Game 2
Kansas State at UTSA
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2015

Kickoff: 11 a.m.

Location: San Antonio, Texas

Stadium: Alamodome (65,000)

Series: First Meeting

TV: FOX Sports 1

Justin Kutcher (Play-by-Play)

Steve Hutchinson (Analyst)

Bruce Feldman (Sidelines)

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

SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ch. 108, XM Satellite Radio Ch. 199

Wyatt Thompson (Play-by-Play)

Stan Weber (Analyst)

Matt Walters (Sidelines)

Twitter Updates: @kstatesports and @kstate_gameday

 

K-STATE HITS THE ROAD, BATTLES UTSA IN ALAMODOME
Coming off a 34-0 shutout win over South Dakota in the season opener, Kansas State will hit the road for the first time this seasonon Saturday as the Wildcats take on UTSA in San Antonio’s Alamodome in a nationally-televised morning matchup. The game, which kicks off at 11:05 a.m., will be shown across the entire nation on FOX Sports 1 with Justin Kutcher (play-by-play), Steve Hutchinson (analyst) and Bruce Feldman (sideline) on the call.  The game can also be heard across the K-State Sports Network with Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play), Stan Weber (analyst) and Matt Walters (sideline) on the call, while the game will be on Sirius channel 108, XM channel 199. Live stats are available at the new k-statesports.com, while Twitter updates (@kstatesports and @kstate_gameday) will all be part of the coverage.
A LOOK AT K-STATE

• Guided by 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Bill Snyder, K-State opened the season with its first shutout since blanking Texas, 23-0, on October 25, 2014.
• It also marked the third shutout for the Wildcats since Snyder returned in 2009 and also was the first shutout in a season opener since 1999.
• The Cats held the Coyotes to just 61 rushing yards, as it marked the 21st time in the last 53 games they held opponents to less than 100 yards rushing.
• A 100-yard kickoff return from Morgan Burns to open the game sparked the Cats in the opener and was believed to be the first return for a score to open a season.
• Offensively, quarterback Joe Hubener stepped in for an injured Jesse Ertz and threw for 147 yards and a score while also rushing for 38 yards.

A LOOK AT UTSA

• Guided by 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Bill Snyder, K-State opened the season with its first shutout since blanking Texas, 23-0, on October 25, 2014.
• It also marked the third shutout for the Wildcats since Snyder returned in 2009 and also was the first shutout in a season opener since 1999.
• The Cats held the Coyotes to just 61 rushing yards, as it marked the 21st time in the last 53 games they held opponents to less than 100 yards rushing.
• A 100-yard kickoff return from Morgan Burns to open the game sparked the Cats in the opener and was believed to be the first return for a score to open a season.
• Offensively, quarterback Joe Hubener stepped in for an injured Jesse Ertz and threw for 147 yards and a score while also rushing for 38 yards.

A LOOK AT THE SERIES

• First meeting between the two programs.

  NON-CON ROAD NOTES

• In non-conference regular season road games under Bill Snyder, the Cats have won nine of their last 11, dating back to a 30-25 win at Minnesota in 1993.
• Ironically, the win at Minnesota in 1993 is the last time K-State has won a game inside an enclosed stadium as the Cats have lost their last seven indoor games.
• Overall, K-State is 9-8 in non-conference road games since 1989 and 9-6 during that span under Snyder.
• Those nine wins included at Minnesota (1993), UNLV (1994), Cincinnati (1995), Rice (1996), Northern Illinois (1997), Southern California (2001), Marshall (2005), North Texas (2010) and Miami [Fla.] (2011).

 

NON-CONFERENCE NOTABLES

• Since 1990, K-State has won 70 of its 79 (.886) regular-season non-conference games under Bill Snyder, including 61-of-65 (.938) at home.
• K-State has had perfect regular season non-conference ledgers in 14 of the last 22 years.

 

SNYDER IN SEPTEMBER

• Fast starts have propelled the Wildcats to winning seasons under Bill Snyder. Since 1992 under Snyder, K-State is a combined 60-7 (.896) in September.
• Of the losses, four came on the road, as the Cats are 46-3 in September home games during that stretch.
• Since Snyder’s return to the sidelines in 2009, K-State is 18-4 in the month of September.

 

SNYDER: HALL OF FAMER

• The architect of the “greatest turnaround in the history of college football,” Bill Snyder was elected to the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2015.
• Snyder is just fourth person in the history of college football to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as an active coach.

