Kansas State increased it’s win streak against in state rival Kansas Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium to five with a 51-13 victory.
The Wildcats racked up 505 total yards offense including 194 yards rushing, which was 193 more yards rushing then they had last week against West Virginia.
Coach Bill Snyder said after the game that he was concerned about the execution of the run game and not the total yards.
“The execution was vastly improved I think, and we had some balance in our offense that I think gave our running game a little more of a chance. The best thing I can say is we ran it better. The execution with our offensive line and our running backs, our running backs I said before ran hard, that wasn’t the case a week ago,” said Snyder.
Jake Waters threw for 294 yards and completed 21 of 27 passes, including nine to Tyler Lockett who finished with 119 yards and two touchdown catches.
Lockett broke the school career record for receptions at 222, passing his father, Kevin, who had 217 catches from 1993-96. His two touchdown catches gave him 26 for his career, which tied the school record, which was also held by his father. He also extended his own school record for career receiving yards, a mark that now stands at 3,388.
“I’ve got to give God all of the glory, putting me in this position to even be the leader in all time receptions, as well as yards and even tying the touchdown, it just says a lot and I give God all the glory,” said Lockett. “I have a great quarterback, Jake Waters. Coach Coleman puts me in great situations, he taught me a lot. My dad and uncle taught me a lot. I just try and go out there and preform to the best of my abilities.”
The win ensures that the Governors Cup will stay in Manhattan for another year. Governor Sam Brownback was on hand to present the Governors Cup to Kansas State in the locker room following the game.
Kansas State will now turn their attention to Baylor next Saturday as they will be playing for at least a share of the Big 12 Championship with TCU. That game will be played in Waco, Texas. Game time has yet to be announced. A win would give the Wildcats a share of the Big 12 title, a win and a TCU loss would give the title to Kansas State outright.