List of Kansas State Wildcats bowl games

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. ^[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 Ten	Independence Stadium	Shreveport, Louisiana	49,523	Jim Dickey
2	Copper Bowl	W 52–17	December 29, 1993	1993	Wyoming Cowboys	WAC	Arizona Stadium	Tucson, Arizona	49,075	Bill Snyder
3	Aloha Bowl	L 7–12	December 25, 1994	1994	Boston College Eagles	Big East	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	44,862	Bill Snyder
4	Holiday Bowl	W 54–21	December 29, 1995	1995	Colorado State Rams	WAC	Jack Murphy Stadium	San Diego	51,051	Bill Snyder
5	Cotton Bowl	L 15–19	January 1, 1997	1996	BYU Cougars	WAC	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	71,928	Bill Snyder
6	Fiesta Bowl	W 35–18	December 31, 1997	1997	Syracuse Orangemen	Big East	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, Arizona	69,367	Bill Snyder
7	Alamo Bowl	L 34–37	December 29, 1998	1998	Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten	Alamodome	San Antonio	60,780	Bill Snyder
8	Holiday Bowl	W 24–20	December 29, 1999	1999	Washington Huskies	Pac-10	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego	57,118	Bill Snyder
9	Cotton Bowl	W 35–21	January 1, 2001	2000	Tennessee Volunteers	SEC	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	63,465	Bill Snyder
10	Insight.com Bowl	L 3–26	December 29, 2001	2001	Syracuse Orangemen	Big East	Bank One Ballpark	Phoenix, Arizona	40,028	Bill Snyder
11	Holiday Bowl	W 34–27	December 27, 2002	2002	Arizona State Sun Devils	Pac–10	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego	58,717	Bill Snyder
12	Fiesta Bowl	L 28–35	January 2, 2004	2003	Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, Arizona	73,425	Bill Snyder
13	Texas Bowl	L 10–37	December 28, 2006	2006	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big East	Reliant Stadium	Houston	52,210	Ron Prince
14	Pinstripe Bowl	L 34–36	December 30, 2010	2010	Syracuse Orangemen	Big East	Yankee Stadium	New York City	38,274	Bill Snyder
15	Cotton Bowl	L 16–29	January 6, 2012	2011	Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC	Cowboys Stadium	Arlington, Texas	80,956	Bill Snyder
16	Fiesta Bowl	L 17–35	January 3, 2013	2012	Oregon Ducks	Pac–12	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	70,242	Bill Snyder
17	Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl	W 31–14	December 28, 2013	2013	Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, Arizona	53,284	Bill Snyder
18	Alamo Bowl	L 35–40	January 2, 2015	2014	UCLA Bruins	Pac–12	Alamodome	San Antonio	60,517	Bill Snyder
19	Liberty Bowl	L 23–45	January 2, 2016	2015	Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, Tennessee	61,136	Bill Snyder
20	Texas Bowl	W 33–28	December 28, 2016	2016	Texas A&M Aggies	SEC	NRG Stadium	Houston, Texas	68,412	Bill Snyder
21	Cactus Bowl	W 35–17	December 26, 2017	2017	UCLA Bruins	Pac-12	Chase Field	Phoenix, Arizona	32,859	Bill Snyder
22	Liberty Bowl	L 17–20	December 31, 2019	2019	Navy Midshipmen	AAC	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, Tennessee	50,515	Chris Klieman
23	Texas Bowl	W 42–20	January 4, 2022	2021	LSU Tigers	SEC	NRG Stadium	Houston, Texas	52,207	Chris Klieman
24	Sugar Bowl	L 20–45	December 31, 2022	2022	Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC	Caesars Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana	60,437	Chris Klieman
25	Pop-Tarts Bowl	W 28–19	December 28, 2023	2023	NC State Wolfpack	ACC	Camping World Stadium	Orlando, Florida	31,111	Chris Klieman
26	Rate Bowl	W 44–41	December 26, 2024	2024	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten	Chase Field	Phoenix, Arizona	21,659	Chris Klieman

Overall Bowl Record: 12-14

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]
• 2025 Aer Lingus College Football Classic vs. Iowa State Cyclones (L 24-21)

Notes

1. Statistics correct as of 2017-18 NCAA football bowl games.
2. Results are sortable first by whether the result was a 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. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
2. DeLassus, David. "Kansas State Wildcats (2000 season results)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
3. DeLassus, David. "Kansas State Wildcats (2003 season results)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
4. "AT&T Stadium Announces Allstate as Sponsor of Season Opening College Football Game".
5. Robinett, Kellis (September 4, 2021). "What we learned from Kansas State's impressive opening victory over Stanford". Wichita Eagle . Retrieved November 6, 2021.