 

SNYDER AMONG BEST EVER

• Head coach Bill Snyder currently has 188 career victories, which are 149 more than any other coach in program history.
• Snyder ranks second in the FBS in wins among active coaches at their current schools, fifth in total victories among active coaches and 31st in all-time wins.
• He is one win away from entering the top 30 all-time and 12 from becoming the 25th coach in FBS history with 200 career wins.
• Snyder, who has 109 conference wins, is one of four coaches with 100 Big 8/12 victories, joining Nebraska’s Tom Osborne (153) and Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops (104) and Barry Switzer (100).

 

YOUTH MOVEMENT

• K-State saw a total of eight players make their first-career start against South Dakota, including six who are either freshmen or sophomores.
• Also, a total of 22 freshmen or sophomores saw playing time in the 34-0 win over the Coyotes.
• Three of the highlights for the young Cats were redshirt freshman fullback Winston Dimel, who scored two touchdowns, redshirt freshman Dominique Heath, who was electrifying on punt returns and at wide receiver, while redshirt freshman Dalton Risner starting at center.

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Royals have purchased the contracts of right-handed relievers Joba Chamberlain and Louis Coleman from Triple-A Omaha on Monday.

Chamberlain, who is 25-21 with seven saves in 359 big league appearances with the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers, was 1-0 with a 6.43 ERA with the Storm Chasers, but allowed one earned run and seven hits in seven innings over his final seven appearances.

Chamberlain is a former Nebraska teammate of Royals All-Star outfielder Alex Gordon.

Coleman, the Royals’ 2009 fifth-round pick out of LSU, went 8-2 with nine saves and a 1.68 ERA with Omaha. He is 5-4 with a 3.25 ERA and two saves in 148 relief appearances with Kansas City.

The Royals designated for assignment right-hander Yohan Pino and infielder Dusty Coleman to make roster space for Chamberlain and Coleman.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – (AP) – Adam Eaton homered and scored three times as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Sunday for their fourth straight win. Eaton collected three more hits and is batting .517 in his last seven games. Erik Johnson pitched six innings of three-run ball in his first major league appearance of the season.

Kansas State opened their season Saturday on the right foot when Morgan Burns returned the opening kickoff 100 yards in 12 seconds to take the early 7-0 lead following Matthew McCrane’s PAT.

The kick return was followed by the defense giving up one 23 yard pass by South Dakota before holding them on the next four downs forcing a punt that pinned the Wildcats to their five yard line.

Jesse Ertz came in to lead the offense for the first time as the starting quarterback and started out pretty well picking up five yards on a quarterback rush, but things weren’t as good as they seemed. Ertz came up with a bit of a limp and then following the next play was helped off the field, and was later carted off the field and into the locker room.

“I feel dramatically bad for him,” said Coach Bill Snyder following the game. “We’ll see how it plays out, I have no idea right now. Anytime anybody gets hurt, you know they work so hard all of them do, and then to have it take you out of a game like it did, that you prepared so hard for to play. Our prayers will be with him, and hopefully it’s something that he can get back on his feet real quick.”

Last years backup Joe Hubener came in to replace Ertz and following a few growing pains, including a fumble on the South Dakota 1 yard line following a nine play 74 yard drive, Hubener seemed to find a rhythm leading the Wildcats on three scoring drives to finish out the second quarter and eventually the 34-0 shutout.

“I definitely didn’t expect to get that opportunity quite that quick,” said Hubener. “That’s unfortunate for Jesse, I don’t know exactly what happened, but I know he wasn’t able to come back tonight. That’s tough on him and I feel sorry for him and wish him a quick recovery whatever is going on.”

On his own performance Hubener said that he thought he did alright,”there’s definitely some things that I’m not happy about, I wish I didn’t fumble that ball in the end zone, but I think for the most part I handled business and we got the win and that’s what matters.”

Kansas State was led by two freshman both rushing and passing. Justin Silmon rushed for 51 yards on six carries and Dominique Heath caught three passes for 54 yards.

Defensively, Kansas State also lost preseason All-Big 12 Safety Dante Barnett early in the first half due to an apparent shoulder injury. The severity of both Barnett’s and Ertz’s injuries are unknown at this time.

The Wildcats will next travel to San Antonio, Texas to take on the University of Texas, San Antonio next Saturday.

Kansas State Football inducted four new members into the Ring of Honor during halftime of the season opener Saturday against South Dakota.

This years inductees included former Wildcat greats Michael Bishop, Jordy Nelson, Darren Sproles and Clarence Scott.

