The Kansas State Wildcats four game win streak came to an end Saturday with a 41-31 loss to Oklahoma. K-State is now 6-5 and 4-4 in Big XII play.

K-State got the ball to start the game but after picking up a first down Oklahoma held the Wildcats and KSU punted it. Oklahoma took over and put together their first scoring drive of the game. Sooner Quarterback Trevor Knight connected with Sterling Shephard on a 12 yard touchdown pass. Michael Hunnicutt’s extra point was good making the score 7-0.

Oklahoma held K-State to another three and out and took back over on their own 42 yard line. Three plays later Knight’s pass to Clay Brennan was picked off by K-States Randall Evans. K-State took over on their own 31 yard line.

After Evans’ pick the Wildcat offense wasn’t able to capitalize on their eight play drive, only picking up 29 yards forcing Mark Krause to punt the ball back to OU with 2:54 to play in the first quarter.

Oklahoma’s next drive spilled over into the second quarter. Just over four minutes into that period the Sooners finished up a 14 play 98 yard drive to go up 14-0 with 10:58 to play in the first half.

K-State wasted no time finding the end zone, just 53 seconds after the Sooners took the lead 14-0. Jake Waters found Tyler Lockett wide open for a 48 yard touchdown pass. The extra point by Ian Patterson, who kicked in place of Jack Cantelle, was good to get the Wildcats within a touchdown 14-7.

The Wildcat defense held OU to a three and out on the next possession and K-State took over on their own 16 yard line. Going back to the air Waters connected with Tremaine Thompson on a 43 yard pass to make it 1st and 10 on the OU 41 yard line. Two plays later Waters found Lockett open again this time in the end zone. K-State tied it up 14-14 on Pattersons extra point with 5:26 to play in the half.

Oklahoma came right back though scoring on a 64 yard run by Clay with 4:06 to play in the half. Extra point by Hunnicutt was good to give the Sooners the lead back 21-14.

Waters did it again on the next possession after getting pinned on the K-State 10 yard line Waters looked up field and found Lockett open for a 90 yard touchdown pass. Patterson’s extra point was good tying it back up 21-21 with 3:40 to play in the half. After the game Waters commented,”I just kind of threw it up to Tyler and he ran under it.”

Oklahoma wasn’t done though putting together a drive that took them inside the K-State 10 yard line, however the Wildcat defense held them and forced the Sooners to kick the field goal with two seconds left to re-take the lead 24-21 going into halftime.

To start the second half Oklahoma got the ball and after an eight play 66 yard drive the Sooners connected on a 37 yard field goal by Hunnicutt to go up 27-21.

The Wildcats also had to settle with a field goal on their next drive. Patterson put it through the uprights from 28 yards out to get back within three 27-24 with 5:12 to play in the third quarter.

K-State forced the Sooners to punt on their next possession and KSU was pinned took over on their own three yard line. The Wildcats were unable to move the ball and Mark Krause punted it out of their own end zone. Krause’s 30 yard punt was then returned 30 yards to the K-State 3 yard line by Jalen Sanders. Oklahoma scored on the next play on of a three yard run by Clay. Hunnicutt’s extra point kick was good to extend OU’s lead 34-24 with 12:55 to play in the game.

Thompson returned the kick on the ensuing kick off 46 yards and an OU penalty moved the ball up another 15 yards to the OU 38 yard line. On the 3rd play from scrimmage a Waters pass intended for Cury Sexton was picked off by Oklahomas cornerback Zack Sanchez and returned 74 yards for a touchdown. Hunnicutt’s kick was good to put OU up 41-24 with 11:47 to play in the game.

K-State took their next drive 55 yards and scored off of a one yard run by Waters. Patterson’s kick was good to move the Wildcats within ten 41-31 with 6:10 to play in the game.

The Wildcat defense forced Oklahoma to punt on the next possession with 2:41 to play in the game. K-State took over first and ten from their own 20 yard line. Waters was the sacked and then picked off, giving Oklahoma the ball back with 1:59 to play. Oklahoma ran three plays to run out the clock.

With the win Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops became the winningest head coach at in OU football history, passing Barry Switzer with 158 wins. After the game KSU Head Coach Bill Snyder called Stoops a tremendously talented football coach. Snyder said that hes sure it means something for Stoops but, “It was not a good win because it came here, and I told him that before the game. I wished him well, with the exception of today.”

Stoops was the co-defensive coordinator under Snyder at K-State from 1991-1995.

Senior Safety, Ty Zimmerman, was on the sidelines today on crutches and with a boot on his right foot. Snyder was asked if not having Zimmerman on the field hurt the defense,”Wherever they ran it, it impacted our defense.”

Dylan Schellenberg, junior safety, started in place of Zimmerman. “Dylan didn’t play poorly, he has been a good player for us. It wasn’t that position that did the damage; it was equally shared across the board.”

Tyler Lockett finished the game with 278 yards receiving yards, breaking the school’s single-game record and topping his own personal mark of 237 at Texas earlier this year.

Waters commented on what makes Lockett such a great receiver,”His routes and just how he gets open. The other team knows we want to get the ball to him because he is our big time playmaker, but somehow he still continues to get open.”

It was a tough loss to swallow for K-State since it was senior night. Senior wide receiver, Tramaine Thompson said after the game that he couldn’t imagine playing anywhere else. “I love the K-State fans. I love this family here. It seems like I’ve seen so many classes come and go and I always felt like my time would never come, but it is finally here.”

K-State now has the week to prepare for it’s regular season finale against in-state rival, Kansas.