Kansas State·Big 12

2019 — The Winning Chapter

Kansas State's 2019 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Liberty Bowl
AP final #20 post-bowls
SP+ +1.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Nicholls 49-14 W vs Bowl Gre 52-0 W @ Miss St 31-24 L @ Okla St 13-26 L vs Baylor 12-31 W vs TCU 24-17 W vs Okla 48-41 W @ Kansas 38-10 L @ Texas 24-27 L vs West Vir 20-24 W @ Texa Tec 30-27 W vs Iowa St 27-17 L vs Navy 17-20 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Kansas State 52, Bowling Green 0. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Kansas State 12, Baylor 31. A 19-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Kansas State fell to Navy 17-20 in the postseason.

"EMAW"
— Kansas State fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 is a middle chapter for Kansas State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.