Bishop was one of the best quarterbacks to put on a Wildcat jersey and played a major role in propelling Kansas State to their first ever No. 1 national ranking in 1998. He was the ’98 Heisman Trophy runner-up and still holds the K-State season passing efficiency record after a 159.6 rating in 1998 (164-of-295 for 2,844 yards and 23 TDs/4 INTs) in addition to the season total offense mark at 3,592 yards.

To see his name permanently affixed to the facing of the east side of Bill Snyder Family Stadium speaks volumes.

“To look over there and see my name, I mean it speaks volumes because during the years coming back you see the other guys names up there and you think ‘You know I wonder when my name is going to get up there.’ So you anticipate and you anticipate and then I finally got the call and they told me it’s going up there, after I got off the phone with Sean Snyder, I set the phone down and I shed a tear,” said Bishop.

Bishop went on to say that it shows that all of his hard work has finally paid off,”and that’s something that can never be taken away from me. As long as the stadium is here, mine name is up there and it’s just a great feeling.”

A former walk-on who started his Wildcat days as a defensive back, Nelson made his mark on the Wildcat program during his final season as he was named a 2007 Consensus All-American and finalist for the Biletnikoff Award. In 2007, Nelson set school records for receptions in a game (15) and season (122), receiving yards in a game (214) and season (1,606) and yards per game in a season (133.8). He was taken 36^th overall by Green Bay in the 2008 NFL Draft.

A defensive back from 1968-70, Scott played in the first game at now-Bill Snyder Family Stadium. As a senior in 1970, he earned First Team All-America honors from Sporting News and Look Magazine in addition to being a First Team All-Big Eight honoree. Drafted 14th overall in the 1971 NFL Draft by Cleveland, Scott played 13 seasons in the NFL and helped the Browns earn four playoff appearances, while he was a 1973 Pro Bowler. He also is a member of the K-State Athletics Hall of Fame.

Sproles was one of the most dangerous all-purpose players in college football during his time at K-State (2001-2004) and as a junior helped lead the Wildcats to the 2003 Big 12 Championship and a berth in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy race that season, but his career rushing and all-purpose numbers still rank atop the school records. K-State’s all-time leading rusher with 4,979 yards, Sproles currently has three of the school’s top four season rushing marks and totaled 24 100-yard rushing games including a string of 10 straight during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. His 2,735 all-purpose yards in 2003 are the 10^th-most in NCAA history, while his career total of 6,812 is also tops in schools history. He was drafted by San Diego in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft.

These four join a class of ten other Wildcat greats Lynn Dickey, Steve Grogan, Jaime Mendez, Sean Snyder, Gary Spani, Veryl Switzer, David Allen, Martin Gramatica, Terence Newman and Mark Simoneau.

 

Game 1
South Dakota at Kansas State
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2015

Kickoff: 6:10 p.m.

Location: Manhattan, Kan.

Stadium: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)

Series: K-State leads, 3-0

TV: K-StateHD.TV

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

SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ch. 109, XM Satellite Radio Ch. 200

Wyatt Thompson (Play-by-Play)

Stan Weber (Analyst)

Matt Walters (Sidelines)

Twitter Updates: @kstatesports and @kstate_gameday

K-STATE KICKS OFF 2015 AGAINST SOUTH DAKOTA
Coming off four-straight seasons of eight or more wins and five-straight bowl berths, Kansas State opens the 2015 season against South Dakota at 6:10 p.m., Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The seventh-annual K-State Family Reunion game will be extra special as K-State welcomes four new members into its Ring of Honor. The game will be shown world-wide on K-StateHD.TV and can be heard across the K-State Sports Network with Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play), Stan Weber (analyst) and Matt Walters (sideline) on the call. The game can also be heard on Sirius channel 109, XM channel 200. K-StateHD.TV will go on the air at 5:10 p.m., with K-State Gameday, hosted by Brian Smoller and former K-Stategreats Ian Campbell and Nick Leckey. Live stats are available at the new k-statesports.com, while Twitter updates (@kstatesports and @kstate_gameday) and in-game highlights onfacebook.com/kstatesports will all be a part of the coverage.
A LOOK AT K-STATE

• Guided by 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Bill Snyder, K-State returns 44 letterwinners, including 16 starters, from the 2014 squad that went 9-4 and earned the program’s fifth-straight bowl berth.
• Six of the returning starters earned All-Big 12 honors a year ago, including three on the defensive side of the ball.
• Offensively, K-State will be able to build around four returning starters on the line, but the Wildcats must replace its starting quarterback and pair of 1,000-yard receivers.
• Experience litters the defensive side with six returning starters and three more that made at least two starts in 2014.
• Most of the experience is in the backfield with All-Big 12 safety Dante Barnett and cornerback Danzel McDaniel back along with a 12-game starter in Morgan Burns.
• K-State also brings back its regular placekicker in Matthew McCrane and punter in Nick Walsh.

