Kansas State University Athletics
Kansas State University
1-1
Louisiana
2-0
Rally Comes Up Short, as K-State Falls 17-15
Sep 13, 2009 | Football
LAFAYETTE, La.- Tyler Albrecht's first career field goal attempt was a memorable one as the junior nailed a 48-yarder with 32 seconds left to give Louisiana-Lafayette a 17-15 victory over Kansas State on Saturday night.
Albrecht did not attempt a field goal in his first two seasons and was limited to six extra points in a season-opening 42-19 victory over Southern last week.
The Ragin' Cajuns, unbeaten through their first two games for the first time since 1990, trailed 15-14 before driving from their 33 to the Kansas State 30. Louisiana-Lafayette had only two first downs in the second half before quarterback Chris Masson completed four passes for 30 yards in the final drive.
Kansas State (1-1) rallied from a 14-2 deficit with two fourth-quarter touchdowns.
Wildcats running back Daniel Thomas threw for one score and ran for one in that quarter, throwing a 3-yard jump pass to Jeron Mastrud off a direct snap on the first play of the final quarter.
Seven minutes later, Thomas capped an 86-yard drive with a 3-yard run, and Josh Cherry hit the extra point for the 15-14 lead with 8:08 left.
Thomas finished with 136 rushing yards, 92 in the second half.
The Wildcats took a 2-0 lead when Masson ran out of his own end zone after a bad snap with 2:43 left in the opening quarter.
Masson, who finished 20-for-36 for 185 yards, came back to guide the Ragin' Cajuns on a 61-yard drive that was capped by Undrea Sails' 9-yard touchdown run with 9:37 left in the first half.
Louisiana-Lafayette drove 73 yards in the final 2:19 of the half to take a 14-2 halftime lead on Masson's 1-yard pass to Luke Aubrey.
The Ragin' Cajuns had three first-half turnovers, but the Wildcats couldn't take advantage despite having five first-half possessions in Ragin' Cajun territory. Kansas State was 0-for-8 on third-down conversions in the first half.
Team Stats
KS 2, UL 0
KS - Team 8 yd safety
KS 2, UL 7
UL - Sails, Undrea 13 yd run (Albrecht, Tyler kick), 7 plays, 61 yards, TOP 2:51
KS 2, UL 14
UL - Aubrey, Luke 1 yd pass from Masson, Chris (Albrecht, Tyler kick) 12 plays, 73 yards, TOP 2:14
KS 8, UL 14
KS - Mastrud, Jeron 3 yd pass from Thomas, Daniel (Cherry, Josh kickfailed) 11 plays, 67 yards, TOP 4:36
KS 15, UL 14
KS - Thomas, Daniel 3 yd run (Cherry, Josh kick), 11 plays, 86 yards, TOP 5:48
KS 15, UL 17
UL - Albrecht, Tyler 48 yd field goal 10 plays, 37 yards, TOP 3:18
