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On This Day ▪ February 17

If you know of an event that is missing from a particlular date and have a verifiable source, please contact me.

Note: Several football game date and location issues prior to 1940 have been found in the media guides that need further research. In the 2024 media guide, several dates/locations from 1895 to 1910 have been fixed.


Games

Men's Basketball
1916 – W 29-28 H Missouri
1930 – L 39-23 A Iowa State
1931 – L 30-25 A Oklahoma State
1933 – L 40-30 A Missouri
1934 – W 53-23 H Nebraska
1941 – L 44-30 A Iowa State
1945 – L 51-43 A Iowa State
1947 – W 63-49 H Nebraska
1951 – W 49-46 H Kansas State
1956 – W 69-68 H Kansas
1958 – L 59-56 (1OT) H Iowa State
1962 – L 71-63 H Kansas State
1964 – L 80-78 H Bradley
1968 – L 72-48 A Kansas State
1969 – L 69-59 H Kansas State
1973 – W 67-59 H Nebraska
1979 – W 67-62 A Colorado
1988 – W 79-75 A Oklahoma State
1993 – W 80-77 A #6 Kansas
1996 – W 119-88 A Colorado
2001W 82-60 H Baylor
2007L 56-49 H #6 Texas A&M
2010L 77-67 A Colorado
2015W 71-69 H Texas
2016L 65-63 A Texas Tech
2018L 77-66 H Texas
2024L 67-57 H #6 Kansas

Women's Basketball
1992 – L 69-63 A SMU
1995 – W 71-60 H Kansas State
1999 – W 76-67 A Baylor
2001 – W 80-75 A Texas Tech
2007 – W 70-67 A Texas Tech
2008 – L 79-59 A #8 Baylor
2009 – W 80-72 A Texas Tech
2013 – L 81-71 A Kansas
2015L 84-76 (1OT) A Iowa State
2016L 63-55 A West Virginia
2018W 79-77 (1OT) A West Virginia
2024L 70-66 A #24 West Virginia

Baseball (1962-present)
1983 – L 9-7 N Oklahoma City
1983 – L 3-2 A Texas-Pan American
1990 – W 19-7 H Northern Iowa
1991 – W 25-11 H Kearney State
1996 – W 4-1 H Oklahoma City
1998 – W 19-0 H Emporia State
2001 – L 14-2 N San Diego
2002 – W 18-5 H Southeast Missouri State
2006 – L 8-2 A Rice
2012 – W 4-3 A Pepperdine
2013 – W 7-4 H Hofstra
2017 – W 6-2 H Long Beach State
2018 – L 6-5 (12) N South Alabama
2018 – L 4-3 (10) N Coastal Carolina
2019 – W 5-2 H Cal Poly
2023 – W 5-2 H California Baptist
2024 – W 5-1 (10) N Tennessee

Softball
1990 – L 10-2 N Toledo
1990 – L 2-1 N New Mexico State
1990 – L 2-0 N Oregon
1995 – W 10-4 A UT Arlington
1995 – W 6-1 N Texas State
1995 – W 2-0 N Texas A&M
1996 – W 10-9 N Northwestern
1996 – W 2-0 N Louisiana Tech
2001 – W 4-0 H Creighton | no-hitter (C)
2002 – W 4-1 H Northwestern State
2002 – W 12-3 (5) H Missouri State
2006 – W 10-8 H Indiana
2006 – T H Indiana
2007 – W 6-5 H Minnesota
2007 – W 12-0 (5) H Northwestern State
2008 – W 3-2 N Cal Poly
2010 – W 9-1 (5) H St. Gregory's
2012 – W 10-0 (5) N Virginia Tech
2012 – L 1-0 N Georgia Tech
2013 – W 7-5 (9) N Notre Dame
2017 – W 11-8 N Mississippi
2017 – W 14-0 (5) N Incarnate Word
2018 – L 4-3 N Boston
2018 – W 2-0 A New Mexico State
2023 – W 10-0 (5) N Longwood
2024 – W 8-0 (5) N Lamar
2024 – W 3-0 A McNeese State

Births/Deaths

Football Players
Born – Febechi Nwaiwu
Born in 1972 – Jeff Resler
Born in 1930 – John Reddell (d. 2002)

Men's Basketball Players
Born in 1970 – Roland Ware

Baseball Players
Born in 1930 – John Reddell (d. 2002)
Died in 2025 – Eddie Fisher (b. 1936)

Baseball Coaches
Born in 1967 – Skip Johnson