A LOOK AT SOUTH DAKOTA

• Guided by fourth-year head coach Joe Glenn, the Coyotes are looking to bounce back from a 2-10 season.
• USD was out-scored by an average of 35.6-19.4 in 2014.
• One of USD’s two wins last year was a 28-21 triumph over No. 23 (FCS) Northern Arizona.

The Junction City Blue Jays scored seven first half touchdowns enroute to a season opening 56-14 win over Highland Park at Al Simpler Stadium.

The Blue Jays began their scoring onslaught in the first minute of the game when Jovon Baldwin went 36 yards for a touchdown. Just over two minutes later he was on the receiving 37 yard touchdown pass from Ryan Henington. Baldwin also caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Henington in the closing minutes of the second quarter.

Also in the first half Raye Wilson, who has moved from safety to the offensive backfield rushed for two touchdowns on runs of 56 and one yard.

The Blue Jays used a number of reserve players in the second half that saw Highland Park compete hard. The Scots scored two touchdowns and a safety on Junction City, while the Blue Jays had just one touchdown in the second half.

The Blue Jays go to Emporia next Friday while Highland Park travels to Kansas City Harmon.

PREP FOOTBALL
Abilene 34, Royal Valley 13
Alma, Neb. 39, Northern Valley 24
Andover Central 54, Valley Center 31
Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 43, Wichita Independent 27
Arkansas City 42, Winfield 25
Atchison 42, Pleasant Ridge 30
Atchison County 30, Hiawatha 22
Attica/Argonia 56, Sedan 12
Augusta 25, Wellington 14
Baldwin 21, Basehor-Linwood 19
Baxter Springs 32, Southeast 7
Beloit 22, Concordia 14
Bishop Miege 51, BV Northwest 14
Blue Valley Stillwell 62, SM Northwest 27
Bonner Springs 28, Eudora 14
Buhler 16, Andale 0
Burlingame 54, Hartford 6
Burlington 28, Eureka 0
Burrton 41, Fairfield 12
BV North 41, Blue Valley Southwest 0
Caney Valley 49, Yates Center 14
Cedar Vale/Dexter 48, Flinthills 0
Central Burden 66, Caldwell 42
Centralia 35, Valley Heights 20
Chase 52, Wheatland-Grinnell 6
Chase County 29, West Franklin 0
Cherryvale 46, Humboldt 26
Columbus 64, Chanute 26
Conway Springs 53, Bluestem 8
Derby 42, Maize 20
DeSoto 56, KC Harmon 0
Dighton/Healy 46, Quinter 0
Doniphan West 32, Onaga 6
Ell-Saline 41, Inman 21
Ellsworth 35, Russell 21
Fort Scott 24, Parsons 7
Frankfort 36, Clifton-Clyde 28
Fredonia 35, Erie 6
Garden City 28, Olathe East 14
Garden Plain 32, Cheney 7
Girard 20, Riverton 6
Goddard-Eisenhower 26, Andover 25
Goodland 40, Wray, Colo. 14
Guymon, Okla. 20, Hugoton 0
Halstead 48, Haven 6
Hanover 48, Axtell 22
Hodgeman County 50, Kiowa County 14
Hoisington 53, Larned 21
Holcomb 48, Cimarron 8
Hooker, Okla. 33, Elkhart 6
Hutchinson 48, Olathe South 14
Hutchinson Central Christian 22, Canton-Galva 18
Independence 28, Labette County 14
Ingalls 60, South Gray 8
Jackson Heights 40, Horton 0
Jefferson North 28, McLouth 12
Jefferson West 26, Riverside 0
Junction City 56, Highland Park 14
Kapaun Mount Carmel 35, Wichita East 20
KC Turner 38, KC Washington 12
Kingman 26, Nickerson 20
LaCrosse 22, Olpe 12
Lakin 44, Syracuse 6
Lansing 42, KC Piper 20
Lawrence 35, BV West 14
Lawton, Okla. 56, Salina Central 35
Lincoln 50, Tescott 24
Logan/Palco 52, Golden Plains 0
Louisburg 35, Ottawa 6
Lyndon 14, Herington 0
Maize South 34, Goddard 13
Manhattan 47, Shawnee Heights 0
Marais des Cygnes Valley 60, Lebo 12
Marion 24, Moundridge 14
Marysville 35, St. Mary’s 19
McPherson 14, Salina South 7
Meade 55, Wichita County 6
