List of Kansas State Wildcats football seasons

The Kansas State Wildcats football team represents Kansas State University, in Manhattan Kansas. The team competes in the Big 12 Conference at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level.^[1] This is a list of their annual results.^[2][3][4]

Seasons

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Ira Pratt (Independent) (1896)
1896	Ira Pratt	0–1–1
A.W. Ehrsam (Independent) (1897)
1897	A.W. Ehrsam	1–2–1
Billy P. Williamson (Independent) (1898)
1898	Billy P. Williamson	1–1–2
Albert Hansen (Independent) (1899)
1899	Albert Hansen	2–3
Fay Moulton (Independent) (1900)
1900	Fay Moulton	2–4
Wade Moore (Independent) (1901)
1901	Wade Moore	3–4–1
Cyrus E. Dietz (Independent) (1902)
1902	Cyrus E. Dietz	2–6
G.O. Dietz (Independent) (1903)
1903	G.O. Dietz	3–4–1
Reuben F. Booth (Independent) (1904)
1904	Reuben F. Booth	1–6
Mike Ahearn (Independent) (1905–1910)
1905	Mike Ahearn	6–2
1906	Mike Ahearn	5–2
1907	Mike Ahearn	5–3
1908	Mike Ahearn	6–2
1909	Mike Ahearn	7–2
1910	Mike Ahearn	10–1
Mike Ahearn:		39–12 (.765)
Guy Lowman (Independent) (1911–1912)
1911	Guy Lowman	5–4–1
1912	Guy Lowman	8–2
Guy Lowman (Missouri Valley Conference) (1913–1914)
1913	Guy Lowman	3–4–1	0–2	6th
1914	Guy Lowman	1–5–1	0–3	7th
Guy Lowman:		17–15–3 (.529)	0–5 (.000)
John R. Bender (Missouri Valley Conference) (1915)
1915	John R. Bender	3–4–1	0–2–1	7th
Zora Clevenger (Missouri Valley Conference) (1916–1919)
1916	Zora Clevenger	6–1–1	1–1–1	4th
1917	Zora Clevenger	6–2	3–2	4th
1918	Zora Clevenger	4–1	1–1	[n 1]
1919	Zora Clevenger	3–5–1	0–3–1	6th
Zora Clevenger:		19–9–2 (.667)	5–7–2 (.429)
Charlie Bachman (Missouri Valley Conference) (1920–1927)
1920	Charlie Bachman	3–3–3	0–3–1	8th
1921	Charlie Bachman	5–3	4–2	T–2nd
1922	Charlie Bachman	5–1–2	3–1–2	3rd
1923	Charlie Bachman	4–2–2	2–2–2	T–5th
1924	Charlie Bachman	3–4–1	1–4–1	8th
1925	Charlie Bachman	5–2–1	3–2–1	T–3rd
1926	Charlie Bachman	5–3	2–2	6th
1927	Charlie Bachman	3–5	2–4	8th
Charlie Bachman:		33–23–9 (.577)	17–20–7 (.466)
Bo McMillin (Big Six Conference) (1928–1933)
1928	Bo McMillin	3–5	0–5	6th
1929	Bo McMillin	3–5	3–2	3rd
1930	Bo McMillin	5–3	3–2	3rd
1931	Bo McMillin	8–2	3–2	3rd
1932	Bo McMillin	4–4	2–3	4th
1933	Bo McMillin	6–2–1	4–1	2nd
Bo McMillin:		29–21–1 (.578)	15–15 (.500)
Pappy Waldorf (Big Six Conference) (1934)
1934	Pappy Waldorf	7–2–1	5–0	1st
Wesley Fry (Big Six Conference) (1935–1939)
1935	Wesley Fry	2–4–3	1–2–2	4th
1936	Wesley Fry	4–3–2	2–1–2	3rd
1937	Wesley Fry	4–5	1–4	T–5th
1938	Wesley Fry	4–4–1	1–3–1	5th
1939	Wesley Fry	4–5	1–4	T–4th
Wesley Fry:		18–21–6 (.467)	6–14–5 (.340)
