Wildcats travel to TCU

Date: Saturday, November 3, 2018

Kickoff: 2:30 p.m.

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium (45,000)

Series: TCU leads, 6-5

CATS STAY ON ROAD, TAKE ON TCU IN FORT WORTH
Coming off a tough loss at No. 8 Oklahoma, Kansas State will play its second road game in as many weeks on Saturday as it travels to Fort Worth, Texas, to face TCU. The game will kick off at 2:30 p.m., and be shown nationally on FS1 with Cory Provus (play-by-play) and Ben Leber (analyst) on the call. The game can be heard across the 39-station K-State Sports Network with Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play), former K-State quarterback Stan Weber (analyst) and Matt Walters (sidelines) calling the action, in addition to Sirius Channel 105, XM Channel 384 and the TuneIn app.

A LOOK AT K-STATE

K-State is looking to bounce back from a loss at Oklahoma and put itself back in the bowl picture needing at least three wins over the final four weeks to become eligible.
The Wildcats have leaned heavily on their running game over the last three contests, averaging 250 yards and totaling 10 touchdowns on the ground.
The running game is solidified by Alex Barnes, who ranks second in the Big 12 at 102.0 yards per game with a league-high nine rushing scores. He ran for a career-best 250 yards at Baylor, the fifth-most in a game in school history, while recording three touchdowns on the day.
Against Oklahoma State, Barnes had 181 rushing yards and four scores, and he was also the team’s leading receiver with 51 yards on three catches.
The Wildcats’ rushing attack is anchored by five offensive linemen who were all returning starters from a year ago. The group is led by Midseason All-American Dalton Risner at right tackle.
Quarterback Skylar Thompson has started seven games, throwing for 988 yards and five scores, while he has added 359 rushing yards and four touchdowns.
Isaiah Zuber leads the Wildcats with 41 catches on the year, totaling 496 receiving yards and three scores.
Defensively, K-State averaged 3.0 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions during the OSU and Baylor games after putting together averages of 1.0 sacks, 3.0 TFLs and 0.8 interceptions in the first five contests.
The Wildcats had an impressive performance against an Oklahoma State team that was averaging 523.3 yards and 44.0 points per game. K-State held OSU to 311 yards and just 12 points.
Senior safety Eli Walker (53) and junior linebacker Da’Quan Patton (49) lead the team in tackles, while Reggie Walker has a team-best 5.5 sacks and 7.5 TFLs.
Senior defensive back Duke Shelley has three interceptions this season – all coming within the last three games – to rank third in the Big 12 and 14th in the country.
Shelley has 12 total passes defended this year to rank second in the Big 12 and sixth in the nation.

A LOOK AT TCU

TCU is coming off a 27-26 loss to Kansas last week in Lawrence.
The Horned Frogs boast the Big 12’s second-best defense, giving up 339.2 yards per game, and their pass defense is ranked first at 194.2 per game.
Darius Anderson leads the rushing attack with 482 yards, while Michael Collins has taken over at quarterback and thrown for 598 yards and four scores.
On defense, Ben Banogu ranks third in the Big 12 with 6.5 sacks.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
TCU leads the all-time series, 5-6, after the Horned Frogs broke a series tie with a 26-6 win last year in Manhattan.
The series is tied, 3-3, since TCU joined the Big 12, with the road team picking up four of the six wins.
K-State is looking for consecutive wins in Fort Worth for the first time ever.
Last time in Fort Worth, K-State ended the regular season with a dominating 30-6 victory, a game that featured a 336-yard rushing output by the Wildcats.
K-State received 170 rushing yards from then-quarterback Jesse Ertz and 133 yards from then-sophomore Justin Silmon. The Wildcats also added on 126 receiving yards from Byron Pringle.
The Wildcats totaled 11.0 tackles for loss in the game, including 2.5 TFLs from then-redshirt freshman Reggie Walker. Walker also had 2.0 of the team’s 3.0 sacks.
SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS
Kansas State is in rare company in college football as the Wildcats rank in the top 20 in wins among FBS programs over the last 23 seasons.
Since 1995, K-State has picked up 194 victories, which ranks 19th in the nation.
The only current Big 12 teams to rank higher are Oklahoma (3rd; 226), Texas (t12th; 209) and TCU (t15th; 199).

RYAN LACKEY
Director of Football and Golf Communications | K-State Athletics