2013 Kansas State Wildcats football team

2013 Kansas State Wildcats football
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl champion
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record8–5 (5–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorDana Dimel (7th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDel Miller (14th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorTom Hayes (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
  • Tyler Lockett
  • B. J. Finney
  • Blake Slaughter
  • Tre Walker, Ty Zimmerman
Home stadiumBill Snyder Family Football Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Baylor $   8 1     11 2  
No. 6 Oklahoma %   7 2     11 2  
No. 17 Oklahoma State   7 2     10 3  
Texas   7 2     8 5  
Kansas State   5 4     8 5  
Texas Tech   4 5     8 5  
TCU   2 7     4 8  
West Virginia   2 7     4 8  
Iowa State   2 7     3 9  
Kansas   1 8     3 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats play their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, in Manhattan, Kansas as they have since 1968. 2013 is the 118th season in school history. The Wildcats are led by head coach Bill Snyder in his 22nd overall and fifth straight season since taking over in his second tenure in 2009. K-State is a member of the Big 12 Conference. Conference play began with a loss to the Texas Longhorns, which ended the Wildcats 5-game winning streak against the Longhorns. Their last lost against Texas was in 2003. The regular season ended with a win over in-state rival Kansas in the Sunflower Showdown. After completing the regular season with a 7–5 record, the Kansas State Wildcats returned for a bowl game for the fourth straight year, were selected to play in the 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl and played the Michigan Wolverines. The season ended with the Wildcats defeating the Wolverines, 31–14, to break a five-game bowl losing streak winning their first bowl game since the 2002 Holiday Bowl and finishing the season 8–5.