Game 11 Date: Saturday, November 17, 2018 Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. Location: Manhattan, Kan. Stadium: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000) Series: Series tied, 9-9 TV: ESPNU
WILDCATS HONOR SENIORS IN HOME FINALE AGAINST TECH A LOOK AT K-STATE • K-State won its 10th-straight game over in-state rival KU last weekend to keep its bowl hopes alive, as the Cats need wins in the final two weeks to become bowl eligible. • The Wildcats have leaned heavily on their running game over the last five contests, averaging 212.2 yards and totaling 14 touchdowns on the ground. • The running game is solidified by Alex Barnes, who leads the Big 12 at 103.5 yards per game with a league-high 11 rushing scores. He has averaged 115.3 yards in league play, the best by 13.0 yards per game. • During the KU game, Barnes produced the 16th 1,000-yard rushing season in school history and the first by a Wildcat RB since 2013. • He ran for a career-best 250 yards at Baylor – the fifth-most in a game in school history – one of his five 100-yard rushing games this year and one of 10 for his career. • 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 Alex Delton held the charge last weekend against Kansas as the junior was 11-for-17 through the air for 126 yards while adding 55 on the ground with a score. • Delton was making his second start of the year as he also started the Texas game. • Isaiah Zuber leads the Wildcats with 43 catches on the year, totaling 522 receiving yards and three scores. • The Wildcat defense allowed only 275 total offensive yards against TCU, the fewest allowed since last year’s Vanderbilt game and the fewest in a Big 12 game since limiting Kansas to just 196 total yards in 2014. • The Cats also had an impressive performance against an Oklahoma State team that was averaging 523.3 yards and 44.0 points per game. K-State held the Cowboys to 311 yards and just 12 points. • Junior linebacker Da’Quan Patton (62) and senior safety Eli Walker (57) lead the team in tackles, while Reggie Walker has a team-best 5.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss. A LOOK AT TEXAS TECH • The Red Raiders have lost three straight, but it boasts an offense that averages 529.4 yards per game, including 383.4 yards through the air. • Quarterbacks Alan Bowman and Jett Duffey have combined to throw for 3,709 yards and 25 touchdowns. • Duffey also leads the team with 377 rushing yards, while Ta’Zhawn Henry has a team-high eight rushing scores. • On defense, Dakota Allen is the leader with 71 tackles, while Adrian Frye has picked off four passes. A LOOK AT THE SERIES • The all-time series between K-State and Texas Tech is tied, 9-9, but the Wildcats hold a 9-6 advantage since the inception of the Big 12. • One of those games was the first-ever Big 12 game, as the Cats topped Tech, 21-14, on August 31, 1996. • The Cats are in search of their third winning streak of at least three games. K-State won the first three games as Big 12 foes (1996-97, 2000) and four-straight games from 2011-14. K-State won at home, 44-38, in 2016 before earning a 42-35 overtime victory in Lubbock last year. THANK YOU, SENIORS • K-State will honor 16 seniors prior to Saturday’s game. • The list includes: DB Kendall Adams, OL Abdul Beechman, P Jeremy Collier, LS Dalton Harman, TE Matt Jones, DE Osvelt Joseph, DB Colby Moore, WR Zach Reuter, OL Dalton Risner, DB Duke Shelley, RB Justin Silmon, LB Sam Sizelove, DT Logan Stoddard, LS David Tullis, DB Eli Walker and RB Dalvin Warmack. • The group includes eight fifth-year seniors in Adams, Harman, Moore, Reuter, Risner, Silmon, Sizelove and Warmack. RYAN LACKEY |
Seniors to Play Final Home Game
