# 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 held every year since 1917, making it one of the longest continuous series in college football history as of 2024. It is also the only never-interrupted rivalry in college football. The October 2016 game marked the 100th straight year the two teams have met. In November 2023, the Big 12 announced its scheduling matrix for the next four seasons, which is set to end the rivalry's continuous streak in 2027.

## 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 26–9 against the Cyclones since 1989, Iowa State leads the series 54–50–4.
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. 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.
In 2024, with the Big 12 expansion to 16 teams, the decision was made to have only 4 rivalries be "protected" (meaning they would be played every year), and the rest would only be played every other year; the Farmageddon rivalry was not one of the protected rivalries. The two teams played in 2024 and are scheduled to play again in 2026. In 2025, the rivalry will take place on a neutral site on August 23, 2025 in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, called the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. In 2027, the rivalries record for longest continuously running rivalry is scheduled to end.

## Game results

| Iowa State victories | Kansas State victories | Tie games |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 1 | November 10, 1917 | Ames | Iowa State | 10–7 |
| 2 | November 23, 1918 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 11–0 |
| 3 | November 15, 1919 | Ames | Iowa State | 46–0 |
| 4 | November 13, 1920 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 17–0 |
| 5 | November 11, 1921 | Ames | Iowa State | 7–0 |
| 6 | November 11, 1922 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 12–2 |
| 7 | October 20, 1923 | Ames | Tie | 7–7 |
| 8 | November 1, 1924 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 21–0 |
| 9 | November 26, 1925 | Ames | Kansas State | 12–7 |
| 10 | November 20, 1926 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 3–2 |
| 11 | October 29, 1927 | Ames | Iowa State | 12–7 |
| 12 | November 17, 1928 | Ames | Iowa State | 7–0 |
| 13 | November 9, 1929 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 3–2 |
| 14 | November 15, 1930 | Ames | Kansas State | 13–0 |
| 15 | November 7, 1931 | Ames | Iowa State | 7–6 |
| 16 | November 5, 1932 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 31–0 |
| 17 | November 11, 1933 | Ames | Kansas State | 7–0 |
| 18 | November 24, 1934 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 20–0 |
| 19 | November 9, 1935 | Ames | Kansas State | 6–0 |
| 20 | November 14, 1936 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 47–7 |
| 21 | November 20, 1937 | Ames | Iowa State | 13–7 |
| 22 | November 12, 1938 | Manhattan | Tie | 13–13 |
| 23 | November 18, 1939 | Ames | Iowa State | 10–0 |
| 24 | November 16, 1940 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 12–0 |
| 25 | November 22, 1941 | Ames | Tie | 12–12 |
| 26 | November 21, 1942 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 7–6 |
| 27 | November 20, 1943 | Ames | Iowa State | 48–0 |
| 28 | October 28, 1944 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 14–0 |
| 29 | November 3, 1945 | Ames | Iowa State | 40–13 |
| 30 | November 2, 1946 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 13–7 |
| 31 | November 15, 1947 | Ames | Iowa State | 14–0 |
| 32 | October 2, 1948 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 20–0 |
| 33 | October 15, 1949 | Ames | Iowa State | 25–21 |
| 34 | November 4, 1950 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 13–7 |
| 35 | October 13, 1951 | Ames | Iowa State | 32–6 |
| 36 | November 22, 1952 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 27–0 |
| 37 | October 10, 1953 | Ames | Kansas State | 20–12 |
| 38 | November 13, 1954 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 12–7 |
| 39 | October 22, 1955 | Ames | Kansas State | 9–7 |
| 40 | November 17, 1956 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 32–6 |
| 41 | October 26, 1957 | Ames | Kansas State | 32–10 |
| 42 | November 15, 1958 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 14–6 |
| 43 | October 24, 1959 | Ames | Iowa State | 26–0 |
| 44 | November 12, 1960 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 20–7 |
| 45 | October 28, 1961 | Ames | Iowa State | 31–7 |
