2013 Kansas State Wildcats football team 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 Stadium , in Manhattan , Kansas as they done 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 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 Wildcats end their 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 fourth straight year , were selected to play in the 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl and played the Michigan Wolverines . The season ended with 8 – 5 and Wildcats defeated the Wolverines , 31 – 14 , to break a 5 bowl - game losing streak as Kansas State gets their first bowl win since 2002 Holiday Bowl . Off - season . The off - season saw the completion of the West Stadium Center of Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium . Game notes . North Dakota State . The Wildcats were favored by 11 going into the game . The game was debut of K - State ' s brand new West Stadium Center , a brand new press box and luxury suite building , and featuring a statue of head coach Bill Snyder , replacing the old structure built in 1993 . The Bison spoiled the opening game of the Wildcats ' season , which featured a pre - game ceremony of raising the 2012 Big 12 Conference Champions flag . North Dakota State , trailing 21 – 17 in the middle of the fourth quarter , made an eight minute touchdown drive to go up by 2 points with just 28 seconds remaining . New K - State quarterback Jake Waters threw an interception on the Wildcats ' first play of the possession , sealing the victory for the two - time defending FCS champions . North Dakota State went on to finish the season undefeated with a record of 15 – 0 and won their third consecutive FCS Championship . Louisiana – Lafayette . The Wildcats were favored by 10 going into the game . Kansas State scored 10 points in each of the first two quarters while giving up just 3 points in the half . Tramaine Thompason returned the opening kickoff of the second half 94 yards for a touchdown . Moments later , Thompson returned a Louisiana – Lafayette punt 79 yards to the Rajin ' Cajun 2 - yard line . Following a Jake Waters 1 - yard touchdown run , Louisiana – Lafayette returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown . In the fourth quarter K - State ' s Ty Zimmerman returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown after the ball deflected off of a Rajin ' Cajun player ' s helmet . K - State was able to score on offense , defense , and special teams in the second half alone . K - State leads the nation for most non - offense touchdowns since 1999 . Massachusetts . The Wildcats were favored by 38 1 / 2 going into the game . Texas . The Longhorns were favored by 5 going into the game . Oklahoma State . The Cowboys were favored by 11 1 / 2 going into the game . Baylor . The Bears were favored by 17 1 / 2 going to the game . West Virginia . The Wildcats were favored by 11 1 / 2 going into the game . Iowa State . The Wildcats were favored by 17 going into the game . Texas Tech . The Red Raiders were favored by 11 going into the game . TCU . The Wildcats were favored by 11 going into the game . Oklahoma . K - State was favored by 4 going into the game . Michigan ( 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl ) . K - State was favored by 7 going into the game . Kansas State played the Michigan Wolverines on December 28 , 2013 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe , Arizona for the 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl . Kansas State scored first with a touchdown pass from Jake Waters to Tyler Lockett in the first quarter and K - State ' s kicker Ian Patterson made good on the extra point to take the lead 7 – 0 . Kansas State maintained the lead for the remainder of the game . At halftime , Kansas State led 21 – 6 with Tyler Lockett receiving three touchdown passes from Jake Waters and Michigan succeeding with two field goals . After no score in the third quarter , Michigan ' s Fitzgerald Toussaint ran the ball three yards for a touchdown while Kansas State ' s Patterson made a field goal and John Hubert ran in a touchdown for 1 yard . Kansas State won the game by a score of 31 – 14 . Many sportswriters determined that Kansas State controlled the Michigan team through the entire game and one wrote " Kansas State dominates Michigan in Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl " to summarize the results . Another wrote that " K - State could be a 2014 Big 12 title contender " after the results of the game . Supporters of Michigan used the results to highlight high hopes for the upcoming seasons with comments such as " The young guys are the bright spot for this team . " Kansas State ' s Tyler Lockett was named the offensive MVP . Lockett finished the game with ten catches for 116 yards and three touchdowns to tie the Bowl record . Kansas State safety Dante Barnett was awarded the Defensive MVP . Barnett recorded a team - high eight tackles and an interception with a 51 - yard return to the Michigan seven - yard line . Kansas State Quarterback Jake Waters was named the overall Most Valuable Player of the game . Coaching staff . The following is a list of coaches at Kansas State for the 2013 season .