Football Falls To Texas A&M, 31-24
Oct 20, 2001 | Football
Oct 20, 2001
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By STEVE BRISENDINE
Associated Press Writer
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Mark Farris threw two first-half touchdown passes andTexas A&M scored 17 points in the final three minutes of the third quarter in a31-24 victory over Kansas State on Saturday.
Jarrod Penright returned a fumble 17 yards for a touchdown for the Aggies(6-1, 3-1 Big 12), who won despite making only one first down in the secondhalf. They capitalized on three turnovers - two by quarterback Ell Roberson -in their third-quarter surge.
Kansas State (2-4, 0-4), ranked No. 11 before its skid began, mounted afourth-quarter comeback but saw its losing streak reach four games for thefirst time since 1992. The Wildcats also lost consecutive home games for thefirst time since 1989, when they finished 1-10 in Bill Snyder's first season ascoach.
Roberson's replacement, Marc Dunn, led Kansas State on two fourth-quartertouchdown drives, scoring on a 1-yard sneak with 10:42 left and passing 17yards to Nick Warren to set up Rock Cartwright's 5-yard TD run with 4:54remaining.
Aaron Lockett, Kansas State's new career leader in all-purpose yardage,returned a punt 52 yards to the Aggies 23 with less than three minutesremaining. Dunn's 2-yard keeper on fourth-and-1 gave the Wildcats a first downat A&M's 12 with 1{ minutes remaining, but safety Terrence Kiel stopped JoshScobey for a 2-yard gain on fourth-and-3 from the 5 with 46 seconds left.
The Aggies led 14-7 at the half but saw that cut to 14-10 with just under 5minutes in the third quarter, when Jared Brite's partially blocked kick bouncedoff the crossbar and through for a 27-yard field goal.
The Wildcats forced a punt on Texas A&M's next possession, but Lockettmuffed his fair-catch attempt. Jonte Buhl recovered at the Wildcats 25, settingup Cody Scates' 42-yard field goal with 2:50 left in the quarter.
Two plays later, Brian Gamble intercepted Roberson's pass and returned it 12yards to the Wildcats 9. Two plays after that, Joe Weber scored on a 1-yard runfor a 24-10 lead.
On Kansas State's next play, Roberson was hit by Christian Rodriguez as hetried to pitch to Scobey. The ball bounced away from a diving Scobey, andPenright scooped it up and ran it in to put the Aggies up 33-10.
Roberson's replacement, Marc Dunn, led Kansas State on two fourth-quartertouchdown drives, scoring on a 1-yard sneak with 10:42 left and passing 17yards to Nick Warren to set up Rock Cartwright's 5-yard TD run with 4:54remaining.
Farris gave Texas A&M a 14-0 lead with TD passes of 9 yards to OschlorFlemming in the first quarter and 44 yards to Terrence Murphy early in thesecond.
Scobey scored on a 4-yard run with seven seconds to go in the half, afterScates' 21-yard punt gave Kansas State a first down at the Aggies 32.
Lockett had 128 all-purpose yards, giving him 3,558 for his career. AndreColeman had 3,443 from 1990-93.