Hobbs Adams (Big Six Conference) (1940–1941)
1940	Hobbs Adams	2–7	1–4	5th
1941	Hobbs Adams	2–5–2	1–3–1	5th
Hobbs Adams 1.0:		4–12–2 (.278)	2–7–1 (.250)
Ward Haylett (Big Six Conference) (1942–1944)
1942	Ward Haylett	3–8	2–3	4th
1943	Ward Haylett	1–7	0–5	6th
1944	Ward Haylett	2–5–2	1–4	T–5th
Ward Haylett:		6–20–2 (.250)	3–12 (.200)
Lud Fiser (Big Six Conference) (1945)
1945	Lud Fiser	1–7	0–5	6th
Hobbs Adams (Big Six Conference) (1946)
1946	Hobbs Adams	0–9	0–5	6th
Hobbs Adams (Total):		4–21–2 (.185)	2–12–1 (.167)
Sam Francis (Big Six Conference) (1947)
1947	Sam Francis	0–10	0–5	6th
Ralph Graham (Big Seven Conference) (1948–1950)
1948	Ralph Graham	1–9	0–6	7th
1949	Ralph Graham	2–8	1–5	7th
1950	Ralph Graham	1–9–1	0–6	7th
Ralph Graham:		4–26–1 (.145)	1–17 (.056)
Bill Meek (Big Seven Conference) (1951–1954)
1951	Bill Meek	0–9–0	0–6–0	7th
1952	Bill Meek	1–9-1	0–6	7th
1953	Bill Meek	6–3–1	4–2	T–2nd
1954	Bill Meek	7–3	3–3	5th
Bill Meek:		14–24–1 (.372)	7–17–1 (.292)
Bus Mertes (Big Seven Conference) (1955–1959)
1955	Bus Mertes	4–6	3–3	T–3rd
1956	Bus Mertes	3–7	2–4	T–5th
1957	Bus Mertes	3–6–1	2–4	T–5th
1958	Bus Mertes	3–7	2–4	5th
1959	Bus Mertes	2–8	1–5	7th
Bus Mertes:		15–34–1 (.310)	10–20 (.333)
Doug Weaver (Big Eight Conference) (1960–1966)
1960	Doug Weaver	1–9	0–7	8th
1961	Doug Weaver	2–8	0–7	8th
1962	Doug Weaver	0–10	0–7	8th
1963	Doug Weaver	2–7	1–5	7th
1964	Doug Weaver	3–7	3–4	T–5th
1965	Doug Weaver	0–10	0–7	8th
1966	Doug Weaver	0–9–1	0–6–1	T–7th
Doug Weaver:		8–60–1 (.123)	4–43–1 (.094)
Vince Gibson (Big Eight Conference) (1967–1974)
1967	Vince Gibson	1–9	0–7	8th
1968	Vince Gibson	4–6	2–5	T–6th
1969	Vince Gibson	5–5	3–4	T–5th
1970	Vince Gibson	6–5	5–2	T–2nd
1971	Vince Gibson	5–6	2–5	T–5th
1972	Vince Gibson	3–8	1–6	8th
1973	Vince Gibson	5–6	2–5	T–6th
1974	Vince Gibson	4–7	1–6	T–7th
Vince Gibson:		33–52 (.388)	16–40 (.286)
Ellis Rainsberger (Big Eight Conference) (1975–1977)
1975	Ellis Rainsberger	3–8	0–7	8th
1976	Ellis Rainsberger	1–10	0–7	8th
1977	Ellis Rainsberger	2–9	0–7	8th
Ellis Rainsberger:		6–27 (.182)	0–21 (.000)
Jim Dickey (Big Eight Conference) (1978–1985)
1978	Jim Dickey	4–7	3–4	T–5th
1979	Jim Dickey	3–8	1–6	8th
1980	Jim Dickey	4–7	2–5	6th
1981	Jim Dickey	2–9	1–6	8th
1982	Jim Dickey	6–5–1	3–3–1	4th	L Independence
1983	Jim Dickey	3–8	1–6	8th
1984	Jim Dickey	3–7–1	2–4–1	T–5th
1985	Jim Dickey[n 2]	1–10[n 2]	1–6	T–7th
Jim Dickey:		26–61–2 (.303)	13–41–2 (.250)
Stan Parrish (Big Eight Conference) (1986–1988)
1986	Stan Parrish	2–9	1–6	7th
1987	Stan Parrish	0–10–1	0–6–1	T–7th
1988	Stan Parrish	0–11	0–7	8th
