2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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2016 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Oklahoma $		9	–	0					11	–	2
No. 11 Oklahoma State		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 18 West Virginia		7	–	2					10	–	3
Kansas State		6	–	3					9	–	4
TCU		4	–	5					6	–	7
Baylor		3	–	6					7	–	6
Texas		3	–	6					5	–	7
Texas Tech		3	–	6					5	–	7
Iowa State		2	–	7					3	–	9
Kansas		1	–	8					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team represents Kansas State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats play their home games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, in Manhattan, Kansas as they have since 1968. The Wildcats are led by head coach Bill Snyder in his 25th overall and eighth straight season since taking over for his second tenure in 2009. 2016 is the 121st season in school history. K-State is a member of the Big 12 Conference. Kansas State won their 2nd bowl game in the "2nd Bill Snyder Era" going 2–5 in the 2nd era and 8–10 overall. It was Bill Snyder's 202nd win at Kansas State. The win takes Kansas State University Wildcats football bowl record to 8–12.

Previous season

The 2015 Kansas State Wildcats football team finished the regular season 6–7 and played against Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl, which they lost 23–45.

Schedule

September 28:00 p.m.at No. 8 Stanford*

• Stanford Stadium
• Stanford, CA

FS1L 13–2646,147 September 171:30 p.m.Florida Atlantic*

• Bill Snyder Family Stadium
• Manhattan, KS

FSNW 63–750,871 September 246:00 p.m.Missouri State*

• Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
• Manhattan, KS

K-StateHD.TVW 35–0 51,686 October 12:30 p.m.at West Virginia

• Mountaineer Field
• Morgantown, WV

ESPNUL 16–1761,701 October 86:00 p.m.Texas Tech

• Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
• Manhattan, KS

ESPNUW 44–3851,540 October 1511:00 a.m.at No. 19 Oklahoma

• Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
• Norman, OK

ESPNL 17–3886,049 October 2211:00 a.m.Texas

• Bill Snyder Family Stadium
• Manhattan, KS

ESPN2W 24–2152,328 October 2911:00 a.m.at Iowa State

• Jack Trice Stadium
• Ames, IA (Rivalry)

FSNW 31–2652,763 November 52:30 p.m.No. 22 Oklahoma State

• Bill Snyder Family Stadium
• Manhattan, KS

ABC/ESPN2L 37–4352,450 November 1911:00 a.m.at Baylor

• McLane Stadium
• Waco, TX

ESPN2W 42–2143,581 November 2611:00 a.m.Kansas

• Bill Snyder Family Stadium
• Manhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown/Rivalry)

FS1W 34–1952,637 December 311:00 a.m.at TCU

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, TX

FS1W 30–642,746 December 288:00 p.m.vs. Texas A&M*

• NRG Stadium
• Houston, TX (Texas Bowl)

ESPNW 33–2868,412

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Game summaries

at Stanford

See also: 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	3	3	7	13
#8 Cardinal	3	14	0	9	26

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
First meeting

Florida Atlantic

See also: 2016 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	0	0	7	7
Wildcats	21	21	7	14	63

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1–0	2006	KSU, 45-0

Missouri State

See also: 2016 Missouri State Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0			0
Wildcats	14	21			35

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
3–0	2012	KSU, 51–9

Game was called off at the halftime due to weather.

at West Virginia

See also: 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	6	3	0	16
Mountaineers	0	0	3	14	17

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
5–1	2015	KSU, 24–23

Texas Tech

See also: 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	14	14	3	7	38
Wildcats	14	17	0	13	44

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
7–9	2015	TTU, 59–44

at Oklahoma

See also: 2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	10	0	7	17
#19 Sooners	14	10	7	7	38

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
19–73–4	2015	OU, 55–0

Texas

See also: 2016 Texas Longhorns football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Longhorns	0	7	7	7	21
Wildcats	7	14	3	0	24

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
9–7	2015	TEX, 23–9

at Iowa State

See also: 2016 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	14	14	0	31
Cyclones	3	0	7	16	26

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
46–49–4	2015	KSU, 38–35

Oklahoma State

See also: 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Cowboys	7	14	7	15	43
Wildcats	13	3	14	7	37

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
24–38	2015	OSU, 36–34

at Baylor

See also: 2016 Baylor Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	7	21	14	42
Bears	0	14	0	7	21

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
7–6	2015	BAY, 31–24

Kansas

See also: 2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Sunflower Showdown, and Kansas–Kansas State football rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jayhawks	3	0	6	10	19
Wildcats	6	14	7	7	34

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
43–65–5	2015	KSU, 45–14

at TCU

See also: 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	7	13	7	30
Horned Frogs	3	3	0	0	6

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
4–5	2015	TCU, 52–45

vs. Texas A&M

See also: 2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team and 2016 Texas Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	7	7	7	28
Wildcats	7	16	3	7	33

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
7–8	2011	KSU, 53–50 (4OT)