No. 20 Arizona Falls on the Road at No. 14 Kansas State

7

Arizona
ARI

2-1 , 0-0

31

Winner

Kansas State
KSU

3-0 , 0-0

7

31

Kansas State
KSU

3-0 , 0-0

Winner

Rating By Quarters

Staff	1st	2nd	third	4th	F
ARI Arizona	7	0	0	0	7
KSU Kansas State	7	7	14	3	31

Sport Recap: Soccer | 09/13/2024 | By DAVE SKRETTA

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Avery Johnson threw two landing passes, Dylan Edwards returned a punt 71 yards for a rating and No. 14 Kansas State beat No. 20 Arizona 31-7 on Friday night time in a uncommon nonconference matchup of latest Massive 12 rivals.

The loss ended Arizona’s nine-game successful streak, the longest energetic streak within the Soccer Bowl Subdivision.

Johnson had 156 yards passing and 110 yards speeding, and D.J. Giddens added 86 yards speeding and a rating, as Kansas State (3-0) rebounded from a lackluster highway with over Tulane with an emphatic victory over the desert Wildcats.

Noah Fifita had 268 yards passing for Arizona (2-1) with an interception. Tetairoa McMillan had 11 catches for 138 yards, however the potential first-round NFL draft choose was unable to show any of these grabs into an enormous play or landing.

The colleges agreed to the matchup earlier than Arizona left the Pac-12 for the Massive 12. And with neither having sufficient time to discover a alternative opponent, Kansas State and Arizona saved the sport however with out it counting within the convention standings.

The groups traded grinding, time-consuming landing drives to start out the sport, however in any other case the primary half-hour was tormented by penalties, psychological errors and dumbfounding miscues from two groups attempting to make an announcement.

Arizona didn’t cowl a poor punt that Edwards returned untouched for a landing. On the subsequent drive, Fifita lazily threw over the center into double protection and was picked off by Kansas State’s Keenan Garber in the long run zone.

Johnson made maybe probably the most embarrassing gaffe. He was sacked on the Arizona 19 with 24 seconds left within the first half. On the subsequent play, the freshman wanted solely to step out of bounds to cease the clock and convey on the field-goal workforce, however he as an alternative reversed discipline and ran the opposite approach, permitting the clock to run out with out the prospect for an try.

Kansas State nonetheless led 14-7 on the half, and the error did not matter in the long run.

The fleet-footed Johnson started to sling it within the second half, main his workforce on back-to-back TD drives. The primary featured a 48-yard cross to Jayce Brown on third-and-12, establishing Johnson’s scoring toss to Brayden Loftin. The subsequent included a 21-yard throw to Loftin earlier than Giddens plowed into the tip zone to present Kansas State a 28-7 lead.

Kansas State stuffed Arizona on fourth down a couple of minutes later, and merely needed to run out the clock within the fourth quarter.

Arizona may need fared higher had it not repeatedly damage itself with flags. It dedicated 30 yards price of penalties on a single drive within the first half, and completed with 9 penalties for 74 yards within the sport.

Kansas State’s protection had one thing to show after permitting Tulane to throw for 342 yards and pile up 491 in final week’s 34-27 comeback win. The Wildcats held Arizona to 324 yards of complete offense.

Arizona: At No. 12 Utah on Sept. 28 within the Wildcats’ first true Massive 12 sport.

Kansas State: At BYU subsequent Saturday night time.