The 2021 season's largest margin: Kansas State 35, Kansas 10. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The 2021 Season
Kansas State's 2021 season (7-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Skylar John ThompsonQB2,113 passing yards
- Will HowardQB332 passing yards
- Deuce VaughnRB1,404 rushing yards
- Joe ErvinRB322 rushing yards
- Phillip Brooks IIIWR543 receiving yards
- Malik KnowlesWR441 receiving yards
- Daniel ImatorbhebheTE314 receiving yards
- Daniel GreenLB89 tackles
- Cody FletcherLB75 tackles
- Ross ElderDB53 tackles
- Felix AnudikeDE11 sacks
- Nate MatlackDL4 sacks
- Eli HugginsG3 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Kansas State 20, Iowa State 33. A 13-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Kansas State beat LSU 42-20 in the postseason.
"EMAW"
2021 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.