2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team

2012 Big 12 Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; + – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

Kansas State Wildcats football
2012 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 co-champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–35 vs. Oregon
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 12
2012 record	11–2 (8–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (21st season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Dana Dimel (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Del Miller (13th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Tom Hayes (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Arthur Brown; B. J. Finney; Collin Klein; Ty Zimmerman;
Home stadium	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)

The 2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team represents Kansas State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats play their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, in Manhattan, Kansas as they have done since 1968. 2012 is the 117th season in school history. The Wildcats are led by head coach Bill Snyder in his 21st overall and fourth straight season since taking over for his second tenure in 2009. K-State is a member of the Big 12 Conference. Conference play began with an upset victory over the Oklahoma Sooners, which was the first win for the Wildcats in Norman since October 25, 1997. The Wildcats started the season with an undefeated 10–0 record, and were ranked as the #1 team in country after a Week 10 defeat of Oklahoma State. However, the Wildcats' undefeated season and #1 ranking were derailed two weeks later after they were defeated by upstart Baylor. The regular conference season came to a close with a fifth straight win over the Texas Longhorns, ending with an 8–1 record to clinch a share of Big 12 title with Oklahoma. Both teams made the postseason for the first time since the 2003 Big 12 Championship Game. Kansas State finished the regular season as the #5 ranked team and were invited to the Fiesta Bowl for the third time, where they were defeated by Oregon. The Wildcats suffered their second consecutive Fiesta Bowl loss since 2003 in the 2004 Fiesta Bowl, ending the season with an 11–2 record and were ranked #11 in the final polls.

Off-season

The 2011 Wildcats finished the season with a 10–3 record overall, 7–2 in Big-12 play, behind Oklahoma State. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where they were defeated by the Arkansas Razorbacks, making it the first Cotton Bowl Classic loss for the Wildcats since the 1996 team lost to the BYU Cougars in the 1997 Cotton Bowl Classic.

In mid-August, incoming freshman quarterback Tavarious Bender decided to leave the team and the university for undisclosed reasons.[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Missouri State*	No. 22	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	K-StateHD.TV	W 51–9	50,007
September 8	11:00 a.m.	Miami (FL)*	No. 21	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FX	W 52–13	48,843
September 15	6:00 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 15	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 35–21	50,290
September 22	6:50 p.m.	at No. 6 Oklahoma	No. 15	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FOX	W 24–19	85,276
October 6	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	No. 7	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FX	W 56–16	50,344
October 13	11:00 a.m.	at Iowa State	No. 6	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	FX	W 27–21	56,800
October 20	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17 West Virginia	No. 4	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	FOX	W 55–14	60,101
October 27	2:30 p.m.	No. 15 Texas Tech	No. 4	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FOX	W 55–24	50,766
November 3	7:00 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 3	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 44–30	50,781
November 10	6:00 p.m.	at TCU	No. 2	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	FOX	W 23–10	47,292
November 17	7:00 p.m.	at Baylor	No. 1	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	ESPN	L 24–52	38,029
December 1	7:00 p.m.	No. 23 Texas	No. 5	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	W 42–24	50,912
January 3, 2013	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Oregon	No. 7	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–35	70,242
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri State	3	3	3	0	9
#22 Kansas State	3	6	7	35	51

The Wildcats were favored by 34 going into the game.

Miami

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami	3	3	0	7	13
#21 Kansas State	14	10	7	21	52

Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game.

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	7	0	6	8	21
#15 Kansas State	7	7	7	14	35

Kansas State was favored by 28½ going into the game.

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Kansas State	0	10	0	14	24
#6 Oklahoma	3	3	7	6	19

Oklahoma was favored by 14 going into the game.

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	7	7	2	0	16
#7 Kansas State	7	14	28	7	56

Kansas State was favored by 24 going into the game.

Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Kansas State	3	14	7	3	27
Iowa State	0	14	0	7	21

Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game.

West Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Kansas State	10	21	21	3	55
#17 West Virginia	0	7	0	7	14

West Virginia was favored by 2.5 going into the game. The game was hyped as a matchup between Heisman Trophy hopefuls Geno Smith from West Virginia and Collin Klein from Kansas State. Kansas State took an early lead and had the score at 52–7 with 2:25 left in the third quarter. The final score was a Kansas State victory 55–14.[3]

After the conclusion of the season, ESPN sportswriter David Ubben named this the fifth best game of the Big 12 Conference for the season.[4]

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Texas Tech	7	3	7	7	24
#4 Kansas State	3	10	21	21	55

Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game.

