BOWL HISTORY
1997 COTTON BOWL KANSAS STATE
15
BYU
19
JANUARY 1, 1997 COTTON BOWL • DALLAS, TEXAS
The 1997 Cotton Bowl was Kansas State’s first ever New Year’s Day bowl game. An estimated 45,000 Wildcat fans descended on Dallas to watch K-State in the historic bowl setting.
SCORING SUMMARY Kansas State BYU
1 0 5
2 8 0
3 7 0
4 0 14
FINAL 15 19
BY - Team Safety (3:34, 1st) BY - Pochman 39 yd field goal (1:50, 1st) KS - Anderson 41 yd pass from Kavanagh (Lawrence run, 0:00, 2nd) KS - Lockett 72 yd pass from Kavanagh (Rheem kick, 9:10, 3rd) BY - Dye 32 yd pass from Sarkisian (Pochman kick, 10:55, 4th) BY - Kealaluhi 28 yd pass from Sarkisian (Pochman kick, 3:39, 4th) Attendance: 71,928
TEAM STATISTICS KS First Downs 14 Rushes-Yards (NET) 32-41 Passing Yards(NET) 233 Pass Att-Comp-Int 28-14-2 TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS-YARDS 60-274 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-7-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 1-28-0 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 1-0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-46.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-55 Possession Time 26:39 Third-Down Conversions 5-14 Fourth-Down Conversions 2-2
BY 24 36-59 291 36-21-1 72-350 4-39-0 0-0-0 2-19-0 5-38.8 1-0 8-59 33:21 4-13 0-1
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing (No, Yds, TD) KS - Lawrence 23-54-0; Kavanagh 8-(-18)-0; Anderson 1-5-0 BY - Sarkisian 15-(-20)-0; McKenzie 9-17-0; Johnson 6-38-0 Passing (Att-Cmp-Yds-TD-Int) KS - Kavanagh 28-14-233-2-2 BY - Sarkisian 36-21-291-2-1 Receiving (No, Yds, TD) KS - Lockett 7-135-1; Grosdidier 3-26-0; Anderson 2-50-1 BY - Lewis 5-79-0; McGuire 5-51-0; Dye 4-70-1
86 2013 TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL
DALLAS, Texas - An estimated 45,000 Kansas State fans descended on Dallas to watch the Wildcats in their first-ever New Year’s Day Bowl and were witness to one of the most exciting games of the bowl season. After taking a 15-5 lead following a 72yard touchdown pass from Brian Kavanagh to Kevin Lockett, the Wildcats saw why BYU quarterback Steve Sarkisian was considered one of the nation’s best. The Cougar QB tossed two fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead No. 5 BYU to a 19-15 Cotton Bowl victory. Following Sarkisian’s 28-yard scoring strike to Kealaluhi with 3:39 remaining in the game, Kavanagh and Lockett led the Wildcats to a first down at the BYU 12-yard line with around one minute remaining. But, Kavanagh’s pass to Jimmy Dean was picked off at the 3-yard line by Omarr Morgan to preserve BYU’s 14th win. The game’s first score came when Cotton Bowl Defensive MVP Shay Muirbrook tackled Kavanagh in the end zone for a safety in the first quarter. After the free kick, BYU scored again on an Ethan Pochman 39-yard field goal. K-State had a hard time getting on track until the final play of the first half. Kavanagh heaved a Hail Mary into the end zone, where, after the ball was deflected by a BYU defender, K-State junior Andre Anderson scooped the ball in for a touchdown. Following the PAT that gave K-State a 7-5
lead, a penalty on BYU forced the teams to return from the locker room so that the Wildcats could try for two points. Mike Lawrence made it pay off by scoring to give KSU an 85 lead heading into halftime. K-State scored its second touchdown of the game when Kevin Lockett bounced off tacklers following a reception on a short slant pattern and raced 72 yards down the left sideline.
BYU’s Steve Sarkisian, now the head coach at Washington, tossed two fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally the Cougars.