MICHIGAN VS. K-STATE Saturday | December 28, 2013 | 9:15 PM CST | ESPN Sun Devil Stadium (71,706) | Tempe, Ariz. TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Media Information 3 Sun Devil Stadium 4 Tempe/Scottsdale Area 5 2013 Bowl Preview 6 Team Quick Facts The 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl will be Kansas State’s 15th bowl appearance under legendary coach Bill Snyder and fifth straight since 2009. 7 Wildcat Notebook K-STATE FOOTBALL • BUFFALO WILD WINGS BOWL INFORMATION 13 Depth Chart KANSAS STATE FOOTBALL TEAM HEADQUARTERS Sheraton Wild Horse Pass 14 Rosters 5594 West Wild Horse Pass Boulevard Chandler, Arizona 85226 16 Head Coach Bill Snyder Phone: 602.225.0100 19 Assistant Coaches KANSAS STATE FOOTBALL PRACTICE FACILITIES Corona del Sol High School 23 Support Staff 1001 East Knox Road KENNY LANNOU RYAN LACKEY Tempe, Arizona 85284 Assistant AD/Communications Assistant Director/Communications 24 The Wildcats 44 Season Review BUFFALO WILD WINGS BOWL • MEDIA INFORMATION 46 Updated Record Book MEDIA HEADQUARTERS Camelback Inn and Resort 49 Season Statistics 5402 East Lincoln Drive Scottsdale, Arizona 85253 61 Game-By-Game Recaps Phone: 480.948.1700 73 Big 12 Standings | Statistics BWWB HEADQUARTERS The Fiesta Bowl Center & Museum 77 All-Big 12 Teams 7135 E. Camelback Rd., #190 KRISTEN PFLIPSEN ANDY BAGNATO ASHLEY BRAUN Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 78 Team Bowl Records Director of Public Relations Chief of Communications Public Relations Coordinator 84 Individual Bowl Records 87 Career Bowl Records 2013 K-STATE FOOTBALL RESULTS 88 Opponent Bowl Records RECORD: 7-5 [5-4 Big 12 Conference] ON THE COVER Head coach Bill Snyder along with All- 89 Bowl Recaps DATE OPPONENT [TV] RESULT ATTENDANCE Big 12 performers Tyler Lockett, Ryan Aug. 30 North Dakota State [FS1] L, 21-24 53,351 Mueller and Ty Zimmerman. Sept. 7 Louisiana [FS1] W, 48-27 53,073 CREDITS Sept. 14 UMass [K-StateHD.TV] W, 37-7 52,958 Sept. 21 at Texas * [ABC] L, 21-31 95,248 EDITOR: Ryan Lackey, Kenny Lannou Oct. 5 at Oklahoma State* [ABC] L, 29-33 58,841 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Ryan Lackey, Kenny Lannou, Oct. 12 Baylor* [FOX] L, 25-35 52,803 Kelly McHugh LAYOUT & DESIGN: Ryan Lackey, Kenny Lannou Oct. 26 West Virginia* [FS1] W, 35-12 52,898 COVER DESIGN: Ron Cook Nov. 2 Iowa State* [FS1] W, 41-7 52,542 Nov. 9 at Texas Tech* [ABC] W, 49-26 54,609 PHOTOGRAPHY Nov. 16 TCU* [FSN] W, 33-31 52,697 Scott Weaver, Pete Aiken, John LeBarge, James D. Smith Nov. 23 Oklahoma* [FS1] L, 31-41 52,773 PRINTING Nov. 30 at Kansas* [FS1] W, 31-10 43,610 Mainline Printing, Topeka, Kan. Home Games in BOLD NIKE is the official footwear and apparel The 2013 Kansas State Football Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Guide is a * Big 12 Conference Game product of the K-State Athletic Communications office. supplier of the Kansas State football program. 1 MEDIA RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVES PRACTICES KANSAS STATE Kansas State will practice at Corona del Sol High School during its time at the Buffalo Kenny Lannou, Assistant A.D. for Communications Wild Wings Bowl. Two practice sessions (12/24 and 12/25) will be open to the media for Mobile Phone: 785.587.7867 | E-Mail: [email protected] the first 15 minutes and then will be closed for the remainder of the workout. Interviews Ryan Lackey, Assistant Director of Communications will also be available following these two practices. Please consult the practice schedule | Mobile Phone: 785.587.7865 | E-Mail: [email protected] media availability chart below for specific dates/times. Website: www.k-statesports.com POSTGAME MICHIGAN K-State’s locker room is open following a 10-minute cooling off period per BWWB guide- David Ablauf, Associate Athletic Director lines. Head coach Bill Snyder and requested players will also be made available to the Mobile Phone: 734.323.2281 | E-Mail: [email protected] media at K-State’s designated interview location at Sun Devil Stadium. Justin Dickens, Associate Director of Public and Media Relations Mobile Phone: 734.763.4423 | E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.mgoblue.com K-STATE PREGAME PEP RALLY The K-State Alumni Association, K-State Athletics, Kansas State University Foundation BUFFALO WILD WINGS BOWL and the President’s Office will host a pregame pep rally during the afternoon on Friday, De- Kristen Pflipsen, Director of Public Relations cember 27, at a location and time to be determined. President Kirk Schulz, Athletics Director Phone: 480.517.6291 | E-Mail: [email protected] John Currie, K-State football team and coaches, and the K-State band and cheerleaders Andy Bagnato, Chief of Communications will all be in attendance. Details regarding the location of the pep rally can be found at Ashley Braun, Communications Coordinator www.k-statesports.com/bowlgame. Media needing more information on the K-State Blaire Bender, Communications Intern Pregame Pep Rally should visit www.k-state.com or