MANHATTAN (KSNT) - Kansas State football fans can now start making plans for year one of the Avery Johnson era in Manhattan, Kansas.
On Tuesday, the Big 12 and K-State Athletics released the full 2024 football schedules. The Wildcats are on a quest to get back on top of the Big 12 after winning the league in 2022 but falling just short in 2023.
Here is K-State football's full 2024 schedule:
Note: 'vs' indicates a K-State home game while '@' is marked for road games
08/31: vs. UT Martin
09/07: @ Tulane
09/13 or 09/14: vs Arizona
09/21: @ BYU
09/28: vs Oklahoma State
10/12: @ Colorado
10/19: @ West Virginia
10/26: vs Kansas
11/02: @ Houston
11/16: vs Arizona State
11/12: vs Cincinnati
11/30: @ Iowa State
Click here for KU football's full 2024 schedule, which features six games in Kansas City.
Tulane serves the first road non-conference game for K-State since 2017. It is important to note K-State's meeting with Arizona will serve as a non-conference game, too. The battle of Wildcats was scheduled before Arizona decided to join the Big 12 and therefore will not be part of the league slate.
The 2024 Big 12 Championship will be held on Dec. 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The Wildcats will have to replace team captains in quarterback Will Howard and safety Kobe Savage, who both entered the transfer portal. Plus, the 'Cats will be led by a nearly brand new offensive line after consensus All-American Cooper Beebe and multiple others either exhausted their eligibility or announced plans to go pro.
The team will also have new offensive leaders in Conor Riley and Matt Wells after former K-State offensive coordinator Collin Klein took a job with an SEC school. K-State won its first game with the Avery Johnson and Conor Riley tandem working together, in the 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl.
Kansas State returns key contributors including, but not limited to:
