2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team

2016 Big 12 Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

2016 Kansas State Wildcats football
2016 Kansas State Wildcats football
Texas Bowl champion
Texas Bowl, W 33–28 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2016 record	9–4 (6–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (25th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Dana Dimel (10th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Del Miller (17th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Tom Hayes (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium; (Capacity: 50,000)
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, in Manhattan, Kansas as they have since 1968. The Wildcats were led by head coach Bill Snyder in his 25th overall and eighth straight season since taking over for his second tenure in 2009. 2016 was the 121st season in school history. K-State was a member of the Big 12 Conference. Kansas State won the Texas Bowl against former Big 12 opponent, Texas A&M.

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[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FS1	L 13–26	46,147
September 17	1:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic*	Bill Snyder Family Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 63–7	50,871
September 24	6:00 p.m.	Missouri State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	K-StateHD.TV	W 35–0	51,686
October 1	2:30 p.m.	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	ESPNU	L 16–17	61,701
October 8	6:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	ESPNU	W 44–38	51,540
October 15	11:00 a.m.	at No. 19 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ESPN	L 17–38	86,049
October 22	11:00 a.m.	Texas	Bill Snyder Family Stadium Manhattan, KS	ESPN2	W 24–21	52,328
October 29	11:00 a.m.	at Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	FSN	W 31–26	52,763
November 5	2:30 p.m.	No. 22 Oklahoma State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC/ESPN2	L 37–43	52,450
November 19	11:00 a.m.	at Baylor	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	ESPN2	W 42–21	43,581
November 26	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	Bill Snyder Family Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FS1	W 34–19	52,637
December 3	11:00 a.m.	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	FS1	W 30–6	42,746
December 28	8:00 p.m.	vs. Texas A&M*	NRG Stadium Houston, TX (Texas Bowl)	ESPN	W 33–28	68,412
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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

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

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

Game was called off at the halftime due to weather.^[2]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ "2016 Kansas State Wildcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 3, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2016-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

v t Kansas State Wildcats football
Venues	Ahearn Field (1911–1921) Memorial Stadium (1922–1967) Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (1968–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa State Kansas Nebraska
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Wildcat Victory" "Wabash Cannonball" "Kansas Wildcats" (march) Marching band Timeline of football in Kansas Aggieville riots 1939 Nebraska game 1998 Big 12 Championship Game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2016 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	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