Stan Parrish:		2–30–1 (.076)	1–19–1 (.071)
Bill Snyder (Big Eight Conference) (1989–1995)
1989	Bill Snyder	1–10	0–7	8th
1990	Bill Snyder	5–6	2–5	T–6th
1991	Bill Snyder	7–4	4–3	4th
1992	Bill Snyder	5–6	2–5	T–6th
1993	Bill Snyder	9–2–1	4–2–1	3rd	W Copper	18	20
1994	Bill Snyder	9–3	5–2	3rd	L Aloha	16	19
1995	Bill Snyder	10–2	5–2	T–2nd	W Holiday	6	7
Bill Snyder (Big 12 Conference) (1996–2005)
1996	Bill Snyder	9–3	6–2	3rd (North)	L Cotton	17	17
1997	Bill Snyder	11–1	7–1	2nd (North)	W Fiesta†	7	8
1998	Bill Snyder	11–2	8–0	1st (North)	L Alamo	9	10
1999	Bill Snyder	11–1	7–1	T–1st (North)	W Holiday	6	6
2000	Bill Snyder	11–3	6–2	T–1st (North)	W Cotton	8	9
2001	Bill Snyder	6–6	3–5	T–4th (North)	L Insight.com
2002	Bill Snyder	11–2	6–2	2nd (North)	W Holiday	6	7
2003	Bill Snyder	11–4	6–2	1st (North)	L Fiesta†	13	14
2004	Bill Snyder	4–7	2–6	T–5th (North)
2005	Bill Snyder	5–6	2–6	6th (North)
Bill Snyder 1.0:		136–68–1 (.666)	75–53–1 (.585)
Ron Prince (Big 12 Conference) (2006–2008)
2006	Ron Prince	7–6	4–4	T–2nd (North)	L Texas
2007	Ron Prince	5–7	3–5	4th (North)
2008	Ron Prince	5–7	2–6	T–4th (North)
Ron Prince:		17–20 (.459)	9–15 (.375)
Bill Snyder (Big 12 Conference) (2009–2018)
2009	Bill Snyder	6–6	4–4	T–2nd (North)
2010	Bill Snyder	7–6	3–5	T–3rd (North)	L Pinstripe
2011	Bill Snyder	10–3	7–2	2nd	L Cotton	16	15
2012	Bill Snyder	11–2	8–1	T–1st	L Fiesta†	11	12
2013	Bill Snyder	8–5	5–4	5th	W Buffalo Wild Wings
2014	Bill Snyder	9–4	7–2	3rd	L Alamo	18	18
2015	Bill Snyder	6–7	3–6	8th	L Liberty
2016	Bill Snyder	9–4	6–3	4th	W Texas
2017	Bill Snyder	8–5	5–4	T–4th	W Cactus
2018	Bill Snyder	5–7	3–6	T–7th
Bill Snyder 2.0:		79–49 (.617)	51–37 (.580)
Bill Snyder (total):		215–117–1 (.647)	126–90–1 (.583)
Chris Klieman (Big 12 Conference) (2019–present)
2019	Chris Klieman	8–5	5–4	T–3rd	L Liberty
2020	Chris Klieman	4–6	4–5	7th
2021	Chris Klieman	8–5	4–5	T–5th	W Texas
2022	Chris Klieman	10–4	7–2	1st	L Sugar†	14	14
2023	Chris Klieman	9–4	6–3	T–4th	W Pop-Tart	19	18
2024	Chris Klieman	9–4	5–4	T–8th	W Rate
2025	Chris Klieman	0-0
Chris Klieman (total):		48–28 (.632)	31–23 (.574)
Total:		579–675–41 (.463)
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Notes

1. Due to events related to World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association did not schedule any official conference games, recorded no standings, and awarded no title for 1918.
2. Eighth-year head coach Jim Dickey was forced to resign after opening the season with two consecutive losses including one to an NCAA Division I-AA team. Assistant athletic director Lee Moon took over as interim coach for the rest of the season.