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2023 Pop Tarts Bowl Game Information

The KSUMB is excited to perform in the Sunshine State! Check back to this page for important bowl game information as it is updated!

2023 Pop Tarts Bowl Itinerary (12/15/23)

2023 Pop Tarts Bowl Bus List (12/15/23)

2023 Pop Tarts Bowl Rooming List (12/15/23)

Big 12 Bowl Partners
Once the CFP has filled its bowl slots, Big 12 bowl partners will make selections from the remaining Conference teams. Following is the order of selection. A bowl may pick from any available teams with .500 or better records when it reaches its spot in the selection order. After the placement of those teams, slots will be filled from among the pool of remaining teams.
Allstate Sugar/ CFP At-Large
Valero Alamo
Pop-Tarts
TaxAct Texas
AutoZone Liberty
Guaranteed Rate
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl*/SERVPRO First Responder Bowl* 
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl 

* Game is a “flex pick” for seventh selection after CFP.

Bowl GameDate / Time (CT)SiteMatchupNetwork
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
 
Dec. 16
8:15 p.m.
Shreveport, La.Big 12 vs. Pac-12ESPN
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl*Dec. 23
2:30 p.m.
Fort Worth, TexasBig 12 vs. AAC/C-USAABC
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl*Dec. 26
4:30 p.m.
Dallas, TexasBig 12 vs. AAC/ ACC/C-USAESPN
Guaranteed Rate BowlDec. 26
8 p.m.
Phoenix, Ariz.Big 12 vs. Big TenESPN
TaxAct Texas Bowl
 
Dec. 27
8:00 p.m.
Houston, TexasBig 12 vs. SECESPN
Pop-Tarts Bowl
 
Dec. 28
4:45 p.m.
Orlando, Fla.Big 12 vs. ACCESPN
Valero Alamo
 
Dec. 28
8:15 p.m.
San Antonio, TexasBig 12 vs. Pac-12ESPN
AutoZone Liberty BowlDec. 29
2:30 p.m.
Memphis, Tenn.Big 12 vs. SECESPN
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
 
Dec. 29
7 p.m.
Arlington, TexasCFPESPN
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
 
Dec. 30
11 a.m.
Atlanta, Ga.CFPESPN
Capital One Orange BowlDec.. 30
3 p.m.
Miami Gardens, Fla.CFPESPN
Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
 
Jan. 1
Noon
Glendale, Ariz.CFPESPN
CFP Semifinal - Rose Bowl
 
Jan. 1
4:00 p.m.
Pasadena, Calif.CFP - Big Ten vs. Pac-12ESPN
CFP Semifinal - Allstate Sugar BowlJan. 1 
7:45 p.m.
New Orleans, La.CFP - Big 12 vs. SECESPN
CFP National Championship Presented by AT&TJan. 8
6:30 p.m.
Houston, TexasSemifinal WinnersESPN
 

 

Continue the Tradition!

K-State has averaged nearly 30,000 fans at each of its bowl games played in the Continental U.S.

The Wildcats had an estimated 40,000 fans travel to Dallas for the 1997 Cotton Bowl, while the largest crowd ever to cross state lines to watch a college football game (45,000) went with the Wildcats to Tempe, Ariz., for the Wildcats’ 1997 Fiesta Bowl victory over Syracuse. Wildcat fans were again out in force at the 2012-13 Fiesta Bowl as an estimated crowd of just under 40,000 K-State faithful traveled to Arizona. 

Bowl Games Under Dr. Tracz

  • 2023 Pop Tarts Bowl
  • 2022 Sugar Bowl
  • 2021/22 Texas Bowl Champions
  • 2019 Liberty Bowl
  • 2017 Cactus Bowl Champions
  • 2016 Texas Bowl Champions
  • 2015 Liberty Bowl
  • 2014-15 Alamo Bowl
  • 2013 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Champions
  • 2012-13 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
  • 2011-12 Cotton Bowl
  • 2010 Pinstripe Bowl
  • 2003-04 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
  • 2002 Holiday Bowl Champions
  • 2001 Insight.com Bowl
  • 2000-01 Cotton Bowl Champions
  • 1999 Holiday Bowl Champions
  • 1998 Alamo Bowl
  • 1997 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Champions
  • 1996-97 Cotton Bowl
  • 1995 Holiday Bowl Champions
  • 1994 Aloha Bowl
  • 1993 Copper Bowl Champions

Bowl Tradition

K-State's bowl history is virtually unmatched in the ranks of college football. The Wildcats have earned a postseason bowl berth in 14 of the last 19 seasons, and were one of just nine programs nationally to reach a bowl game in 12 of 14 season (1993-2006).

 

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