Kansas State Wildcats Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Kansas State Wildcats
University	Kansas State University
Conference	Big 12
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Gene Taylor
Location	Manhattan, Kansas
Varsity teams	16
Football stadium	Bill Snyder Family Stadium
Basketball arena	Bramlage Coliseum
Baseball stadium	Tointon Family Stadium
Soccer stadium	Memorial Stadium
Other arenas	Ahearn Field House
Mascot	Willie the Wildcat
Nickname	Wildcats
Fight song	Wildcat Victory
Colors	Royal Purple and White

The Kansas State Wildcats (variously "Kansas State", "K-State", or "KSU") are the athletic teams for Kansas State University. The official color of the teams is Royal Purple. This makes Kansas State one of very few schools (as well as Syracuse and Harvard) that have only one official color; white and silver are generally used as complementary colors.

Sports sponsored
- Football
Championships
Images for kids
See also

Sports sponsored

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross country
Cross country	Golf
Football	Rowing
Golf	Soccer
Track and field^†	Tennis
	Track and field^†
	Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.

Football

Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium

Kansas State's football team officially started playing in 1896 with a 14–0 loss to Fort Riley on November 28, 1896.

Championships

Major conference championships (1913–present)*
Sport	Titles	Year(s)
Football	3	1934 2003 2012 (The Big 12 Conference awards KSU 4 additional titles for winning its North Division)
Men's basketball, regular season	18	1917 1919 1948 1950 1951 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 1963 1964 1968 1970 1972 1973 1977 2013 2019
Men's basketball, conf. tournament	9	1947 1950 1952 1958 1960 1961 1963 1977 1980
Women's basketball, regular season	13	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1983 1984 1987 2004 2008
Women's basketball, conf. tournament	4	1976 1977 1984 1987
Baseball, regular season	4	1928 1930 1933 2013
Women's volleyball	1	2003
Cross country, men	13	1924 1925 1932 1933 1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1965 1966 1971 1975
Cross country, women	3	1982 1992 1998
Indoor track and field, men	3	1935 1974 1976
Indoor track and field, women	1	1976
Outdoor track and field, men	1	1919
Outdoor track and field, women	4	2001 2002 2017 2018
Wrestling (discontinued)	3	1931 1939 1940
Boxing (discontinued)	1	1926
Total	82

* Not counting titles earned in the Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, through the 1912–13 school year. Kansas State captured at least ten championships in the old Kansas Conference, in track (1906, 1908, 1909), baseball (1907, 1908), football (1909, 1910, 1912), and basketball (1910, 1913).