Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry
The Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Kansas State Wildcats every year since 1917, making it one of the longest continuous series in college football history as of 2020, as well as the single-longest never-interrupted rivalry in college football. Because so many college football rivalries were interrupted by the 2020 Covid pandemic, Iowa State-Kansas State and California-UCLA are now the only two never-interrupted rivalries that still exist in the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I college football. The October 2016 game marked the 100th straight year the two teams have met.
First meeting | November 10, 1917 Iowa State, 10–7 |
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Latest meeting | October 8, 2022 Kansas State, 10–9 |
Next meeting | November 25, 2023 |
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Meetings total | 106 |
All-time series | Iowa State leads, 52–50–4[1] |
Largest victory | Kansas State, 58–7 (2002) |
Longest win streak | Iowa State, 10 (1943–1952) Kansas State, 10 (1994–2003, 2008–2017) |
Current win streak | Kansas State, 1 (2022–present) |
History
The teams first met in 1917, when both universities were members of the erstwhile Missouri Valley Conference. The match-up continued as an annual conference game through the schools' shift into the Big 12 Conference. The series has been dominated by long winning streaks for both teams, with each team's longest winning streak at 10 games. While Kansas State has gone 25–7 against the Cyclones since 1989, Iowa State leads the series 52–50–4.[2]
Historically, the game was not considered a major rivalry, but in light of changes in the Big 12 in the late 2000s, the universities pushed to highlight it to generate revenue and interest for their football programs.[3] They scheduled two neutral-site games at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri in 2009 and 2010, which fans and the media dubbed "Farmageddon", a reference to the agricultural roots of these land-grant universities.[4][5]
Game results
Iowa State victories | Kansas State victories | Tie games |
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See also
References
- "Winsipedia - Iowa State Cyclones vs. Kansas State Wildcats football series history". Winsipedia.
- "Iowa State vs Kansas St". cfbdatawarehouse.com. College Football Data Warehouse. 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- Barfknecht, Lee (October 3, 2009). "Big 12: Outlook is bleak for North trio". Omaha World-Herald. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- Ubben, David (September 8, 2010). "Big 12 Blog: Key Stretch: Kansas State". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- "Cats Get Gritty Win in KC". The Topeka Capital-Journal. September 19, 2010. Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-19.