And after a long delay, here's my most memorable Kansas State win in my lifetime. I would think that all K-State fans have the same feelings about this one. Some of us have stronger feelings than others, but it has to be at the top of the list. Ever since that coach at Oklahoma, so I don't get too worked up I won't type his name, but anyway, ever since he started coaching at OU and took K-State's assistants with him, I have had a certain hatred for all of those guys. Hate is pretty strong because I really don't hate anybody, but this guy just gets under my skin more than anyone for some reason. Maybe it's because OU has won a title with K-State's coaches. Anyway, the top game on the list is the 2003 Big 12 Championship domination of the Oklahoma Sooners, referred to by many as the best team in the history of college football, OU's that is. Nobody gave K-State a chance. The Sooners had annihilated every team that they played that season, and K-State wasn't going to be any different according to the "experts".The way the game started, many would have thought that would be the case again. Kejuan Jones scored first for the Sooners on a 42 yard touchdown run to give OU the early 7-0 lead, and the K-State offense was really struggling to move the ball in the first quarter on the "mighty" Sooner defense. However, all the Wildcats needed was a positive play here or there, and then they had the confidence to do what they needed. OU led 7-0 at the end of one quarter.
Kansas State was not going to let the first quarter hold them down, and they outscored the Sooners 
21-0 in the 2nd. K-State's first score was on a 19 yard pass play from Ell Roberson to Brian Casey and the game was tied at 7. The second TD was probably the play of the game as James Terry came back on a hitch and go route to catch an underthrown ball by Roberson and took it into the end zone to finish the 63-yard play. Darren Sproles caught a 60-yard screen pass for a touchdown, and the Wildcats led 21-7 at the break. The Oklahoma fans were stunned! You could tell just by looking at them.
21-0 in the 2nd. K-State's first score was on a 19 yard pass play from Ell Roberson to Brian Casey and the game was tied at 7. The second TD was probably the play of the game as James Terry came back on a hitch and go route to catch an underthrown ball by Roberson and took it into the end zone to finish the 63-yard play. Darren Sproles caught a 60-yard screen pass for a touchdown, and the Wildcats led 21-7 at the break. The Oklahoma fans were stunned! You could tell just by looking at them.The second half was more of the same for the Sooner fans. Oklahoma didn't have trouble the entire game moving the ball, they just couldn't finish their drives with scores. Trey DiCarlo missed two field goals for the Sooners and Jason White, OU's Heisman Trophy winning QB, spent the night being chased by Wildcat defenders. In the third quarter Roberson threw his Big 12 Championship record fourth touchdown pass to Antoine Polite to put the Wildcats up 28-7. And in the fourth quarter Ted Sims capped off an amazing night for Kansas State with a 27-yard interception return for a touchdown, putting the Wildcats up 35-7. Nobody knew that Terry's 63-yard TD catch would be all K-State would need on the scoreboard.
Sproles finished the game with an amazing 334 yards of offense for K-State including 246 on the ground on just 22 carries for 10.7 yards per carry. Roberson was 10-17 passing for 227 yards and four touchdowns and did not throw an interception the entire game. K-State racked up 519 yards of total offense, by far the most against OU in 2003, while the Wildcat defense held the OU offense to 398 yards and just 83 of those came on the ground. White finished the game 27-50 passing with 2 interceptions, and was sacked twice for Oklahoma.
The win marked the first conference championship for legendary head coach Bill Snyder, and gave the Wildcats their first conference title since 1934. It was also the first time K-State had beaten a #1 ranked team in their history. Bill Snyder said after the game: "I'm excited about Ell, the toughest quarterback in the nation. I'm excited about Darren Sproles. You want to vote for a Heisman, there's your Heisman." And everyone else in Arrowhead Stadium on that cold winter night was just as excited. Final Score 35-7.