Medicine Lodge 59, Belle Plaine 0
Minneola 56, Fowler 6
Mission Valley 20, Osage City 14
Moscow 22, Balko, Okla. 6
Mulvane 28, El Dorado 12
Nemaha Central 31, Sabetha 8
Neodesha 40, Northeast-Arma 12
Ness City 50, Kinsley 0
Northern Heights 21, Council Grove 0
Norton 54, Ellis 12
Oakley 13, Colby 6
Olathe Northwest 23, Hays 9
Osawatomie 41, Frontenac 37
Osborne 52, Thunder Ridge 6
Oskaloosa 40, Valley Falls 22
Oswego 20, Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 16
Otis-Bison 56, Macksville 0
Paola 60, Spring Hill 25
Phillipsburg 35, Hays-TMP-Marian 0
Pike Valley 54, Lakeside 8
Pittsburg 57, Coffeyville 14
Prairie View 7, Wellsville 6
Pratt 35, Lyons 7
Republic County 33, Minneapolis 7
Riley County 28, Wabaunsee 0
Rock Creek 30, Wamego 14
Rock Hills 56, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 6
Rogers Heritage, Ark. 35, Olathe North 33
Rossville 48, Clay Center 13
Rural Vista 46, Little River 0
Santa Fe Trail 41, Iola 13
Satanta 38, Bucklin 0
Scott City 30, Clearwater 15
Sedgwick 40, Hutchinson Trinity 12
Silver Lake 23, Holton 22, OT
SM East 45, Gardner-Edgerton 0
SM North 22, SM South 8
SM West 34, Lawrence Free State 26
Smith Center 46, Plainville 28
Solomon 52, Centre 0
South Barber 26, Pratt Skyline 0
South Central 60, Ashland 14
South Haven 44, Oxford 22
Spearville 46, Madison/Hamilton 0
St. Francis 24, Triplains-Brewster 0
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 40, Hill City 12
St. Thomas Aquinas 38, Mill Valley 20
Sterling 46, Hillsboro 23
Sylvan-Lucas 30, Wetmore 28
Tonganoxie 32, Perry-Lecompton 28
Topeka 42, KC Schlagle 0
Topeka Hayden 28, Topeka Seaman 7
Topeka West 27, KC Wyandotte 18
Trego 52, Stockton 2
Udall 46, Norwich 0
Ulysses 38, Liberal 19
Uniontown 58, Altoona-Midway 0
Victoria 16, Central Plains 12
Wakefield 54, BV Randolph 8
Washburn Rural 21, Emporia 0
Washington County 36, Troy 18
Waverly 46, Southern Coffey 14
Weskan 70, Natoma 25
Wichita Campus 20, Newton 19
Wichita Collegiate 75, Rose Hill 0
Wichita Northwest 31, Wichita Bishop Carroll 24
Wichita West 48, Dodge City 41

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – John Danks threw a seven-hitter and Adam Eaton matched his career high with four hits, including a three-run homer, as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 12-1 Friday night.

Alexei Ramirez also had four hits – tying his career high – drove in two runs and scored three times. Tyler Flowers also hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning.

Eaton went back-to-back with Jose Abreu, his 25th, in a five-run eighth off Jeremy Guthrie.

Danks (7-12), who snapped a personal four-game losing streak, owns a 10-2 record in 21 career starts against the Royals. Three of his seven victories this season are over the AL Central-leading Royals.

After scoring 27 runs and notching 34 hits in crushing Detroit the previous two games, the Royals managed just seven hits off Danks.

The White Sox scored three runs in the first off Kris Medlen (3-1).

The Wakefield Bombers cross country team finished second out of eight squads in the Tescott Invitational.

Brock Barrett of Wakefield led all individual runners with a first place time of 19:07.  Teammage Johnathan Bowen finished fifth in 19:34.

Bennington won the meet championship with the low team score of 33 points. Wakefield was second with 47 points.

In girls competition Sierra Otto finished fourth in junior varsity competition with a time of 31:27, and Cassidy Tilley sixth in the junior varsity race in 34:29.