| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Team: | Kansas State Wildcats |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Record: | 9–4 |
| Conf Record: | 6–3 |
| Head Coach: | Bill Snyder |
| Hc Year: | 25th |
| Cooff Coach1: | Dana Dimel |
| Cooc1 Year: | 10th |
| Cooff Coach2: | Del Miller |
| Cooc2 Year: | 17th |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Def Coach: | Tom Hayes |
| Dc Year: | 5th |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium |
| Champion: | Texas Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Texas Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 33–28 vs. Texas A&M |
The 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, in Manhattan, Kansas as they have since 1968. The Wildcats were led by head coach Bill Snyder in his 25th overall and eighth straight season since taking over for his second tenure in 2009. 2016 was the 121st season in school history. K-State was a member of the Big 12 Conference. Kansas State won the Texas Bowl against former Big 12 opponent, Texas A&M.
The 2015 Kansas State Wildcats football team finished the regular season 6–7 and played against Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl, which they lost 23–45.
See also: 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team.
See also: 2016 Florida Atlantic Owls football team.
See also: 2016 Missouri State Bears football team.
Game was called off at the halftime due to weather.[2]
See also: 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.
See also: 2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team.
See also: 2016 Texas Longhorns football team.
See also: 2016 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry.
See also: 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.
See also: 2016 Baylor Bears football team.
See also: 2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team and Sunflower Showdown.
See also: 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team.
See also: 2016 Texas Bowl.