 Kansas State has been invited six times to one of the current "New Year's Six" major bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange, Cotton, and Peach Bowls), including two appearances in BCS games and one appearance in a Bowl Alliance game.Not included in this tally of bowl games is Kansas State's first "post-season" game, played in 1931 against Wichita State as a fundraiser during the Great Depression.Kansas State won that game 20–6.