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	7	10	3	10	30
#3 Kansas State	7	24	7	6	44

Kansas State was favored by 8.5 points going into the game.

TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Kansas State	10	3	10	0	23
TCU	0	0	0	10	10

Kansas State was favored by 7 points heading to the game.

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Kansas State	7	10	7	0	24
Baylor	14	14	24	0	52

Kansas State was favored by 11 points going into the game.

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Texas	0	10	7	7	24
#6 Kansas State	7	0	7	28	42

Kansas State was favored by 10.5 points heading to the game.

2013 Fiesta Bowl (vs. Oregon)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Oregon	15	6	10	3	34
#5 Kansas State	0	10	0	7	17

Oregon was favored by 9 points going to the game.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	22	21	15	15	7	7	6	4	4	3	3	2	7	7	7	12
Coaches	21	20	14	13	8	8	5	3	4	3	3	2	8	7	6	11
Harris	Not released						5	4	4	3	3	2	7	6	6	Not released
BCS	Not released							4	3	2	2	1	6	6	5	Not released

Roster

2012 roster

Quarterbacks

4 Daniel Sams – Fr.
7 Collin Klein – Sr.
15 Sam Johnson – So.
19 Joe Hubener – Fr.

Running Backs

5 Robert Rose – Jr.
8 Angelo Pease – Jr.
20 DeMarcus Robinson – So.
24 Charles Jones – Fr.
28 Jarvis Leverett – Fr.
33 John Hubert – Jr.
41 Seth Filbert – Fr.

Full Backs

27 Brad Duncan – So.
36 Ben Kall – Sr.
37 Braden Wilson – Sr.
39 Austin Katsorelos – Fr.
48 Glenn Gronkowski – Fr.
89 Zach Nemechek – So.

Wide Receivers

2 Stephen Johnson – Jr.
3 Chris Harper – Sr.
10 Lucas Munds – Fr.
12 Stanton Weber – Fr.
13 Steven West – Fr.
14 Curry Sexton – So.
16 Tyler Lockett – So.
17 Logan Stephens – Jr.
21 Destin Mosley – Fr.
22 Zach McFall – Sr.
23 Collin Sexton – Fr.
25 Dylan Veatch – So.
26 Cody Harrison – So.
30 Stanton Weber – Fr.
81 Kyle Klein – Fr.
82 Evan Loomis – Jr.
84 Deante Burton – Fr.
86 Tramaine Thompson – Jr.
87 Andre Jackson – Jr.
88 Torell Miller – Jr.

Tight Ends

18 Andre McDonald – Jr.
34 Darnell Howard – So.
41 Logan Haug – Fr.
43 Matt Pestinger – Jr.
47 William Green – Jr.
80 Travis Tannahill – Sr.
81 Jeremy Sutton – Jr.
82 Tyler Davidson – Fr.
84 Curtis Hubbell – Jr.
85 Zach Trujillo – So.
89 Zach Nemechek – Fr.

Offensive Line

46 Dalton Converse – So. (Long Snapper)
50 Nick Puetz – Sr.
51 Cameron McLain – Fr.
52 John McClure – Fr.
55 Cody Whitehair – Fr.
61 Drew Liddle – So.
63 Marcus Heit – Jr. (Long Snapper)
64 Tomasi Mariner -So.
65 Matt Kleinsorge – Fr.
66 BJ Finney – So.
68 William Cooper – Jr.
70 Will Ash – Fr.
71 Ethan Douglas – Sr.
72 Aderius Epps – Fr.
73 Tavon Rooks – Jr.
74 Kason Hostrup – Fr.
75 Ellwood Clement – Jr.
76 Cory Cheadle – Fr. (Long Snapper)
77 Boston Stiverson – Fr.
78 Cornelius Lucas – Jr.
79 Keneen Taylor – Jr.

Defensive Line

41 Logan Haug – Fr.
42 Meshak Williams – Sr.
43 Wyatt Schroeder – Fr.
44 Ryan Mueller – So.
45 Marquel Bryant – Fr.
54 Taylor Godinet – So.
55 Adam Davis – Jr.
56 Wesley Hollingshed – Jr.
60 Dustin Sobieraj – Jr.
62 Logan Wiltfong – Fr.
69 Logan O'Dea – Fr.
73 Xavier Gates – Fr.
90 Laton Dowling – So.
91 Hakeem Akinola – Jr.
92 Vai Lutui – Sr.
94 Alauna Finau – Jr.
95 Travis Britz – Fr.
96 Jon Sua – Sr.
97 Demonte Hood – Fr.
98 Chaquil Reed – Jr.
99 Javonta Boyd – Sr.

