2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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.

2012 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 co-champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–35 vs. Oregon
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
2012 record11–2 (8–1 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorDana Dimel (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDel Miller (13th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorTom Hayes (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumBill Snyder Family Football Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)
2012 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 12 Kansas State $+  8 1     11 2  
No. 15 Oklahoma +  8 1     10 3  
No. 19 Texas  5 4     9 4  
Oklahoma State  5 4     8 5  
Baylor  4 5     8 5  
TCU  4 5     7 6  
Texas Tech  4 5     8 5  
West Virginia  4 5     7 6  
Iowa State  3 6     6 7  
Kansas  0 9     1 11  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Missouri State*No. 22K-StateHD.TVW 51–950,007
September 811:00 a.m.Miami (FL)*No. 21
  • Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FXW 52–1348,843
September 156:00 p.m.North Texas*No. 15
  • Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FSNW 35–2150,290
September 226:50 p.m.at No. 6 OklahomaNo. 15FOXW 24–1985,276
October 611:00 a.m.KansasNo. 7
  • Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
FXW 56–1650,344
October 1311:00 a.m.at Iowa StateNo. 6FXW 27–2156,800
October 206:00 p.m.at No. 17 West VirginiaNo. 4FOXW 55–1460,101
October 272:30 p.m.No. 15 Texas TechNo. 4
  • Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FOXW 55–2450,766
November 37:00 p.m.Oklahoma StateNo. 3
  • Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
ABCW 44–3050,781
November 106:00 p.m.at TCUNo. 2FOXW 23–1047,292
November 177:00 p.m.at BaylorNo. 1ESPNL 24–5238,029
December 17:00 p.m.No. 23 TexasNo. 5
  • Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
ABCW 42–2450,912
January 3, 20137:30 p.m.vs. No. 4 OregonNo. 7ESPNL 17–3570,242
  • *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

Running Backs

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

Full Backs

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

Wide Receivers

  •  2 Stephen Johnson – Jr.
  •  3 Chris HarperSr.
  • 10 Lucas Munds – Fr.
  • 12 Stanton Weber – Fr.
  • 13 Steven West – Fr.
  • 14 Curry Sexton – So.
  • 16 Tyler LockettSo.
  • 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 TannahillSr.
  • 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 WilliamsSr.
  • 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 ChapmanSr.
  •  5 Thomas Ferguson – Sr.
  •  7 Kip Daily – Jr.
  • 10 Donny Starks – Fr.
  • 12 Ty Zimmerman – Jr.
  • 15 Randall EvansSo.
  • 17 Weston Hiebert – So.
  • 18 Jonathan Coleman – Fr.
  • 19 Carl Miles Jr. – Jr.
  • 22 Dante BarnettFr.
  • 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]

NamePositionSeasons at
Kansas State
Alma Mater
Bill SnyderHead coach21William Jewell (1963)
Tom HayesDefensive Coordinator/Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs2Iowa (1971)
Mike CoxLinebackers1Idaho (1989)
Joe Bob ClementsDefensive Ends11Kansas State (1999)
Mo LatimoreInterior Defensive Line29Kansas State (1976)
Sean SnyderAssociate Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator18Kansas State (1994)
Dana DimelCo-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs/Tight Ends15Kansas State (1986)
Del MillerCo-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks12Central (1972)
Charlie DickeyOffensive Line4Arizona (1987)
Michael SmithWide Receivers16Kansas State (1995)
Joe GordonRecruiting Operations2Sam Houston State (1999)
Reference:[7]

References

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