Wildcats Use Special Teams Scores to Topple MSU
9/6/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Kansas State scored touchdowns on five of its six first-half possessions, added a field goal on another, and for good measure blocked a punt for a touchdown in racing past the Bobcats 69-10 on a rainy Saturday in Manhattan.
In fact, the Wildcats scored touchdowns on two blocked punts on the night and scored another on a fumble return. The net result was the the most points allowed by the Bobcats, along with a 69-0 defeat at Florida in 1988,since World War II. It was tied for the third-largest point total MSU has ever allowed, and Kansas State didn't punt in the game.
The tone of the game was set on its first possession, when the Wildcats forced a Montana State three-and-out. On fourth down, the long snap sailed over punter Eric Fisher's head, and when Fisher kicked the ball out of the end zone KSU began its first possession at the MSU one yard-line. Starting its initial possession inside the opponent five for the second straight week, Wildcat quarterback Josh Freeman scored on a one-yard run on KSU's first play, and led 7-0.
While MSU's first drive ended in heartache, the second didn't. When BrooksRossman topped the ensuing kickoff, MSU marched 34 yards in seven plays to tie the score. Demetrius Crawford rushed twice for 24 yards in the series, with Kempt finding Brandon Bostick in the end zone for t he touchdown.
From that point on, it was all Purple in the rain. Rossman hit a 25-yard field goal on the next possession, and a Crawford fumble on the MSU 10 put the Wildcats in business inside the Bobcat red zone for the second time. Freeman capped the three-play drive with a six-yard touchdown run, giving Kansas State a 24-7 lead. Kempt threw an interception on seventh play of the next drive, and Freeman threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Aubrey Quarles for a 31-7 lead.
Kempt marched the Bobcats into Kansas State territory on the last full drive of the first quarter, but an interception in the end zone quelled the drive. K-State responded with a 74-yard touchdown drive and a 38-7 lead, then added another on its next possession on a 68-yard drive for a 45-7 cushion it would carry into halftime.
In fact, the Wildcats scored touchdowns on two blocked punts on the night and scored another on a fumble return. The net result was the the most points allowed by the Bobcats, along with a 69-0 defeat at Florida in 1988,since World War II. It was tied for the third-largest point total MSU has ever allowed, and Kansas State didn't punt in the game.
The tone of the game was set on its first possession, when the Wildcats forced a Montana State three-and-out. On fourth down, the long snap sailed over punter Eric Fisher's head, and when Fisher kicked the ball out of the end zone KSU began its first possession at the MSU one yard-line. Starting its initial possession inside the opponent five for the second straight week, Wildcat quarterback Josh Freeman scored on a one-yard run on KSU's first play, and led 7-0.
While MSU's first drive ended in heartache, the second didn't. When BrooksRossman topped the ensuing kickoff, MSU marched 34 yards in seven plays to tie the score. Demetrius Crawford rushed twice for 24 yards in the series, with Kempt finding Brandon Bostick in the end zone for t he touchdown.
From that point on, it was all Purple in the rain. Rossman hit a 25-yard field goal on the next possession, and a Crawford fumble on the MSU 10 put the Wildcats in business inside the Bobcat red zone for the second time. Freeman capped the three-play drive with a six-yard touchdown run, giving Kansas State a 24-7 lead. Kempt threw an interception on seventh play of the next drive, and Freeman threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Aubrey Quarles for a 31-7 lead.
Kempt marched the Bobcats into Kansas State territory on the last full drive of the first quarter, but an interception in the end zone quelled the drive. K-State responded with a 74-yard touchdown drive and a 38-7 lead, then added another on its next possession on a 68-yard drive for a 45-7 cushion it would carry into halftime.
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