Linebackers

2 Justin Tuggle – Sr.
4 Arthur Brown – Sr.
6 Tate Snyder – So.
20 Riley Williams – Fr.
21 Jonathan Truman – Fr.
26 Jarell Childs – Sr.
32 Roman Fields – Sr.
33 Weston Hiebert – Fr.
34 Cody Marley – So.
35 David Smith – So.
36 Nick Briney – Sr.
40 Antonio Felder – Jr.
47 Jared Loomis – Sr.
49 Will Davis – Fr.
50 Tre Walker – Jr.
51 Trace Armstrong – Fr.
52 Mike Moore – Fr.
53 Blake Slaughter – Sr.
55 Kadero Terrell – Jr.
58 Clarence Bumpas – Fr.
57 Colborn Couchman – Fr.
58 Myles Copeland – Fr.
59 Aaron Norris – Fr.

Defensive Backs

3 Allen Chapman – Sr.
5 Thomas Ferguson – Sr.
7 Kip Daily – Jr.
10 Donny Starks – Fr.
12 Ty Zimmerman – Jr.
15 Randall Evans – So.
17 Weston Hiebert – So.
18 Jonathan Coleman – Fr.
19 Carl Miles Jr. – Jr.
22 Dante Barnett – Fr.
23 Jarard Milo – Sr.
24 Nigel Malone – Sr.
25 Joseph Bonugli – So.
27 Ed Brown – So.
29 Kent Gainous – Jr.
30 Dorian Roberts – Fr.
32 Michael Mann – Fr.
33 Morgan Burns – Fr.
39 Cameron Morgan – Fr.
40 Dylan Schellenberg – So.

Punters

9 Ryan Doerr – Sr.
38 Mark Krause – Fr.
48 Ethan Hammes – So.

Kickers

6 Brandon Klimek – Sr.
8 Dillon Wilson – Fr.
10 Anthony Cantele – Sr.
14 Jack Cantele – Fr.
40 Ian Patterson – Fr.

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Coaching staff

The following is a list of coaches at Kansas State for the 2012 season.[6]

Name	Position	Seasons at Kansas State	Alma Mater
Bill Snyder	Head coach	21	William Jewell (1963)
Tom Hayes	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs	2	Iowa (1971)
Mike Cox	Linebackers	1	Idaho (1989)
Joe Bob Clements	Defensive Ends	11	Kansas State (1999)
Mo Latimore	Interior Defensive Line	29	Kansas State (1976)
Sean Snyder	Associate Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator	18	Kansas State (1994)
Dana Dimel	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs/Tight Ends	15	Kansas State (1986)
Del Miller	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	12	Central (1972)
Charlie Dickey	Offensive Line	4	Arizona (1987)
Michael Smith	Wide Receivers	16	Kansas State (1995)
Joe Gordon	Recruiting Operations	2	Sam Houston State (1999)
Reference:[7]

References

"Backup K-State QB Tavarius Bender Leaves Program". KCTV. Associated Press. August 27, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
"2012 Football Schedule Announced". Big 12 Conference. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
"Collin Klein trumpets Heisman credentials as K-State routs West Virginia". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
Ubben, David (February 14, 2013). "he best individual games of 2012: No. 5". Retrieved February 14, 2013.
"2012 Kansas State Football Roster". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
"2011 coaches list". Archived from the original on 2013-09-02. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
"Coaching Staff". K-State Sports.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2011.

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[1] "Backup K-State QB Tavarius Bender Leaves Program". KCTV. Associated Press. August 27, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

[2] "2012 Football Schedule Announced". Big 12 Conference. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.

[3] "Collin Klein trumpets Heisman credentials as K-State routs West Virginia". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

[4] Ubben, David (February 14, 2013). "he best individual games of 2012: No. 5". Retrieved February 14, 2013.

[5] "2012 Kansas State Football Roster". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2012-10-28.

[6] "2011 coaches list". Archived from the original on 2013-09-02. Retrieved 2012-01-11.

[coachingstaff-7] "Coaching Staff". K-State Sports.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2011.

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