Kansas State University Athletics
Kansas State University
2-0
Missouri State
1-1
Wildcats Manhandle Bears, 48-24
Sep 11, 2010 | Football
The Wildcats (2-0) led 27-7 at halftime, showcasing a productive passing attack to augment the running of Thomas, who rushed for 234 yards last week against UCLA and has been touted as a Doak Walker Award candidate.
Coffman, who threw for only 66 yards a week ago, was 18 of 26 for 280 yards before sitting out the fourth quarter. With the undersized Bears (1-1) geared to stop the run, Coffman connected on scoring throws of 42 and 7 yards to Brodrick Smith, and 23 yards to Aubrey Quarles.
Missouri State is 1-24 all-time against FBS opponents.
Kansas State had 108 yards rushing in the opening half, with 45 of those coming on a touchdown run by Thomas with 11:50 left in the first quarter.
The Wildcats went to their bag of tricks to take a 13-0 lead with 9:45 left in the second quarter. Kicker Anthony Cantele, who earlier missed a 26-yard field goal, lined up for a 20-yarder. But holder Ryan Doerr took the ball on an option to the right side and pitched to a trailing Cantelefor a 3-yard touchdown.
Cantele missed the extra point to take away some of the luster, but the Wildcats quickly made it 20-0 a couple of minutes later when Coffman found Smith for the 42-yard touchdown pass.
Missouri State finally got its offense in gear with a 66-yard touchdown pass from Cody Kirby to Jermaine Safford with 1:22 left in the first half. But Kansas State answered with the 23-yard score from Coffman to Quarrels for a 27-7 halftime lead.
The Wildcats had 493 yards of total offense in tuning up for their Big 12 opener against Iowa State next Saturday.
Team Stats
MSU 0, KS 7
KS - Thomas, Daniel 45 yd run (Cantele, A. kick), 2 plays, 45 yards, TOP 0:14
MSU 0, KS 13
KS - Cantele, A. 3 yd run (Cantele, A. kickfailed), 10 plays, 60 yards, TOP 4:01
MSU 0, KS 20
KS - Smith, Brodrick 42 yd pass from Coffman, Carson (Cherry, Josh kick) 3 plays, 55 yards, TOP 1:06
MSU 7, KS 20
MSU - Saffold,Jermain 66 yd pass from Kirby,Cody (Chiles,Jordan kick) 3 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:56
MSU 7, KS 27
KS - Quarles, Aubrey 23 yd pass from Coffman, Carson (Cherry, Josh kick) 4 plays, 68 yards, TOP 0:54
MSU 7, KS 34
KS - Smith, Brodrick 7 yd pass from Coffman, Carson (Cherry, Josh kick) 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:36
MSU 10, KS 34
MSU - Chiles,Jordan 22 yd field goal 13 plays, 58 yards, TOP 4:07
MSU 10, KS 41
KS - Thomas, Daniel 21 yd run (Cherry, Josh kick), 8 plays, 56 yards, TOP 3:27
MSU 17, KS 41
MSU - Douglas,Chris 1 yd run (Chiles,Jordan kick), 5 plays, 74 yards, TOP 1:40
MSU 24, KS 41
MSU - Wooden,Trevor 11 yd pass from Kirby,Cody (Chiles,Jordan kick) 18 plays, 99 yards, TOP 8:03
MSU 24, KS 48
KS - Powell, William 39 yd run (Cantele, A. kick), 2 plays, 42 yards, TOP 0:42
