KSU Stadium

Opened in 1968

About KSU Stadium

KSU Stadium is a former name of Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, used 1968–2005. Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium is a College Football stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. It opened in 1968. It was designed by Populous. It seats 50,000. Its current tenant is Kansas State Wildcats (College Football), since 1968. By capacity it ranks 63rd of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 132nd oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use.

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Photo of KSU Stadium — Photo by Mr.Konerko. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

50,000

Source: Wikidata

#63 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1968

#125 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Manhattan, Kansas 66506

Elevation

1,077 ft

328 m above sea level

#46 highest in College Football of 242

Architect

Populous

Operator

Kansas State University

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at KSU Stadium by team, 1968–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Kansas State Wildcats While based here: 59 seasons · 342-322-4 regular season · 26 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1968–present Big 12 1996–2026 · Big Eight Conference 1968–1995 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1902–1910 Ahearn Field 1911–1921 Memorial Stadium 1922–1967 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium 1968–present	College Football	1968–present

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.