 During the 1990s and early 2000s, Kansas State fielded a much stronger team – annually garnering high national rankings – resulting in an 11-game winning streak over KU that lasted from 1993 through the 2003 season, finally ending in 2004.That winning streak was the longest for either team in the history of the rivalry, tied with KSU's current 11-game winning streak that began with the 2009 game.The schools first met on the baseball field in 1898.