GAME THREAD: NCAAF: KANSAS ST (2-1) at TEXAS (4-0)

NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

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NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

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NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

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TEXAS (7) 21 5:58 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

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TEXAS (7) 21 4:26 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

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TEXAS (7) 21 4:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

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NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

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NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

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NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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KANSAS ST 7 17 10 7 41
TEXAS (7) 7 7 7 0 21 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: KANSAS ST - TD, JORDY NELSON 4 YD PASS FROM
JOSH FREEMAN (BROOKS ROSSMAN
KICK), 4:31. KANSAS ST 7-0
TEXAS - TD, VONDRELL MCGEE 1 YD RUN (RYAN
BAILEY KICK), 11:10. KANSAS ST
7-7
2ND QUARTER: KANSAS ST - TD, IAN CAMPBELL 41 YD
INTERCEPTION RETURN (BROOKS
ROSSMAN KICK), 11:07. KANSAS
ST 14-7
TEXAS - TD, QUAN COSBY 26 YD PASS FROM
COLT MCCOY (RYAN BAILEY KICK),
12:26. KANSAS ST 14-14
KANSAS ST - TD, JAMES JOHNSON 85 YD KICKOFF
RETURN (BROOKS ROSSMAN KICK),
12:38. KANSAS ST 21-14
KANSAS ST - FG, BROOKS ROSSMAN 33 YD, 14:15.
KANSAS ST 24-14
3RD QUARTER: TEXAS - TD, JAMAAL CHARLES 6 YD RUN (RYAN
BAILEY KICK), 6:53. KANSAS ST
24-21
KANSAS ST - FG, BROOKS ROSSMAN 44 YD, 11:08.
KANSAS ST 27-21
KANSAS ST - TD, JORDY NELSON 89 YD PUNT RETURN
(BROOKS ROSSMAN KICK), 13:05.
KANSAS ST 34-21
4TH QUARTER: KANSAS ST - TD, JAMES JOHNSON 2 YD RUN (BROOKS
ROSSMAN KICK), 2:37. KANSAS ST
41-21</div>

 

NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
KANSAS ST 41
TEXAS (7) 21 FINAL</div>

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Ticker) -- For the second straight year, KansasState may have derailed Texas' national championship hopes.

Hunter Lawrence and Jordy Nelson scored special teams touchdownson long returns as the Wildcats upset the seventh-rankedLonghorns, 41-21, on Saturday in a Big 12 Conference contest.

Last season, Kansas State ended Texas' title hopes with a 45-42victory and it may have done the same on Saturday, takingadvantage of the mistake-prone Longhorns.


Lawrence returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown late in thesecond quarter and Nelson took back a punt 89 yards for a scorelate in the third period.


Kansas State (3-1, 1-0 Big 12 North) also converted fourinterceptions by Colt McCoy into 20 points, including a 41-yardreturn for a touchdown by Ian Campbell that gave the Wildcats a14-7 lead.


Campbell's return started a stretch in which the teams combinedfor 24 points in the final four minutes of the first half.

McCoy shook off his first interception to throw a 26-yard TDpass to Quan Cosby with 2:34 remaining in the second quarter.

But Kansas State quickly regained the lead on Lawrence's kickoffreturn and McCoy was picked off again by linebacker JustinRoland on the Longhorns' next play.


The Wildcats cashed that turnover into a 33-yard field by BrookRossman and a 10-point halftime lead.


The Longhorns (4-1, 0-1 Big 12 South) closed to 24-21 on JamaalCharles' six-yard TD run early in the third quarter and appearedto have momentum on their side.


But after Rossman missed a 51-yard field goal, defensive backJustin McKinney picked off McCoy at the Texas 39, leading to a44-yard field goal by Rossman.


Kansas State forced a three-and-out and Nelson's return gave theWildcats a 34-21 lead with 1:55 left in the third quarter.

The Longhorns continued to unravel as McCoy threw anotherinterception, this one to defensive end to Courtney Herndon atthe Texas 30.


The Wildcats needed eight plays to take a 41-21 lead on JamesJohnson's two-yard TD run and put the contest out of reach.

