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Bill Snyder Family Stadium

Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, KS, home of Kansas State. Capacity 50,000. Opened September 21, 1968.

Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, KS
Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KSPhoto: Dawson Wagner, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
50,000
Opened
1968
Surface
Matrix Turf with Helix by Hellas
Roof
Open air
Elevation
1,076 ft
Home team
Kansas State
Kansas State here
125–⁠48 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
twice

Since it opened: Kansas State is 231–⁠133–⁠3 in home games from the 1968 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2001 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Bill Snyder Family Stadium by season, 2001 to 202630k40k50k60k2001: 48,262 a game over 5 games; biggest 51,1012002: 48,082 a game over 8 games; biggest 52,2212003: 47,110 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,6142004: 48,205 a game over 7 games; biggest 52,3102005: 45,961 a game over 6 games; biggest 49,7982006: 46,693 a game over 8 games; biggest 50,7232007: 47,383 a game over 6 games; biggest 50,9242008: 45,190 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,4442009: 46,763 a game over 6 games; biggest 50,7502010: 49,816 a game over 6 games; biggest 51,0592011: 49,030 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,0042012: 50,278 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,9122013: 52,887 a game over 8 games; biggest 53,3512014: 53,081 a game over 7 games; biggest 53,7462015: 53,100 a game over 7 games; biggest 53,6712016: 51,919 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,6372017: 51,301 a game over 7 games; biggest 52,2932018: 49,711 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,6182019: 48,818 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,1892020: 10,921 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,9802021: 46,368 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,7682022: 51,165 a game over 7 games; biggest 51,8612023: 51,957 a game over 7 games; biggest 52,5802024: 51,536 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,0742025: 51,773 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,0132026: 51,723 a game over 4 games; biggest 51,846200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

53,746Oklahoma State at Kansas State2014
53,671TCU at Kansas State2015
53,540Louisiana Tech at Kansas State2015
53,439Kansas at Kansas State2014
53,351North Dakota State at Kansas State2013

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Bill Snyder Family Stadium twice, first in 1998.

Oct 14, 2000Oklahoma 41, Kansas State 31KSU Stadium
Nov 14, 1998Kansas State 40, Nebraska 30KSU Stadium

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Kansas State’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
KSU Stadium (1968–⁠2005)
Opened
September 21, 1968
Architect
Wolfenbarger & McCulley (original structure)
HOK Sport (renovations)
Surface over the years
Matrix Turf with Helix by Hellas
Expanded
1970, 1999
Renovated
1993, 2007, 2012–⁠2017, 2020–⁠2021
Record crowd
53,811

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 230 by 260 meters (760 by 860 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Kansas State 35, Kansas 24
Oct 10, 202622Houston 35, Kansas State 16
Sep 19, 2026Kansas State 31, Tulane 20
Sep 12, 2026Kansas State 34, Washington State 7
Sep 5, 2026Kansas State 71, Nicholls 3
Nov 29, 2025Kansas State 24, Colorado 14
Nov 1, 202513Texas Tech 43, Kansas State 20
Oct 11, 2025Kansas State 41, TCU 28
Sep 27, 2025Kansas State 34, UCF 20
Sep 6, 2025Army 24, Kansas State 21
Aug 30, 202517Kansas State 38, North Dakota 35
Nov 23, 2024Kansas State 41, Cincinnati 15

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Official source.