Some facts about the 2009 Kansas State Wildcats:
SCHOOL COLORS: Purple and white
FOUNDED: 1863
ENROLLMENT: 24,533
LOCATED: Manhattan, Kansas.
COACH: Bill Snyder, 18th season at Kansas State and overall (136-68-1)
2008 RECORD: 5-7 (2-6 Big 12)
LAST BOWL: 2006 Texas Bowl, lost to Rutgers 37-10
STADIUM: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)
RETURNING STARTERS: 5 offense, 8 defense, 2 special teams.
KEY PLAYERS: RB Lamark Brown; QB Carson Coffman; WR/KR Brandon Banks; CB Joshua Moore; TE Jerun Mastrud; WR Aubrey Quarles.
KEY RECRUITS: OL Keenan Taylor; LB Blake Slaughter; LB Clarence Bumpas; K Ryan Doerr; TE Andre McDonald.
KEY DEPARTURES: QB Josh Freeman; DE Ian Campbell; WR Deon Murphy; LB Reggie Walker.
COACHSPEAK: “He’s a lot sharper than you think. People want to say he’s old. Yeah, he’s older, but an old coach can still coach.”—Tight end Jerun Mastrud.
2009 SCHEDULE:
Sept. 5— Massachusetts
Sept. 12— at Louisiana-Lafayette
Sept. 19— at UCLA
Sept. 26— Tennessee Tech
Oct. 3— Iowa State
Oct. 10— at Texas Tech
Oct. 17— Texas A&M
Oct. 24— Colorado
Oct. 31— at Oklahoma
Nov. 7— Kansas
Nov. 14— Missouri
Nov. 21— at Nebraska