 

NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
KANSAS ST 41
TEXAS (7) 21 FINAL</div>

 

NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
KANSAS ST 7 17 10 7 41
TEXAS (7) 7 7 7 0 21 FINAL

KANSAS ST-TD, J Nelson 4 YD PASS FROM J Freeman (B Rossman
KICK) 4:31 1st Qtr
TEXAS-TD, V McGee 1 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 11:10 1st
Qtr
KANSAS ST-TD, I Campbell 41 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (B
Rossman KICK) 11:07 2nd Qtr
TEXAS-TD, Q Cosby 26 YD PASS FROM C McCoy (R Bailey
KICK) 12:26 2nd Qtr
KANSAS ST-TD, J Johnson 85 YD KICKOFF RETURN (B Rossman
KICK) 12:36 2nd Qtr
KANSAS ST-FG, B Rossman 33 YD 14:15 2nd Qtr
TEXAS-TD, J Charles 6 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 6:53 3rd
Qtr
KANSAS ST-FG, B Rossman 44 YD 11:08 3rd Qtr
KANSAS ST-TD, J Nelson 89 YD PUNT RETURN (B Rossman KICK)
13:05 3rd Qtr
KANSAS ST-TD, J Johnson 2 YD RUN (B Rossman KICK) 2:37 4th
Qtr


KANSAS ST TEXAS
First downs 19 18
Rushed-yards 35-95 32-113
Passing yards 177 217
Sacked-yards lost 1-9 2-6
Return yards 146 29
Passes 22-38-0 20-43-4
Punts 5-46.4 5-35
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 3-23 1-5
Time of possession 31:32 28:28


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: KANSAS ST-James Johnson 19-77, Chris Patterson 9-19, Terry
Petrie 1-3, Jordy Nelson 1-1, Deon Murphy 1-1, - Team 1-MINUS 3, Josh
Freeman 3-MINUS 3. TEXAS-Jamaal Charles 17-72, John Chiles 7-26, Colt
McCoy 5-13, Vondrell McGee 3-2.

PASSING: KANSAS ST-Josh Freeman 22-38-177- 0. TEXAS-Colt McCoy
19-39-200- 4. John Chiles 1-4-17- 0.

RECEIVING: KANSAS ST-Jordy Nelson 12-116, Deon Murphy 2-17, Michael
Pooschke 3-13, Daniel Gonzalez 1-11, James Johnson 2-9, Jeron Mastrud
1-7, Terry Petrie 1-4. TEXAS-Jermichael Finley 4-51, Jordan Shipley
2-41, Nate Jones 4-38, Quan Cosby 2-33, Jamaal Charles 2-22, Limas
Sweed 2-14, John Chiles 1-9, Billy Pittman 2-8, Chris Ogbonnaya 1-1.


Att: 84,864</div>

 

NCAAF: KANSAS ST at TEXAS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
KANSAS ST 7 17 10 7 41
TEXAS (7) 7 7 7 0 21 FINAL

KANSAS ST-TD, J Nelson 4 YD PASS FROM J Freeman (B Rossman
KICK) 4:31 1st Qtr
TEXAS-TD, V McGee 1 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 11:10 1st
Qtr
KANSAS ST-TD, I Campbell 41 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (B
Rossman KICK) 11:07 2nd Qtr
TEXAS-TD, Q Cosby 26 YD PASS FROM C McCoy (R Bailey
KICK) 12:26 2nd Qtr
KANSAS ST-TD, J Johnson 85 YD KICKOFF RETURN (B Rossman
KICK) 12:36 2nd Qtr
KANSAS ST-FG, B Rossman 33 YD 14:15 2nd Qtr
TEXAS-TD, J Charles 6 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 6:53 3rd
Qtr
KANSAS ST-FG, B Rossman 44 YD 11:08 3rd Qtr
KANSAS ST-TD, J Nelson 89 YD PUNT RETURN (B Rossman KICK)
13:05 3rd Qtr
KANSAS ST-TD, J Johnson 2 YD RUN (B Rossman KICK) 2:37 4th
Qtr


KANSAS ST TEXAS
First downs 19 18
Rushed-yards 35-95 32-113
Passing yards 177 217
Sacked-yards lost 1-9 2-6
Return yards 146 29
Passes 22-38-0 20-43-4
Punts 5-46.4 5-35
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 3-23 1-5
Time of possession 31:32 28:28


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: KANSAS ST-James Johnson 19-77, Leon Patton 9-19, Terry Petrie
1-3, Jordy Nelson 1-1, Deon Murphy 1-1, - Team 1-MINUS 3, Josh Freeman
3-MINUS 3. TEXAS-Jamaal Charles 17-72, John Chiles 7-26, Colt McCoy
5-13, Vondrell McGee 3-2.

