The Kansas State Wildcats football team competes as part of the 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 played in 25 bowl games. This total includes seven 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, one Fiesta Bowl during the Bowl Alliance era, and three Cotton Bowl appearances prior to it being included in the College Football Playoff.
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.
Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentOpp. ConferenceStadiumLocationAttendanceHead coach1Independence Bowl1982Wisconsin BadgersBig TenIndependence StadiumShreveport, Louisiana49,5232Copper Bowl1993Wyoming CowboysWACArizona StadiumTucson, Arizona49,0753Aloha Bowl1994Boston College EaglesBig EastAloha StadiumHonolulu, HI44,8624Holiday Bowl1995Colorado State RamsWACJack Murphy StadiumSan Diego51,0515Cotton Bowl1996BYU CougarsWACCotton BowlDallas71,9286Fiesta Bowl1997Syracuse OrangemenBig EastSun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona69,3677Alamo Bowl1998Purdue BoilermakersBig TenAlamodomeSan Antonio60,7808Holiday Bowl1999Washington HuskiesPac-10Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego57,1189Cotton Bowl2000Tennessee VolunteersSECCotton BowlDallas63,46510Insight.com Bowl2001Syracuse OrangemenBig EastBank One BallparkPhoenix, Arizona40,02811Holiday Bowl2002Arizona State Sun DevilsPac–10Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego58,71712Fiesta Bowl2003Ohio State BuckeyesBig TenSun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona73,42513Texas Bowl2006Rutgers Scarlet KnightsBig EastReliant StadiumHouston52,21014Pinstripe Bowl2010Syracuse OrangemenBig EastYankee StadiumNew York City38,27415Cotton Bowl2011Arkansas RazorbacksSECCowboys StadiumArlington, Texas80,95616Fiesta Bowl2012Oregon DucksPac–12University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, Arizona70,24217Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl2013Michigan WolverinesBig TenSun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona53,28418Alamo Bowl2014UCLA BruinsPac–12AlamodomeSan Antonio60,51719Liberty Bowl2015Arkansas RazorbacksSECLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, Tennessee61,13620Texas Bowl2016Texas A&M AggiesSECNRG StadiumHouston, Texas68,41221Cactus Bowl2017UCLA BruinsPac-12Chase FieldPhoenix, Arizona32,85922Liberty Bowl2019Navy MidshipmenAACLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, Tennessee50,51523Texas BowlW 42–202021LSU TigersSECNRG StadiumHouston, Texas52,20724Sugar BowlL 20–452022Alabama Crimson TideSECCaesars SuperdomeNew Orleans, Louisiana60,43725Pop-Tarts Bowl2023NC State WolfpackACCCamping World StadiumOrlando, Florida31,11126Rate BowlDecember 26, 20242024Rutgers Scarlet KnightsBig TenChase FieldPhoenix, Arizona21,659Chris Klieman Overall Bowl Record: 12-14
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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) 2000 Eddie Robinson Classic vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (W 27–7) 2003 BCA Classic vs. California Golden Bears (W 42–28) 2021 Allstate Kickoff Classic vs. Stanford Cardinal (W 24–7) 2025 Aer Lingus College Football Classic vs. Iowa State Cyclones (L 24-21)
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