GAME
2012 RECAPS
3
N. TEXAS
21
K-STATE
35
SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 BILL SNYDER FAMILY STADIUM • MANHATTAN, KAN. SCORING SUMMARY North Texas (14) K-State
1 7 7
2 0 7
3 6 7
4 8 14
FINAL 21 35
NT - Chancellor 6 yd run (Olen kick, 4:00, 1st) KS - Lockett 96 yd kickoff return (Cantele kick, 3:47, 1st) KS - Thompson 38 yd pass from Klein (Cantele kick, 2:24, 2nd) NT - Jimmerson 1 yd run (Olen kick failed, 7:03, 3rd) KS - Thompson 21 yd pass from Klein (Cantele kick, 3:15, 3rd) KS - Hubert 6 yd run (Cantele kick, 13:20, 4th) KS - Klein 1 yd run (Cantele kick, 6:44, 4th) NT - Chancellor 19 yd pass from Thompson (Byrd run, 2:31, 4th) Attendance: 50,290
TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushes-Yards (NET) Passing Yards(NET) Pass Comp-Att-Int TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards-TD Punt Returns-Yards-TD Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD Interception Returns-Yards-TD Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
NT 21 40-145 208 25-28-0 68-353 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-87-0 1-0-0 5-34.4 2-1 3-35 37:04 7-15 1-2 3-3
KS 21 28-143 230 15-20-0 48-373 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-119-1 0-0-0 2-41.0 2-1 1-15 22:56 5-7 0-0 2-3
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing (No, Yds, TD) NT - Jimmerson 8-68-1, Byrd 19-61-0, Chancellor 5-24-1 KS - Klein 11-85-1, Hubert 12-38-1, Sams 4-19-0 Passing (Cmp-Att-Yds-TD-Int) NT - Thompson 25-28-208-1-0 KS - Klein 15-20-230-2-1 Receiving (No, Yds, TD) NT - Delgado 9-86-0, Chancellor 5-33-1, Byrd 4-23-0 KS - Thompson 5-102-2, Harper 5-78-0, Sexton 2-8-0
K-STATE STARTERS OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB RB FB WR
Harper Lucas Whitehair Finney Taylor Whitehair Tannahill Klein Hubert Wilson Lockett
56 2013 TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL
DEFENSE DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB S S CB
Davis Lutui Sua Williams Brown Tuggle Walker Chapman Zimmerman Milo Malone
Sophomore wide receiver Tramaine Thompson hauled in five receptions for a career-high 102 yards and two touchdowns. It was the first 100-yard receiving game by a Wildcat since Texas A&M in 2011, while it was the first two-TD game since Sept. 11, 2010.
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Quarterback Collin Klein threw for 230 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, kick returner Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 96 yards for another score and No. 15 Kansas State eased past pesky North Texas 35-21. Wide receiver Tramaine Thompson caught five passes for 102 yards and two scores, and John Hubert added a touchdown on the ground for Kansas State, which struggled to put away the tougher-than-expected Mean Green. North Texas scratched and clawed its way within 14-13 late in the third quarter before Klein and Thompson hooked up for their second touchdown. Hubert and Klein added fourth-quarter scoring runs to finally give Kansas State breathing room. Derek Thompson was 25 of 28 for 208 yards and a late TD pass for the Mean Green, who converted the 2-point conversion to get within two touchdowns with 2:31 remaining in the game. An onside kick was recovered by the Wildcats, allowing them to run out the clock. Using a ball-control offense devised by former Iowa State coach Dan McCarney - no stranger to matching wits with Kansas State’s Bill Snyder - North Texas managed to keep Klein, Hubert and the rest of the Wildcats’ potent offense standing on the sideline most of the night. The Mean Green held their Big 12 opponent to 143 yards rushing - Kansas State entered the game sixth nationally at better than 300 per game - while holding the ball an astonishing 37 minutes, 4 seconds, which prevented the Wildcats from getting into much rhythm. The Mean Green’s Brelan Chancellor capped an 11play, 55-yard drive with a 6-yard scoring run midway through the first quarter, for the fleetest of moments hushing a sellout crowd. They were back on their feet on the ensuing kickoff, when Lockett started up field, angled to his left and
then found a seam down the sideline for his third career kick return touchdown. The game was tied at 7 when North Texas had a promising drive end with a blocked field goal attempt. The Wildcats capitalized on the miscue, moseying downfield in five plays before Klein went over the top to Thompson, whose 38-yard touchdown catch gave Kansas State the lead. The Mean Green had a chance to pull even on the first drive of the second half, using nearly half of the third quarter in moving 88 yards. Antoinne Jimmerson’s short TD run capped the 14-play drive, but the extra point was wide right and Kansas State clung to a one-point lead. Klein hit Thompson a few minutes later, this time from 21 yards, and Hubert and Klein tacked on TD runs in the fourth quarter that finally allowed the purple-clad Kansas State fans to relax.
Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown. It was Lockett’s third career kickoff return touchdown.