PASSING: KANSAS ST-Josh Freeman 22-38-177- 0. TEXAS-Colt McCoy
19-39-200- 4. John Chiles 1-4-17- 0.

RECEIVING: KANSAS ST-Jordy Nelson 12-116, Deon Murphy 2-17, Michael
Pooschke 3-13, Daniel Gonzalez 1-11, James Johnson 2-9, Jeron Mastrud
1-7, Terry Petrie 1-4. TEXAS-Jermichael Finley 4-51, Jordan Shipley
2-41, Nate Jones 4-38, Quan Cosby 2-33, Jamaal Charles 2-22, Limas
Sweed 2-14, John Chiles 1-9, Billy Pittman 2-8, Chris Ogbonnaya 1-1.


Att: 84,864</div>

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Ticker) -- For the second straight year, KansasState may have derailed Texas' national championship hopes.

James Johnson and Jordy Nelson scored special teams touchdownson long returns as the Wildcats upset the seventh-rankedLonghorns, 41-21, on Saturday in a Big 12 Conference contest.

Last season, Kansas State ended Texas' title hopes with a 45-42victory and it may have done the same on Saturday, takingadvantage of the mistake-prone Longhorns.


Texas suffered its worst home loss under coach Mack Brown andallowed its most points at home since a 66-3 drubbing to UCLA in1997.


"We're not used to losing around here, especially like that,"Brown said. "We have to regroup."


Johnson returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown late in thesecond quarter and Nelson took back a punt 89 yards for a scorelate in the third period.


"I think we surprised Texas today," said Johnson, who alsoscored on a two-yard run. "They have a great defense, but Ithink they were looking past us because they have Oklahomacoming up. Our defense did a great job giving us good fieldposition.


"When you give us good field position and we can take our time,we can do anything. Texas has the fastest man in the Big 12(Jamaal Charles), but I think overall we have better speed thanTexas."


Kansas State (3-1, 1-0 Big 12 North) also converted acareer-high four interceptions by Colt McCoy into 20 points,including a 41-yard return for a touchdown by Ian Campbell thatgave the Wildcats a 14-7 lead.


"We haven't played them well since we've been here," Brown said."It's been a tough series."


After struggling to beat Central Florida two weeks ago, theLonghorns appeared to get untracked in last week's 58-14 winover Rice. But they took a step back Saturday.


McCoy, who has now thrown nine interceptions this season,completed only 19-of-39 passes for 200 yards against theWildcats.


Josh Freeman connected on 22-of-38 passes for 117 yards forKansas State. His favorite target was Nelson, who had 12receptions for 116 yards and a TD.


Campbell's return started a stretch in which the teams combinedfor 24 points in the final four minutes of the first half.

McCoy shook off his first interception to throw a 26-yard TDpass to Quan Cosby with 2:34 remaining in the second quarter.

But Kansas State quickly regained the lead on Johnson's kickoffreturn and McCoy was picked off again by linebacker JustinRoland on the Longhorns' next play.


The Wildcats cashed that turnover into a 33-yard field by BrookRossman and a 10-point halftime lead.


The Longhorns (4-1, 0-1 Big 12 South) closed to 24-21 onCharles' six-yard TD run early in the third quarter and appearedto have momentum on their side.


But after Rossman missed a 51-yard field goal, defensive backJustin McKinney picked off McCoy at the Texas 39, leading to a44-yard field goal by Rossman.


Kansas State forced a three-and-out and Nelson's return gave theWildcats a 34-21 lead with 1:55 left in the third quarter.

The Longhorns continued to unravel as McCoy threw anotherinterception, this one to safety to Courtney Herndon at theTexas 30.


Two of the Wildcats four interceptions came on tipped balls.

"Getting our hands up was something we stressed all week,"Herndon said. "He (McCoy) tends to throw with a low trajectoryand we knew we could get some tipped balls."


The Wildcats needed eight plays to take a 41-21 lead onJohnson's two-yard TD run, which put the contest out of reach.