What was your first wildcat football game?

[Branson Bound]

When I was 4 years old my daddy took me to see the greatest team ever, the Kansas State Wildcats play the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. I don't remember much of the game, but I do remember beating those Jackrabbits up and down the field. After the game, I turned to my daddy and said, we whipped 'em good, huh Pa?" And he turned to me and said "we sure did, son. We sure did." I've been a fan of the wildcats ever since, and after every K-State victory, I say a little prayer so that my daddy can get the score in heaven.


What are some of your stories?

[MadCat]

Date                         
10/14/1995                           

Time
2:00 PM

Opponent
at Oklahoma State

Rank
#8

Site
Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK

TV
None

Result
W 23-17

Attendance
38,000

I didn't know K-State was ranked #8 at the time and lol at no TV.

[EMAW4life-JHL]

i was all of 4 years old me my dad  my 4 uncles my 4 brothers my grandfather my 3 great uncles and my great grandfather.
also happened to be the last game my great grandfather ever attended. RIP Adolfus

[EMAW4life-JHL]

btw look at those final stats. KSU 160 total yds and TTU 392 total yds.
lookin like the 2011 Qatz football team

[bringonthecats]

as a baby back in 1988 (the year of my birth) my parents took me to a cats games in my carseat and put me under the bleachers.

i hear they did the same sort of things with coolers full of booze back in those days. this could all just be hearsay though.

[MadCat]

as a baby back in 1988 (the year of my birth) my parents took me to a cats games in my carseat and put me under the bleachers.

i hear they did the same sort of things with coolers full of booze back in those days. this could all just be hearsay though.

  They did other stuff under the bleachers in 1987, for what it's worth.

[Dugout DickStone]

The year was 1943 and I was a young doughboy, fresh out of basic and ready to take on the Nazis all by myself if need be.  I was with my best girl and we cheered for the Cats so hard our voices went hoarse.

[Branson Bound]

Wow, these stories are great.

Limestone, I would just like to be the first in this discussion to thank you for the great service you have done this proud country. I was beginning to think that I was the oldest guy here!! Who did the cats play and did they win?

[DQ12]

as a baby back in 1988 (the year of my birth) my parents took me to a cats games in my carseat and put me under the bleachers.

i hear they did the same sort of things with coolers full of booze back in those days. this could all just be hearsay though.

  They did other stuff under the bleachers in 1987, for what it's worth.

lol

Also I don't remember my first one and I can't even gauge which was my first.  Probably ~'94 or so.

[Brock Landers]

The year was 1943 and I was a young doughboy, fresh out of basic and ready to take on the Nazis all by myself if need be.  I was with my best girl and we cheered for the Cats so hard our voices went hoarse.

'43 was a rebuilding year for the Cats as I recall.....probably because of all the chiefs young men who wanted to kick some Nazi and Jap ass instead of competing on the gridiron.  The weirdest part of that season was when we split a 2 game series with the Fighting Ichabods of Washburn.  What made it weird was both games were in Manhattan.   

[Dugout DickStone]

Wow, these stories are great.

Limestone, I would just like to be the first in this discussion to thank you for the great service you have done this proud country. I was beginning to think that I was the oldest guy here!! Who did the cats play and did they win?

Oh, don't thank me.  We were just doing what any Kansas farm boy would have done.  We didn't think it was anything special.

As far as the game, we beat the Fighting Ichabods in a tightly contested match.  It was a good, physical contest and by the end I was so riled up I could have jumped out there and ran through that line for Coach Haylett myself! 

[ksuchris2000]

My freshman year was 1995 and I lived at Marlatt 6th floor intensive study and didnt discover beer or football til spring.

Lived at Woodway Apts Fall of 96 and Spring of 97 before moving to 617 Laramie.

First ksu football game I believe was the first ever/inaugural big xii game.



8/31/1996    
2:30 PM    
Texas Tech    
#21    KSU Stadium
Manhattan, KS    
ABC    
W 21-14      
Attendance: 43,143

[8manpick]

Ron Prince debut! 24-23 over the esteemed powerhouse Illinois State!

[SEK_EMAW]

Date: November 16, 1991

Time: 1pm

Opponent:  Missouri

Site:  KSU Stadium

TV:  none

Result:  Won 32-0

Attendance:  20,986

Couple of items of significance:
1st shutout for a K-State defense since they shutout Wichita State in 1975.
Win guaranteed the 1st winning season since 1982.

If I remember right, it rained the entire game.

[Cire]

1952  Squawk U

[ltrain]

Believe it was 1988 vs. OSU (visiting ltrainbro for parents weekend or something like that).  If memory serves we opened the game with an onside kick, recovered, and kicked a field goal.

[Winters]

La Tech 01

[bringonthecats]

as a baby back in 1988 (the year of my birth) my parents took me to a cats games in my carseat and put me under the bleachers.

i hear they did the same sort of things with coolers full of booze back in those days. this could all just be hearsay though.

  They did other stuff under the bleachers in 1987, for what it's worth.

thankfully i was 6 months old & didn't know it was going on right beside me

[CNS]

Whoevs we pummeled in our first home game in 1997. 

[slobber]

10/9/1982    Missouri  KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS  T 7-7  Attendance: 30,450 (Without me, it would have been 30,449. I made a difference.)

[Brock Landers]

1987.  This was the middle of the Air Parrish Era, truly great times for KSU.  My mom had some friends who had Oklahoma State season tickets and they offered to take me to a game when one of them couldn't make it.  I hated OSU and at that time in my young stupid life was not a full fledged EMAW'r.  I asked if I would be able to see a real team like OU, Nebraska or Colorado and they were like, LOL no.


October 31, 1987
#12 Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State
Lewis Field - Stillwater, OK
Result: L, 56 - 7
Attendance:  40150

[pissclams]

i was always screwing around in high school so i was always grounded by my mom but my senior year me and my buddies snuck out and went to a game for the first time. it was AWESOME!  i loved it and was hooked like a longhorn. we got busted by my parents who saw us at the game but who cares it was worth it.  then i went to junior college at garden city and  have been here ever since.

it was Sept. 5, 2009  K-State played host to UMass we won, 21-17!

[fun muffin]

2004 season against Lafayette I think.  Sproles set the single-game rush record that game IIRC.

[Winters]

i was always screwing around in high school so i was always grounded by my mom but my senior year me and my buddies snuck out and went to a game for the first time. it was AWESOME!  i loved it and was hooked like a longhorn. we got busted by my parents who saw us at the game but who cares it was worth it.  then i went to junior college at garden city and  have been here ever since.

it was Sept. 5, 2009  K-State played host to UMass we won, 21-17!

Hey, Pissclams! I enjoyed your post here.

[pissclams]

thanks, friend  

i wonder if you were at the same game?