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 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, 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.[1]
Bowl games
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]
- 2021 Allstate Kickoff Classic[4] vs. Stanford Cardinal (W 24–7)[5]
Notes
- ↑ Statistics correct as of 2017-18 NCAA football bowl games.
- ↑ Results are sortable first by whether the result was an Kansas State win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
- ↑ Links to the season article for the Kansas State team that competed in the bowl for that year.
- ↑ 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 2 3 DeLassus, David. "Kansas State Bowl History". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State Wildcats (2000 season results)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State Wildcats (2003 season results)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ "AT&T Stadium Announces Allstate as Sponsor of Season Opening College Football Game".
- ↑ Robinett, Kellis (September 4, 2021). "What we learned from Kansas State's impressive opening victory over Stanford". Wichita Eagle. Retrieved November 6, 2021.