| 46 | November 17, 1962 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 28–14 |
| 47 | November 16, 1963 | Ames | Kansas State | 21–10 |
| 48 | November 14, 1964 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 7–6 |
| 49 | November 13, 1965 | Ames | Iowa State | 38–6 |
| 50 | November 12, 1966 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 30–13 |
| 51 | October 14, 1967 | Ames | Iowa State | 17–0 |
| 52 | October 12, 1968 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 23–14 |
| 53 | October 18, 1969 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 34–7 |
| 54 | October 17, 1970 | Ames | Kansas State | 17–0 |
| 55 | October 16, 1971 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 24–0 |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 56 | October 21, 1972 | Ames | #20 Iowa State | 55–22 |
| 57 | October 20, 1973 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 21–19 |
| 58 | October 19, 1974 | Ames | Iowa State | 23–18 |
| 59 | October 11, 1975 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 17–7 |
| 60 | October 30, 1976 | Ames | Iowa State | 45–14 |
| 61 | November 12, 1977 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 22–15 |
| 62 | November 4, 1978 | Ames | Iowa State | 24–0 |
| 63 | October 13, 1979 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 7–3 |
| 64 | October 11, 1980 | Ames | Iowa State | 31–7 |
| 65 | October 31, 1981 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 10–7 |
| 66 | October 30, 1982 | Ames | Kansas State | 9–3 |
| 67 | November 12, 1983 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 49–27 |
| 68 | November 10, 1984 | Ames | Tie | 7–7 |
| 69 | November 16, 1985 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 21–14 |
| 70 | November 15, 1986 | Ames | Iowa State | 48–19 |
| 71 | November 14, 1987 | Ames | Iowa State | 16–14 |
| 72 | November 12, 1988 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 16–7 |
| 73 | November 4, 1989 | Ames | Iowa State | 36–11 |
| 74 | November 3, 1990 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 28–14 |
| 75 | November 9, 1991 | Ames | Kansas State | 37–7 |
| 76 | November 5, 1992 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 22–13 |
| 77 | November 6, 1993 | Ames | Iowa State | 27–23 |
| 78 | November 5, 1994 | Manhattan | #15 Kansas State | 38–20 |
| 79 | November 11, 1995 | Ames | #7 Kansas State | 49–7 |
| 80 | November 23, 1996 | Manhattan | #14 Kansas State | 35–20 |
| 81 | November 22, 1997 | Ames | #9 Kansas State | 28–3 |
| 82 | October 24, 1998 | Manhattan | #4 Kansas State | 52–7 |
| 83 | September 25, 1999 | Ames | #15 Kansas State | 35–28 |
| 84 | November 4, 2000 | Manhattan | #19 Kansas State | 56–10 |
| 85 | November 3, 2001 | Ames | Kansas State | 42–3 |
| 86 | November 9, 2002 | Manhattan | #12 Kansas State | 58–7 |
| 87 | November 8, 2003 | Ames | Kansas State | 45–0 |
| 88 | November 20, 2004 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 37–23 |
| 89 | November 5, 2005 | Ames | Iowa State | 45–17 |
| 90 | October 28, 2006 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 31–10 |
| 91 | November 3, 2007 | Ames | Iowa State | 31–20 |
| 92 | November 22, 2008 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 38–30 |
| 93 | October 3, 2009 | Kansas City | Kansas State | 24–23 |
| 94 | September 18, 2010 | Kansas City | Kansas State | 27–20 |
| 95 | December 3, 2011 | Manhattan | #16 Kansas State | 30–23 |
| 96 | October 13, 2012 | Ames | #6 Kansas State | 27–21 |
| 97 | November 2, 2013 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 41–7 |
| 98 | September 6, 2014 | Ames | #20 Kansas State | 32–28 |
| 99 | November 21, 2015 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 38–35 |
| 100 | October 29, 2016 | Ames | Kansas State | 31–26 |
| 101 | November 25, 2017 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 20–19 |
| 102 | November 24, 2018 | Ames | #25 Iowa State | 42–38 |
| 103 | November 30, 2019 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 27–17 |
| 104 | November 21, 2020 | Ames | #17 Iowa State | 45–0 |
| 105 | October 16, 2021 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 33–20 |
| 106 | October 8, 2022 | Ames | #20 Kansas State | 10–9 |
| 107 | November 25, 2023 | Manhattan | Iowa State | 42–35 |
| 108 | November 30, 2024 | Ames | #18 Iowa State | 29–21 |
| 109 | August 23, 2025 | Dublin |
| Series: Iowa State leads 54–50–4 |||||