It was perhaps instructive as to the importance of Mike Ahearn to the student population of Kansas State Agricultural College that not only was the 1909 yearbook dedicated to him, but the two-page article discussing the football team’s season mentioned no name other than the beloved head coach.
Well, if Mike Ahearn was responsible for everything, in 1908 he delivered the best product KSAC had yet seen, even if the middle of October might have best been forgotten.
The season opened with a 28-5 win over Kansas Wesleyan. But a 12-6 loss at Kansas was followed by the first-ever visit to Manhattan by the Oklahoma Sooners, who destroyed the Aggies 33-4.