its membership. Kansas State has more than 400 student organizations. The university maintains numerous facilities, research collaborations and academic programs devoted to agrodefense and biodefense. The Landon Lecture Series annually brings high-profile speakers to KSU – primarily current or former political or government leaders. The first two major conference titles captured by the school were won in the sport, in 1917 and 1919, in the Missouri Valley Conference. The official school color is Royal Purple, making Kansas State one of very few schools (alongside Syracuse[60] and Harvard[61]) that have only one official color. These matches are not, however, reflected in the school's official histories, and the first official contest recorded is a 14–0 loss to Fort Riley in a football game on November 28, 1896.[13]. [14] Enrollment for the first session totaled 52 students: 26 men and 26 women. [45] In 1912 the station began a daily broadcast (in morse code) of the weather forecast, becoming the first radio station in the U.S. to air a regularly-scheduled forecast. Kansas State's baseball team officially began play in 1897. Holtz Hall, built in 1876, is the oldest free-standing building on campus. Kansas State alums have been enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame, served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and have earned Emmy Awards and Olympic gold medals. K-State has finished ranked in the Top 25 of the AP Poll twelve times, including three rankings in the Top 10 (1984, 2003, 2004). [10] However, the oldest building on campus is the original section of Seaton Hall, which now forms Seaton Court, facing the courtyard of Hale Library and Eisenhower Hall. In line with its roots as a land grant college, a number of Kansas State's most eminent faculty in its earliest years were in the areas of agriculture, science and military. [10] The original site is now occupied by Central National Bank of Manhattan and Founders Hill Apartments. Find out the latest on your favorite NCAAF teams on CBSSports.com. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". [14] Indeed, for many years the Wildcats spent far less on athletics than any other Big Eight school. Other milestones in the team's history include Earl Woods, the father of golfer Tiger Woods, becoming the first African-American baseball player in the Big Seven Conference in 1952, as well as all-time coaching wins leader Mike Clark winning the Big Eight Coach of the Year award in 1990. The program has also appeared in 31 NCAA basketball tournaments. The current head coach is Suzie Fritz. [9][10] Beginning in 1890, a baseball game between the faculty and the senior class became an annual feature of graduation day. The excimer laser, which made LASIK eye surgery possible, is a technology developed by Kansas State researchers. The Wildcats have won 68 conference championships and 13 conference tournaments, most of which came from the men’s basketball program. Kansas State Football CFB OT Rules Could Change in 2021. The Olathe Innovation Campus has a focus on graduate work in research bioenergy, animal health, plant science and food safety and security. GSC is the Graduate Student Council, open to graduate-level students of all disciplines. Kansas State began competing in track and field in 1904. Nebraska still leads the series 78-15-2. The rivalry intensified for a period in the early 1990s as both teams entered the national rankings. In the spring of 1951 the conference's baseball color barrier was broken by Kansas State's Earl Woods, and in the winter of 1951–1952 Kansas State's Gene Wilson broke the conference color barrier in basketball (together with LaVannes Squires at the University of Kansas). The Wildcats have traditionally not been competitive on a national scale, but in 2009 the team made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and it has returned three times since. - Kansas is 9-1 straight up in its last 10 games against Kansas State. [22], In late April 2016, Ret. [7] Kansas State was the first public institution of higher learning founded in the state and began teaching college-level classes in 1863. [8], Athletic competition began within the first decade after the founding of Kansas State Agricultural College in 1863, as students began organizing and playing games of baseball against locals from Manhattan. The official Baseball page for the Kansas State University Wildcats. [19] The program had some shining moments in the 1920s and 1930s, but by 1989 the school was statistically the worst program in NCAA Division I with a record of 299–509–41. The first radio station licensed in Manhattan was Kansas State's experimental station 9YV.