RUTGERS TOO MUCH IN INAUGURAL TEXAS BOWL RUTGERS K- STATE
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u Game Notes RU FIRST DOWNS 21 Rushing 9 Passing 12 Penalty 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 211 Rushing Attempts 37 Average Per Rush 5.7 Rushing Touchdowns 1 Yards Gained Rushing 224 Yards Lost Rushing 13 NET YARDS PASSING 268 Completions-Attempts-Int 16-28-0 Average Per Attempt 9.6 Average Per Completion 16.8 Passing Touchdowns 2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 479 Total offense plays 65 Average Gain Per Play 7.4 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-30 PUNTS-YARDS 2-85 Average Yards Per Punt 42.5 Net Yards Per Punt 3.5 Inside 20 1 50+ Yards 0 Touchbacks 0 Fair catch 0 KICKOFFS-YARDS 8-505 Average Yards Per Kickoff 63.1 Net Yards Per Kickoff 41.8 Touchbacks 3 Punt ret: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 Average Per Return 0.0 Kickoff ret: Number-Yds-TD 3-81-0 Average Per Return 27.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-61-1 Fumble Ret: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Possession Time 36:20 1st Quarter 7:21 2nd Quarter 10:51 3rd Quarter 9:07 4th Quarter 9:01 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-8 Touchdowns 1-8 Field goals 3-8 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-24 PAT Kicks 4-4 Field Goals 3-5
K-STATE 6 2 4 0 31 21 1.5 0 63 32 131 12-24-2 5.5 10.9 0 162 45 3.6 1-1 9-59 5-212 42.4 42.4 1 0 0 5 3-195 65.0 38.0 0 2-78-1 39.0 5-111-0 22.2 0-0-0 0-0-0 23:40 7:39 4:09 5:53 5:59 1 of 10 1 of 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1
• The Wildcats finish the 2006 season with a 7-6 overall record and a 4-4 mark in Big 12 play, giving the Cats their best overall and conference win total since the 2003 season. • Yamon Figurs’ 76-yard punt return for a touchdown in the second quarter was his second this season... The last time a Wildcat player has returned two punts for touchdowns in a season was 2000 when Aaron Lockett had three. • Figurs now has 553 career punt return yards, which ranks fifth in school history and has averaged 11.5 yards a return, which ranks sixth in school history... His 323 yards this season on punt returns ranks ninth in single-season school history while his 14.7 yard average ranks fourth in singleseason history. • The punt return was also the longest for a K-State player in bowl history and first return for a TD in a bowl since the 1994 Aloha Bowl (blocked punt)... The last time a true punt return went for a touchdown in a bowl was Andre Coleman’s 68-yarder in the 1993 Copper Bowl. • After 129 yards passing against Rutgers, Josh Freeman finished the 2006 season with 1,780 yards passing, which are tied for the 15th-most in K-State single-season history and the most by a freshman. • With his two field goals, Jeff Snodgrass has 17 this year and 27 for his career... The 17 makes are tied for the fourth-most in school history while his 27 career makes rank seventh in school history.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Kansas State hung with No. 16 Rutgers for 30 minutes, but the Scarlet Knights scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to hand the Wildcats a 37-10 loss in the inaugural Texas Bowl before 52,210 fans at Reliant Stadium. Rutgers was as good as advertised and kept K-State off balance all night long. Ray Rice, the Texas Bowl MVP, rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown and Tim Brown caught two TD passes, for the Scarlet Knights, who claimed their first bowl victory in 137 seasons of intercollegiate football. Brown’s two TD catches came in the opening period and staked Rutgers to a quick 14-0 lead. K-State answered with a 44-yard field goal by Jeff Snodgrass - his 17th of the season - and a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown by Yamon Figurs that was the longest in K-State bowl history to close the gap to 14-10 midway through the second quarter. But Jeremy Ito connected on a 37-yard field goal to close the half and linebacker Quintero Frierson returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage of the second half to put Rutgers comfortably ahead 24-10. Rice sprinted 46-yards for his lone touchdown of the game on the Scarlet Knights’ next possession before Ito closed out the scoring with a pair of fourth-quarter field goals to provide the final margin. The Scarlet Knights’ seventh-ranked defense proved to be too much and held Kansas State at bay all game long. The Wildcats mustered just 162 yards of total offense for its second fewest yards in a bowl game. Junior wide receiver Jordy Nelson led the Wildcat receivers, hauling in four receptions for 81 yards. On defense, senior linebacker Brandon Archer led all players with nine total tackles to finish his career with 268 stops for the 17th-most in school history.
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Qtr 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th
Time 07:12 02:42 13:32 09:37 00:49 14:27 11:41 14:51 08:06
Scoring Play Brown 14 yd pass from Teel Brown 49 yd pass from Teel Snodgrass 44 yd field goal Figurs 76 yd punt return Ito 37 yd field goal Frierson 27 yd interception return Rice 46 yd run Ito 23 yd field goal Ito 21 yd field goal
Att 6 8 1 6
Yds 20 14 2 -5
TD 0 0 0 0
Long 9 7 2 12
Passing C-A-I Freeman 10-21-2 Meier 2-3-0
Yds 129 2
TD 0 0
Long Sack 33 3 11 0
Receiving Nelson Norwood Johnson Gonzalez Pooschke Patton Meier
Yds 81 40 0 11 7 1 -9
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long 33 26 2 11 7 1 0
Rec 4 2 2 1 1 1 1
Plays-Yds 6-35 3-79 9-53
TOP 2:58 1:40 4:10
10-44
2:30
2-68 7-16 8-35
0:57 3:33 4:25
Score 7-0 14-0 14-3 14-10 17-10 24-10 31-10 34-10 37-10
Avg 7.1 4.0
Snodgrass kick Ito kick ITO, Jeremy kick
u Rutgers
u Kansas State Rushing Johnson Patton Anders Freeman
Conversion Ito kick Ito, Jeremy kick
Avg 3.3 1.8 2.0 -0.8
Rushing Rice Leonard
Att 24 11
Yds 170 44
TD 1 0
Long 46 12
Passing C-A-I Teel 16-28-0
Yds 268
TD 2
Long Sack 49 0
Receiving Harris Brown Britt Leonard Young
Yds 122 101 41 6 -2
TD 0 2 0 0 0
Long 33 49 22 6 0
Rec 7 4 2 2 1
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