List of Kansas State Wildcats bowl games

The Kansas State Wildcats football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the Kansas State University in the Big 12 Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1896, Kansas State has been invited to 19 bowl games. This total includes six appearances in the current "New Year's Six" major bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange, Cotton, and Peach Bowl). The team played in two Fiesta Bowls during the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era, and one Fiesta Bowl during the Bowl Alliance era.

Kansas State's first bowl game was in 1982, under coach Jim Dickey. The team was defeated by the Wisconsin Badgers in the 1982 Independence Bowl.^[1]

Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach^{[A 1]}

#	Bowl	Score[A 2]	Date	Season[A 3]	Opponent[A 4]	Opp. Conference	Stadium	Location	Attendance	Head coach
1	Independence Bowl	L 3–14	December 11, 1982	1982	Wisconsin Badgers	Big 10	Independence Stadium	Shreveport, LA	49,523	Dickey, JimJim Dickey
2	Copper Bowl	W 52–17	December 29, 1993	1993	Wyoming Cowboys	WAC	Arizona Stadium	Tucson, AZ	49,075	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
3	Aloha Bowl	L 7–12	December 25, 1994	1994	Boston College Eagles	Big East	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	44,862	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
4	Holiday Bowl	W 54–21	December 29, 1995	1995	Colorado State Rams	WAC	Jack Murphy Stadium	San Diego, CA	51,051	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
5	Cotton Bowl	L 15–19	January 1, 1997	1996	BYU Cougars	WAC	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, TX	71,928	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
6	Fiesta Bowl	W 35–18	December 31, 1997	1997	Syracuse Orangemen	Big East	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, AZ	69,367	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
7	Alamo Bowl	L 34–37	December 29, 1998	1998	Purdue Boilermakers	Big 10	Alamodome	San Antonio, TX	60,780	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
8	Holiday Bowl	W 24–20	December 29, 1999	1999	Washington Huskies	Pac-10	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, CA	57,118	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
9	Cotton Bowl	W 35–21	January 1, 2001	2000	Tennessee Volunteers	SEC	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, TX	63,465	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
10	Insight.com Bowl	L 3–26	December 29, 2001	2001	Syracuse Orangemen	Big East	Bank One Ballpark	Phoenix, AZ	40,028	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
11	Holiday Bowl	W 34–27	December 27, 2002	2002	Arizona State Sun Devils	Pac–10	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, CA	58,717	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
12	Fiesta Bowl	L 28–35	January 2, 2004	2003	Ohio State Buckeyes	Big 10	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, AZ	73,425	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
13	Texas Bowl	L 10–37	December 28, 2006	2006	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big East	Reliant Stadium	Houston, TX	52,210	Prince, RonRon Prince
14	Pinstripe Bowl	L 34–36	December 30, 2010	2010	Syracuse Orangemen	Big East	Yankee Stadium	New York City, NY	38,274	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
15	Cotton Bowl	L 16–29	January 6, 2012	2011	Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC	Cowboys Stadium	Arlington, TX	80,956	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
16	Fiesta Bowl	L 17–35	January 3, 2013	2012	Oregon Ducks	Pac–12	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, AZ	70,242	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
17	Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl	W 31–14	December 28, 2013	2013	Michigan Wolverines	Big 10	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, AZ	53,284	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
18	Alamo Bowl	L 35–40	January 2, 2015	2014	UCLA Bruins	Pac–12	Alamodome	San Antonio, TX	60,517	Snyder, BillBill Snyder
19	Liberty Bowl	L 23–45	January 2, 2016	2015	Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, TN	61,136	Snyder, BillBill Snyder

Table reference^[1]

College Division/Other Bowl Games

As a supplement to the list, the following games were regular season games that some have considered special and may be confused as a bowl. These games are not considered "bowl games" but are included here as a reference.

• 1992 Coca-Cola Classic vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers (L 38–24)^[1]
• 2000 Eddie Robinson Classic vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (W 27–7)^[2]
• 2003 BCA Classic vs. California Golden Bears (W 42–28)^[3]

Notes

1. Statistics correct as of 2012–13 NCAA football bowl games.
2. Results are sortable first by whether the result was an Kansas State win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
3. Links to the season article for the Kansas State team that competed in the bowl for that year.
4. Links to the season article for the opponent that Kansas State competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.

References

1. DeLassus, David. "Kansas State Bowl History". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
2. DeLassus, David. "Kansas State Wildcats (2000 season results)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
3. DeLassus, David. "Kansas State Wildcats (2003 season results)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 7, 2014.