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MANHATTAN — Kansas State football He developed a mastery under coach Chris Klieman. Not letting one bad performance turn into two.

Nowhere was that more evident than in Saturday’s Big 12 home opener against 25th-ranked Oklahoma State. wildcats He cruised to a 42-20 comeback victory at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

K-State is now 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12, while Oklahoma State falls to 3-2 and 0-2.

Quarterback Avery Johnson had the game of his young career after a rough night at Brigham Young last week, throwing for 259 yards and gaining 60 yards on the ground while scoring five touchdowns, two rushing and three passing. DJ Giddens rushed for 187 yards and a 66-yard touchdown, and Jadon Jackson caught five passes for 55 yards and Jayce Brown caught four passes for 78 yards and a score.

The Wildcats finished with 559 total yards to 490 for Oklahoma State. cowboys The game was decided on field goals multiple times in the first half and was derailed by Jacob Parrish’s end zone interception after the break.

K-State now has a bye week before heading to Colorado on Oct. 12.

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FINAL: Kansas State 42, Oklahoma State 20

Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson scored on a 13-yard run and the Wildcats took a 42-13 lead with 11:26 left. It turned into a rout.

Kansas State gets an end zone pick from Jacob Parrish to maintain its lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Kansas State redshirt freshman Will Anciaux caught Avery Johnson’s 2-yard touchdown pass to give K-State a 35-13 lead with 1:57 left in the third quarter.

Earlier, tight end Garrett Oakley caught his first touchdown pass this season, meaning four Wildcat tight ends have found the end zone this season.

After K-State’s defense forced a three-pointer to start the second half, the Wildcats wasted little time in maintaining their lead.

DJ Giddens broke free over the middle and outran the Oklahoma State defense on the right wing to score a 66-yard field goal to put the Wildcats up 28-13 with 13:07 left in the third quarter. The drive took two plays, covering 73 yards in 50 seconds.

Kansas State bucked a few troubling trends in the first half as it jumped out to a 21-13 lead over Oklahoma State.

The Wildcats, who were content with three goals in last week’s 38-9 loss against Brigham Young, scored three goals against OSU at halftime. The Wildcats also converted a turnover on defense that set up the third score, prompting a 55-yard touchdown pass from Avery Johnson to Jayce Brown.

K-State’s defense also flipped the script when it failed to get a red zone stop on BYU, forcing Oklahoma State to three field goal attempts, one of which was missed. The Wildcats gave up a 77-yard touchdown on a flea flick, a negative, and the offense had a touchdown called back on a penalty and a 36-yard gain that could have led to a larger halftime advantage.

K-State had 289 yards of total offense for Oklahoma State at the half to 262, with DJ Giddens rushing for 87 yards on just six carries and Johnson completing 13 of 19 passes for 176 yards and two scores, but had one interception.

Oklahoma State’s Alan Bowman threw for 186 yards in the half and Ollie Gordon rushed for 69 yards.

We’re at halftime, K-State is ahead.

Kansas State got the ball back when Oklahoma State’s Alan Bowman fumbled a low kick and Colby McCalister recovered it at the Wildcats’ 31-yard line.

Two plays later, Avery Johnson threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Jayce Brown to give the Wildcats a 21-13 lead with 3:18 left in the half.

K-State quarterback Avery Johnson returned from an interception to score a 19-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Oakley to give the Wildcats a 14-13 lead with 6:54 left in the half.

The scoring drive took 71 yards in two plays, with DJ Giddens intercepting a 37-yard run and also drawing a 15-yard horse-collar penalty.

After Avery Johnson knocked down Keagan Johnson for his fifth interception of the year, K-State’s defense held Oklahoma State to its third field goal attempt. This time, Logan Ward connected from 31 yards to give the Cowboys a 13-7 lead with 7:30 left in the half.

For the second straight week, Kansas State’s defense fell victim to the flea flicker as Alan Boman hit an open De’Zhaun Stribling 77 yards to give Oklahoma State a 10-7 lead with 10:07 left in the half.

On the next play, Avery Johnson throws and gets an interception, and OSU goes back to business at the Wildcat 33.

Kansas State’s defense tightened up in the red zone for a second time and it did not result in a score for Oklahoma State as Logan Ward missed a 34-yard field goal attempt with 12:32 left in the half.

K-State still leads 7-3.

K-State leads after one but Oklahoma State drives.

Oklahoma State moved the ball effectively on the opening drive until stalled at the K-State 19-yard line. Instead of going for fourth down and 2, the Cowboys cut the Wildcats’ lead to 7-3 with a 35-yard Logan Ward field goal with 5:36 left in the quarter.

The drive covered 65 yards in eight plays and lasted 3 minutes, 35 seconds.

Kansas State’s 33-yard Avery Johnson touchdown run is called back on a penalty kick, but he converts fourth down and then scores an 11-yard Johnson keeper five plays to take a 7-0 lead with 9:17 left in the game. first quarter.

K-State’s opening drive covered 75 yards in 14 plays and took 5:43 off the clock. Now it’s Oklahoma State’s turn.

The Kansas State offense will be first on the field to start the game.

Oklahoma won the coin toss and postponed. The Cowboys will start and defend the north end zone.

The weather couldn’t have been more perfect minutes before kickoff for today’s game between No. 25 Kansas State and No. 20 Oklahoma State.

Temperatures are 75 degrees under sunny skies and winds are blowing from the north at 4 mph.

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History: Saturday, September 28
Time: 11 am
Location: Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan

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Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at: [email protected] or on Twitter @arnegreen.