Game 2
Florida Atlantic at Kansas State
Date: Saturday, September 17, 2016

Kickoff: 1:30 p.m.

Location: Manhattan, Kan.

Stadium: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)

Series: K-State Leads, 1-0

TV: FSN

Mark Followill (Play-by-Play)

Ben Leber (Analyst)

Lesley McCaslin (Sidelines)

Radio: K-State Sports Network; k-statesports.com

Wyatt Thompson (Play-by-Play)

Stan Weber (Analyst)

Matt Walters (Sidelines)

Sirius Satellite Radio Ch. 157, XM Satellite Radio Ch. 205

Twitter Updates: @kstatesports, @kstate_gameday, @KStateFB

 

CATS SET FOR 2016 HOME OPENER AGAINST FAU
Following a physical season opener in which the Wildcats hung in at seventh-ranked Stanford and a bye week, Kansas State opens its home slate on Saturday as K-State welcomes Florida Atlantic to Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Saturday’s game, which kicks off at 1:30 p.m., will be aired on FSN with Mark Followill (play-by-play), former K-State linebacker Ben Leber (analyst) and Lesley McCaslin (sidelines) on the call. The contest can also be heard across the K-State Sports Network with Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play), former K-State quarterback Stan Weber (analyst) and Matt Walters (sidelines) calling the action, as well as Sirius channel 157, XM channel 205. Live stats are available at k-statesports.com, while Twitter updates (@ kstate_gameday, @KStateFB) will all be a part of the coverage.
A LOOK AT K-STATE

• Guided by 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Bill Snyder, who is in the midst of his 25th season at the helm of the Wildcats, K-State is looking to rebound from a 26-13 defeat at No. 8/7 Stanford in the season opener.
• K-State’s defense gave the Wildcats a chance in the second half as it allowed just one touchdown and 70 total offensive yards to the Cardinal over the final 30 minutes.
• The game at Stanford featured the return of captains DB Dante Barnett and QB Jesse Ertz, both of whom were injured and lost for the season in last year’s opener.
• Barnett had four tackles against the Cardinal, including 2.5 TFLs and a sack. It was the second time in his career he had at least 2.0 TFLs.
• Ertz went 16-of-34 for 207 yards and a touchdown while rushing 13 times for 20 yards.

A LOOK AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC

• FAU comes to K-State with a 1-1 record following a 38-10 defeat at No. 25 Miami last week.
• The Owls and Hurricanes battled to a scoreless first quarter, but FAU gave up 406 yards in the final 45 minutes.
• QB Jason Driskel has averaged 227 passing yards through the first two games with two TDs and a pick.
• RB Greg Howell is averaging 101.5 yards thus far, which features a 128-yard game in the season opener.

A LOOK AT THE SERIES

• Saturday’s game marks the second time K-State and FAU will meet on the gridiron after a 45-0 Wildcat victory in Manhattan in 2006.
• K-State is 21-4 all-time against current members of Conference USA.
• The contest is the fourth against C-USA members in the last three years as the Wildcats defeated UTEP in 2014 and both UTSA and Louisiana Tech last year.

  HOME OPENERS

• K-State holds an 88-27-5 (.754) record all-time in home openers.
• Under head coach Bill Snyder, the Wildcats are 22-2 (.917) in their home debut.
• The Sept. 17 home opener this year is the latest home opener for the Wildcats since 2001 when K-State defeated New Mexico State, 64-0, on Sept. 22 that season.
• K-State’s home opener in 2001 was originally scheduled for Sept. 15, against Louisiana Tech, but that game was postponed due to the tragic events of Sept. 11.
• Due to those events, Saturday’s game is the latest scheduled home opener since the 1992 season when the Wildcats topped Montana, 27-12, on Sept. 19.

Ryan Lackey

Assistant Director – Athletic Communications

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Smith dived for a touchdown on the first possession of overtime, completing the Kansas City Chiefs’ frantic rally from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the San Diego Chargers 33-27 in their season opener Sunday.

Smith threw for 363 yards and two touchdowns, the second a back-shoulder fade to Jeremy Maclin with just over nine minutes left in the fourth quarter that trimmed the Chiefs’ deficit to 27-17.

Cairo Santos kicked a 33-yard field goal a few minutes later, and after forcing a three-and-out, Spencer Ware finished off a four-play drive with a touchdown plunge to knot it at 27.

Kansas City needed 10 plays to march 75 yards in overtime, and Smith finished off one of the biggest comebacks in franchise history with his keeper from the 2-yard line on third-and-goal.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Kennedy and three relievers combined on a two-hitter, and the Kansas City Royals beat Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Sunday.

Kendrys Morales homered on Sale’s first pitch of the second and Eric Hosmer did the same in the fourth. The Royals won their second straight to stay four games behind Baltimore for the final AL wild-card spot.

Kennedy (11-9) walked four, but Adam Eaton’s leadoff single was the only hit off the right-hander in six innings. He improved to 5-0 in his last six starts.

Peter Moylan and Kelvin Herrera each threw a perfect inning before Wade Davis worked around Eaton’s single and a walk in the ninth for his 24th save.

CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Rodon struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Adam Eaton doubled twice and scored two runs and the Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 7-2 on Friday night to prevent the Royals from gaining ground in the playoff race.

Rodon (7-8) fanned Paulo Orlando with the bases loaded on his 116th pitch to end the sixth inning and move to 5-0 in his last seven starts.

Kendrys Morales had a two-run single in the first inning for Kansas City, which has dropped six of nine and remained four games behind the second wild-card after Detroit beat Baltimore.

Eaton doubled to lead off the first and fifth innings off Yordano Ventura (10-10) and scored each time on Melky Cabrera RBIs. Tyler Saladino had three hits and drove in two runs in Chicago’s third straight win over a playoff contender.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – In just his second meet since the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, former Wildcat Erik Kynard won his first overall Diamond League title in high jump with a final mark of 2.32m/7-07.25 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.

“The neat measure of the Diamond League is that it is a reflection of both a high level of performance as well as consistency at a high level,” Kansas State director of track and field and cross country Cliff Rovelto said. “This is a head-to-head competition with the very best in the world and at this time in history perhaps as good a top-end group as there has been. Winning in these times is pretty significant and very special.”

Kynard was perfect through his first four bars of 2.20m/7-02.50, 2.23m/7-03.75, 2.26m/7-05 and 2.29m/7-06. On the next bar of 2.32m/7-07.25, the Toledo, Ohio, native cleared on his second attempt after barely missing the bar on his first try.

The two other competitors at 2.32m/7-07.25, Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Great Britain’s Robbie Grabarz, also cleared the height but on their final attempts. All three competitors missed all of their attempts at 2.35m/7-08.50, allowing Kynard to seal the AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme and Diamond League crown with his one miss at 2.32m.

Over the course of the Diamond League series, Kynard earned two first-place finishes, two-second place finishes and one third-place finish. He concluded the competition with 46 points, 10 points better than second-place finisher Barshim.

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Erik Kynard Diamond League Results

Doha – 2.33m7-07.75 (1st)

Rabat – 2.28m/7-05.75 (2nd)

Birmingham (England) – 2.35m/7-08.50 (2nd)(Season Best)

Lausanne – 2.32m/7-07.25 (3rd)

Brussels – 2.32m/7-07.25 (1st)

Total Points – 46 points

The Fort Riley Troopers rallied from a 6-0 deficit against Marysville to win their middle school football game 14-6 on Thursday.

Both the seventh and eighth grade football teams at Fort Riley Middle School are 2-0 on the young season. They will host Abilene next Thursday.