BOWL HISTORY
2012 COTTON BOWL KANSAS STATE
16
ARKANSAS
29
JANUARY 6, 2012 COWBOYS STADIUM • ARLINGTON, TEXAS
More than 37,000 Wildcat fans filled Cowboys Stadium for the 2012 AT&T Cotton Bowl as K-State battled Arkansas in the 2012 Classic, its first appearance in the bowl since 2001.
SCORING SUMMARY 1 (8) Kansas State 0 (6) Arkansas 3
2 9 16
3 7 7
4 0 3
FINAL 16 29
UA - Hocker 26 yd field goal (4:19, 1st) UA - Adams 51 yd punt return (14:27, 2nd) UA - Hocker 22 yd field goal (9:20, 2nd) UA - Wright 45 yd pass from Wilson (4:10, 2nd) KS - Malone PAT return (4:10, 2nd) KS - McDonald 3 yd pass from Klein (0:26, 2nd) KS - Klein 6 yd run (11:38, 3rd) UA - Hamilton 9 yd pass from Wilson (3:57, 3rd) UA - Hocker 30 yd field goal (3:30, 4th) Attendance: 80,956
TEAM STATISTICS KS First Downs 19 Rushes-Yards (NET) 40-87 Passing Yards(NET) 173 Pass Comp-Att-Int 16-30-1 TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS-YARDS 70-260 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-4-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 2-37-0 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-42.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-38 Possession Time 33:51 Third-Down Conversions 4-15 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2
UA 13 30-129 216 20-31-0 61-345 3-62-1 3-71-0 1-61-0 4-46.8 1-1 6-43 26:09 8-17 0-1 4-5
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing (No, Yds, TD) KS - Klein 24-42-1; Hubert 12-37-0; Wilson 2-8-0 UA - Green 7-60-0; Johnson 5-33-0; Wilson 7-18-0 Passing (Att-Cmp-Yds-TD-Int) KS - Klein 16-30-173-1-1 UA - Wilson 20-31-216-2-0 Receiving (No, Yds, TD) KS - S. Smith 5-50-0; Thompson 3-57-0; B. Smith 2-29-0 UA - Childs 5-48-0; Adams 5-22-0; Wright 3-88-1
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ARLINGTON, Texas - Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein tied the Big 12 single-season for rushing touchdowns and the NCAA single season record by a quarterback but the No. 8 Wildcats came up short in the 2012 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic in a 29-16 loss to No. 6 Arkansas. Kansas State (10-3) was trying to match its school record with 11 victories, but still finished a surprising season in Snyder’s second Wildcats turnaround. K-State won 11 games six times during a seven-year span in Snyder's first tenure before his three-year retirement, and almost reached that mark again in his third season back. After being held to 15 yards on 12 carries in the first half, Klein finished the opening drive of the third quarter with a 6-yard TD run that got the Wildcats to 19-16. That came after Klein had a 15-yard run on the previous play. That matched the Big 12 record for rushing touchdowns held by 1998 Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams of Texas. The only other FBS quarterback with 27 rushing touchdowns in a season was Ricky Dobbs for Navy in 2009. Klein finished with 42 yards on 24 carries, while completing 16 of 30 passes for 173 yards. Arkansas’ Tyler Wilson was 20 of 31 for 216 yards. Jarius Wright had three catches for 88 yards and a 45-yard touchdown. The Cotton Bowl was the only non-BCS game with both teams in the top 10 of the Bowl Championship Series standings -- Arkansas came in sixth, Kansas State eighth. It also is the only bowl featuring the SEC vs. the Big 12, the top two conferences in the BCS computer rankings.
The Razorbacks didn’t even get a first down until 12 1/2 minutes left in the first half when Dennis Johnson opened a drive with a 28-yard run. That drive ended with the second of Zach Hocker’s three field goals, a 22-yarder. K-State blocked the extra point and Nigel Malone returned it for two points. It was 19-9 at halftime after Klein threw a 3yard TD pass to Andrew McDonald with 26 seconds left in the first half. That score was set up after Wilson was sacked by Adam Davis and fumbled at the Hogs’ 13.
Nigel Malone returned a Raphael Guidry blocked PAT for two points in the second quarter.