contact: Maddie Church, Communications Intern Paul Jensen, Communications Consultant Kenny Lannou, Assistant A.D. for Communications, K-State Athletics Patrick Kurish, Communications Consultant Phone: 785.587.7867 Denise Seomin, Chair, Media Operations Committee E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.buffalowildwingsbowl.org Linda Cook, Assistant VP/Director of Communications, K-State Alumni Association KANSAS STATE TRAVEL ITINERARY Phone: 785.532.5051 E-Mail: [email protected] Kansas State will travel to the Phoenix area directly from Manhattan via charter air serv- ice on Monday, December 23. K-State’s travel party will arrive in Arizona early that afternoon, and head coach Bill Snyder will hold a brief press conference at Sky Harbor upon arrival. BOWL WEEK INTERVIEWS Kansas State players and coaches will first be available to the media on Tuesday, De- cember 24 at the first of two post-practice interview sessions. Please refer to the below schedule/media availability chart for all other media opportunities throughout the week. KANSAS STATE PRACTICE SCHEDULE | MEDIA AVAILABILITY [SUBJECT TO CHANGE | ALL TIMES MST] DATE | TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION OPEN | CLOSED INTERVIEWS Monday, Dec. 23 TBD Team Arrival Sky Harbor International Airport Open Coach Snyder at airport Tuesday, Dec. 24 TBD Practice Corona del Sol High School First 15 Minutes Open Post-Practice Wednesday, Dec. 25 TBD Practice Corona del Sol High School First 15 Minutes Open Post-Practice Thursday, Dec. 26 11 a.m. K-State Media Day Camelback Inn Open Coach Snyder and Starters TBD Practice Corona del Sol High School Closed Closed Friday, Dec. 27 9 a.m. Head Coach News Conference Camelback Inn Open Bill Snyder available 1 p.m. Team Walk-Through Sun Devil Stadium Closed None Saturday, Dec. 28 8:15 p.m. 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Open Postgame availability 2 SUN DEVIL STADIUM Capacity: 71,706 Playing Surface: Natural (Hybrid Bermuda grass) Lighting: Four banks of quartz-iodide flood lights suspended 200 feet over the playing field. Stadium Height: 122 feet from playing field to top of grandstand, approximately 12 stories. Arizona State’s Sun Devil Stadium has played host to some of the best football games for more than four decades. It has hosted Arizona State University football games since 1958. It has hosted five Tostitos Fiesta Bowl national championships and it played host to the 1996 Super Bowl. The stadium was the home of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl for 35 years and the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals for 18 seasons. Beginning in 2006, Sun Devil Stadium became the new home of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. With the south end expansion completed and the press and sky boxes in place, and with an expanded cantilevered upper deck (1977), Sun Devil Stadium boasts a capacity of 71,706. The expansion of 1988 added almost 1,700 seats to the stadium’s capacity. Also added was the In- tercollegiate Athletic Complex at the structure’s south end, which is now named the Nadine and Ed Carson Student Athlete Center. A state-of-the-art scoreboard and four-color video replay board were also added. During the 1978 expansion, design features enabled the stadium to be modernized without light sup- ports, sound system supports, or construction pillars in the viewing line of the spectators. The press box and skybox facility, which sits atop the upper deck on the west side, contains two 30- suite levels of skyboxes renovated in 1999 and is topped by the press box and eight additional private suites. The facility also boasts its own television production room. Served by four industrial-sized elevators – one for the media and three for the public – the facility has working space for more than 200 sportswriters, booth space for broadcasters, statistical crews, score- board operations and a rooftop camera deck in addition to suite seating for more than 900 fans. The bowl (south) end was connected by the dramatic ICA Complex and the extension of the loge-level seats. Locker rooms also were added in the north end visiting teams. Two new scoreboards were put in place in 1999. The color video replay system, situated in the southeast corner, offers fans instant replays of game action. A complementary matrix board for messages and statistical information sits in the southwest corner. 3 THE VALLEY OF THE SUN TEMPE, ARIZONA SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA Home to Arizona State University, Tempe contains the energy that you would expect from a college In the heart of the Sonoran Desert, light-years from the everyday and ordinary, Scottsdale, Arizona, town and the attractions that you’d expect in the perfect vacation destination. Tempe is located in welcomes you with all the energy of a young city on the move and the charm and hospitality of days the heart of the Greater Phoenix area, just minutes away from Phoenix Sky Harbor International gone by.