Question: Which University, where Ron Yankowski played college football, was opened as the state's land-grant college?
Context: Albert Andrew "Al" "Ex" Exendine (January 7, 1884 – January 4, 1973) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer.  He played college football at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School where he was an All-American end.  Exendine served as the head football coach at Otterbein College (1909–1911), Georgetown University (1914–1922), the State College of Washington — now Washington State University (1923–1925), Occidental College (1926–1927), Northeastern State Teachers' College — now Northeastern State University (1929), and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College — now Oklahoma State University (1934–1935).  He was also the head baseball coach at Oklahoma A&M from 1932 to 1933, tallying a mark of 19–13.  Exendine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970. Millard Fleming "Dixie" Howell (November 24, 1912 – March 2, 1971) was an American football and baseball player and coach.  He played college football as a halfback at the University of Alabama from 1932 to 1934 and with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in 1937.  Howell served as the head football coach at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe, now Arizona State University, from 1938 to 1941 and at the University of Idaho from 1947 to 1950, compiling a career coaching record of 36–35–5 in college football.  He also coached at the National University of Mexico in 1935.  Howell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.  He also played professional baseball in eight minor league seasons following college. Jack Byron "Jackie" Fellows (January 8, 1922 – July 24, 1993) was an American football player.  He played college football for Los Angeles City College, was selected to the Little All-American team and led the team to the national junior college football championship.  He transferred to California State University, Fresno and played for the Fresno State Bulldogs football team.  During the 1942 college football season, Fellows led Fresno State to a 9-1 record, rushed for 599 yards and completed 82 of 195 passes for 1,314 yards.  He also broke Davey O'Brien's single-season record by throwing 23 touchdown passes.  He was selected by both "Look" magazine and Maxwell Stiles as a first-team halfback on the 1942 College Football All-America Team.  After graduating from college, Fellows was draft in the sixth round of the 1944 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but did not play in the National Football League (NFL).  In 1947, Fellows played for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).  In 1984, Fellows was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame. Aurealius Thomas (born April 6, 1934), sometimes spelled Aurelius Thomas, is a former American football player.  A native of Columbus, Ohio, Thomas was six feet, one inch tall and weighed 204 pounds.  He attended the Ohio State University where he played college football at the guard position for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 1956 to 1957.  He was selected by the All-America Board, the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, and the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team guard on their respective 1957 College Football All-America Team.  He averaged 57 minute a game during the 1957 season, and Ohio State coach Woody Hayes said, "For consistent play on both offense and defense, there is no better guard in college football today."  Thomas was drafted in 1958 by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he was released by the Steelers in late August 1958 before the start of the regular season.  After graduating from Ohio State, Thomas worked as a teacher for several years, worked for New York Life Insurance Company and later started his own insurance brokerage business in Columbus, Ohio.  He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989. Kansas State University, commonly shortened to Kansas State or K-State, is a public doctoral university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States.  Kansas State was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 – the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas.  It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester. Ronald William Yankowski (born October 22, 1946 in Arlington, Massachusetts) was a defensive end who played 10 seasons in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals.  Yankowski played college football at Kansas State University and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. Mike Gottfried (born December 17, 1944) is a sportscaster and former American football player and coach.  Gottfried is currently a college football color analyst and color commentator for ESPN.  He served as the head football coach at Murray State University (1978–1980), the University of Cincinnati (1981–1982), the University of Kansas (1983–1985), and the University of Pittsburgh (1986–1989), compiling a career college football record of 76–55–4.  Gottfried played college football at Morehead State University as a quarterback from 1962 to 1965.  Before moving to the college coaching ranks, he coached high school football in Ohio, tallying a mark of 50–19–1.  Gottfried is the uncle of Mark Gottfried, a former head men's basketball coach at North Carolina State University. John W. "Johnny" "Bake" Baker (August 14, 1907 – February 6, 1979) was an American football player and coach.  He played college football at the University of Southern California, where he was a two-time All-American at guard.  Baker served as the head football coach at Iowa State Teachers College—now the University of Northern Iowa (1933–1934), George Washington University (1942), the University of Denver (1948–1952) and Sacramento State College—now California State University, Sacramento (1957–1960), compiling a career college football coaching record of 44–67–4.  He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1983. Charles William Bachman Jr. (December 1, 1892 – December 14, 1985) was an American college football player and head coach.  Bachman was an Illinois native and an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where he played college football.  He served as the head football coach of Northwestern University, Kansas State College, the University of Florida, Michigan State College, and Hillsdale College.  Bachman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1978. Frederick Winslow "Fritz" Faurot, Jr. (March 18, 1909 – December 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach.  Starting as coach in 1933 at Excelsior Springs, MO, high school; moved to Chillicothe, MO in 1934-35.  He then served as the head football coach at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College—commonly known at the time as Kirksville State Teachers College and now known as Truman State University—from 1935 to 1937, at Parsons College from 1938 to 1941, at Central Methodist College in 1945 as basketball coach, 1946 as Director of Athletics and football coach, and at Murray State University from 1948 to 1955, compiling a career college football coach record of 73–49–9.  Faurot played college football at the University of Missouri, lettering in 1930 and 1932.  He served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, as an instructor in the physical training program, during World War II.  He was the brother of College Football Hall of Fame coach, Don Faurot.
Answer: Kansas State University