W E S T
game: seven
#4/3
V I R G I N I A
U N I V E R S I T Y
KANSAS STATE
#17/15
55
WEST VIRGINIA
[ TAVON AUSTIN ]
14
SEASON REVIEW
SEASON REVIEW
[ OCTOBER 20, 2012 · MORGANTOWN, W.VA. ]
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ansas State quarterback Collin Klein was responsible for seven touchdowns in leading the Wildcats to a 55-14 victory over West Virginia in front of 60,101 fans at Milan Puskar Stadium. Klein’s big night consisted of four rushing touchdowns and three passing, as he accounted for 364 yards of total offense. His favorite target, receiver Tyler Lockett, hauled in nine catches for 194 yards and two scores, as the Wildcats jumped out to a 24-0 lead and never looked back. Kansas State took the game’s opening possession and converted a 33-yard Anthony Cantele field goal. The good news for the Mountaineers was that they held K-State to a field goal; the bad news was that the Wildcats would score touchdowns on their next seven possessions. Klein hit Lockett on a 10-yard scoring pass at the 3:33 mark of the first quarter to give the Wildcats a 10-0 lead, heading into the second quarter. Klein used the second stanza as a showcase for his running skills, scoring on touchdown runs of one, eight and one yards to end drives of 64, 75 and 78 yards. The Wildcats controlled the ball 11 minutes more in the first half to open up a 24-0 advantage. West Virginia finally got on the scoreboard with 4:13 left in the first half, when Tavon Austin returned a kickoff 100 yards to cut the deficit to 24-7. The return marked Austin’s fourth of his career for a touchdown, including the second 100-yard return for a score. However, Klein’s third touchdown run of the quarter, with just 17 seconds left, quickly took the crowd out of the game once again to give the Wildcats a 31-7 lead at the half. The Mountaineers did receive the ball to start the third quarter, but quarterback Geno Smith’s first interception in a then NCAArecord 273 passes set up the Wildcats once again deep in WVU territory. Two plays later, Klein hit receiver Chris Harper for a 21yard strike and a 38-7 K-State advantage. The Wildcats put 21 points on the board in the second quarter, and they would repeat the effort in the third. Klein added another one-yard rushing touchdown at the 9:00 mark, and then hit Lockett for a 20-yard touchdown reception at the 2:25 mark to end a 77-yard drive, giving Kansas State a 52-7 lead heading to the fourth. West Virginia got on the board again with 7:31 left in the contest, when Smith found Austin for a five-yard touchdown reception. However, Kansas State closed out the scoring with 3:48 left, when Cantele connected on his second field goal, this time from 42-yards out, for the 55-14 victory. Aside from Klein’s and Lockett’s big night, receiver Chris Harper hauled in six catches for 96 yards, while Randall Evans and Arthur Brown paced the defense with a combined 17 tackles. For West Virginia, Smith finished with 143 yards passing, and Austin accounted for both TDs and 233 all-purpose yards. Karl Joseph and Isaiah Bruce had nine tackles each for the WVU defense. The Mountaineers finished with 88 yards rushing and 155 passing for 243 yards of offense. Kansas State gained 146 yards on the ground and 333 through the air for 479 yards of total offense. The victory gave Kansas State a 2-1 lead in the all-time series against West Virginia, as this was the first game played between the two teams since 1931. All three games in the series have been played in Morgantown, and the Wildcats now have a two-game winning streak against West Virginia.
SCORING AND STATISTICAL SUMMARY
1 2 Kansas State 10 21 West Virginia 0 7
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1st
KSU KSU
Anthony Cantele 33 FG Tyler Lockett 10 pass from Collin Klein (Cantele kick)
2nd
KSU KSU WVU KSU
Klein 1 rush (Cantele kick) Klein 8 rush (Cantele kick) Tavon Austin 100 kick return (Tyler Bitancurt kick) Klein 1 rush (Cantele kick)
3rd
KSU KSU KSU
Chris Harper 21 pass from Klein (Cantele kick) Klein 1 rush (Cantele kick) Lockett 20 pass from Klein (Cantele kick)
4th
WVU KSU
Austin 5 pass from Geno Smith (Bitancurt kick) Cantele 42 FG
First Downs Rushes/Yards Passing Yardage Passes Punts Fumbles/Lost Return Yardage Penalties/Yards Time of Possession
F 55 14
WVU KSU 24 39/146 333 20/23/0 1/47/47.0 0/0 113 6/55 33:22
18 27/88 155 23/35/2 4/157/39.2 1/0 235 4/29 26:38
WVU RUSHING: Garrison 9-54, Buie 11-49; WVU PASSING: Smith 21-32-2143; WVU RECEIVING: Austin 6-34, Bailey 4-30; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Joseph 9, Bruce 9, Cook 8 (1/0); WVU INTERCEPTIONS: None. KSU RUSHING: Hubert 16-52, Pease 7-46, Klein 12-41; KSU PASSING: Klein 19-21-0-323; KSU RECEIVING: Lockett 9-194, Harper 6-96; KSU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Evans 9 (1/0), Brown (2/0), Milo 7; KSU INTERCEPTIONS: Brown, Zimmerman. Attendance - 60,101
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