Saturday, October 14, 2017 12:00 PM
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No. 6 TCU swamps Kansas State in storm-interrupted game
The Sports Xchange
Oct 14, 2017
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- No. 6 TCU overcame a day of weather interruptions and offensive inconsistencies to defeat Kansas State 26-6 on Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
The start of the game was delayed for three hours by severe weather. There was another delay of one hour in the fourth quarter.
TCU (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) scored on its first possession of the second half to open up a 20-3 lead and was never threatened. The Horned Frogs hold sole possession of first place in the Big 12, after Texas' loss to Oklahoma.
Quarterback Kenny Hill was 27 of 37 passing for 297 yards. He also had a 10-yard touchdown run to open the scoring.
Kansas State (3-3, 1-2) provided little resistance. The Wildcats mustered just 216 yards of total offense. They averaged 2.4 yards per carry on the ground. Quarterback Alex Delton, who was making his first career start, was 11 of 29 for 146 yards. He ran for 39 yards on 19 carries.
TCU opened up a 10-0 lead in the first quarter by stifling the K-State offense. The Wildcats finished the first quarter with just 25 yards of total offense. The Horned Frogs scored a touchdown on their second possession, with Hill scampering into the end zone from the 10.
Delton was just 1 of 5 for 14 yards in the first quarter. He also ran the ball four times for minus-5 yards.
K-State appeared ready to answer in the second quarter, having first-and-goal on the TCU 7. But the Wildcats went backward before fumbling the ball away at the 38-yard line. TCU then marched down the field before settling for a 22-yard field goal and a 13-0 lead.
K-State's only points of the half came after it recovered a Darius Anderson fumble at the TCU 21. Matthew McCrane got the Wildcats on the board with a 38-yard field goal. He kicked a 51-yarder in the second half.
NOTES: Kansas State was looking to defeat a top-10 team at home for the first time since defeating No. 4 Texas in 2006. ... This matchup featured the two coaches with the most wins at their current FBS school. Bill Snyder leads all coaches in this category with 205 at K-State. Gary Patterson is second with 155 at TCU. ... .TCU is now 6-5 all-time in the series. The Frogs are 3-3 since they joined the Big 12 Conference. ... Patterson is a 1983 graduate of Kansas State, where he played linebacker and safety.
Oct 14, 2017
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- No. 6 TCU overcame a day of weather interruptions and offensive inconsistencies to defeat Kansas State 26-6 on Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
The start of the game was delayed for three hours by severe weather. There was another delay of one hour in the fourth quarter.
TCU (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) scored on its first possession of the second half to open up a 20-3 lead and was never threatened. The Horned Frogs hold sole possession of first place in the Big 12, after Texas' loss to Oklahoma.
Quarterback Kenny Hill was 27 of 37 passing for 297 yards. He also had a 10-yard touchdown run to open the scoring.
Kansas State (3-3, 1-2) provided little resistance. The Wildcats mustered just 216 yards of total offense. They averaged 2.4 yards per carry on the ground. Quarterback Alex Delton, who was making his first career start, was 11 of 29 for 146 yards. He ran for 39 yards on 19 carries.
TCU opened up a 10-0 lead in the first quarter by stifling the K-State offense. The Wildcats finished the first quarter with just 25 yards of total offense. The Horned Frogs scored a touchdown on their second possession, with Hill scampering into the end zone from the 10.
Delton was just 1 of 5 for 14 yards in the first quarter. He also ran the ball four times for minus-5 yards.
K-State appeared ready to answer in the second quarter, having first-and-goal on the TCU 7. But the Wildcats went backward before fumbling the ball away at the 38-yard line. TCU then marched down the field before settling for a 22-yard field goal and a 13-0 lead.
K-State's only points of the half came after it recovered a Darius Anderson fumble at the TCU 21. Matthew McCrane got the Wildcats on the board with a 38-yard field goal. He kicked a 51-yarder in the second half.
NOTES: Kansas State was looking to defeat a top-10 team at home for the first time since defeating No. 4 Texas in 2006. ... This matchup featured the two coaches with the most wins at their current FBS school. Bill Snyder leads all coaches in this category with 205 at K-State. Gary Patterson is second with 155 at TCU. ... .TCU is now 6-5 all-time in the series. The Frogs are 3-3 since they joined the Big 12 Conference. ... Patterson is a 1983 graduate of Kansas State, where he played linebacker and safety.
