RB gains 143 yards and scores twice

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	25	19
Total Yards	478	377
Passing	332	190
Rushing	146	187
Penalties	5-45	5-50
3rd Down Conversions	8-16	6-14
4th Down Conversions	2-2	1-1
Turnovers	3	1
Possession	31:19	28:41

Individual Leaders

Kansas State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Roberson 20/34 332 4 3	Oklahoma State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Fields 12/21 190 2 1
Kansas State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Sproles 18 74 0 24 Roberson 21 61 0 16 Wilson 3 7 0 4	Oklahoma State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Bell 28 143 2 21 Morency 11 41 0 10 Phillips 1 11 0 11
Kansas State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Terry 6 119 2 40 Sproles 5 82 1 23 Casey 5 70 0 22 Polite 2 33 0 18	Oklahoma State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Woods 6 118 0 49 Lindsay 3 32 1 18 Bajema 1 25 1 25 Woods 1 11 0 11

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				KSU	OKST
	TD	11:18	TATUM BELL 3 YD RUN (LUKE PHILLIPS KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	0	7
	TD	0:36	DARREN SPROLES 23 YD PASS FROM ELL ROBERSON (JOE RHEEM KICK) Drive info: 13 plays, 70 yards.	7	7
SECOND QUARTER				KSU	OKST
	TD	13:28	DARRENT WILLIAMS 63 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (LUKE PHILLIPS KICK)	7	14
	TD	4:10	JAMES TERRY 40 YD PASS FROM ELL ROBERSON (JOE RHEEM KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 80 yards.	14	14
	TD	0:20	BILLY BAJEMA 25 YD PASS FROM JOSH FIELDS (LUKE PHILLIPS KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 75 yards.	14	21
THIRD QUARTER				KSU	OKST
	TD	5:33	AYO SABA 4 YD RUN (JOE RHEEM KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 84 yards.	21	21
	TD	2:19	GABE LINDSAY 4 YD PASS FROM JOSH FIELDS (LUKE PHILLIPS KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 55 yards.	21	28
	TD	0:17	TATUM BELL 12 YD RUN (LUKE PHILLIPS KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 34 yards.	21	35
FOURTH QUARTER				KSU	OKST
	FG	10:46	LUKE PHILLIPS 50 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 20 yards.	21	38
	TD	7:47	THOMAS HILL 16 YD PASS FROM ELL ROBERSON (JOE RHEEM KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 72 yards.	28	38
	TD	2:51	JAMES TERRY 22 YD PASS FROM ELL ROBERSON (FAILED 2PT RUSH) Drive info: 7 plays, 74 yards.	34	38

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma State's most important run Saturday came from a skinny kid making the first carry of his career.

Luke Phillips ran 11 yards for a first down on a fake field goal in the third quarter, helping the Cowboys seize the momentum in their 38-34 victory over No. 22 Kansas State on Saturday.

"The defense was setting up perfectly, and coach said to go and get the first down," said Philips, generously listed at 6-foot, 170 pounds. "The coaches have faith in my running."

The loss was the third straight for the Wildcats (4-3, 0-2 Big 12), who were ranked No. 6 last month.

"It's a relatively quiet locker room at this point in time," said K-State coach Bill Snyder. "I'd like to think it's a locker room that recognizes that we're still making the effort to go 15 rounds."

Tatum Bell ran for 143 yards and two touchdowns and Darrent Williams returned one of his two interceptions for a score as Oklahoma State (5-1, 1-1) won its fifth straight while avenging last season's 44-9 loss at Kansas State.

Since a deflating loss at Nebraska in the season-opener, the Cowboys have rolled past their last five opponents by a combined score of 236-70. Oklahoma State is off to its best start since 1997.

"This was an important victory for us," said coach Les Miles after the Cowboys ended a nine-game losing streak to K-State. "It lays out the rest of the season extremely well."

Bell, benched in the first quarter of last week's win over Louisiana-Lafayette after a fumble, rebounded in a big way as he repeatedly found holes in a Kansas State defense that had held 11 of its last 14 opponents under 100 yards rushing.

"We put it all together today and things just turned out right," said Bell. "I took it personally the way they beat us last year."

The game turned late in the third quarter on the fake field goal, With the score tied 21-all, Oklahoma State faced fourth-and-7 from K-State's 31 when Phillips ran 11 yards around the right end.

Three plays later, Josh Fields hit Gabe Lindsay across the middle for the go-ahead touchdown.

"We felt like we needed seven," said Miles. "You feel the momentum of the game and you understand that it needs to be a seven-pointer rather than three. It was a wonderful play and it was successful."

Ell Roberson's pass was intercepted by Williams on the next series and, three plays later, Bell scored on a 12-yard run to give the Cowboys a 35-21 lead.

Phillips added a 50-yard field goal, but the Wildcats still tried to make a game of it.

Roberson threw two touchdown passes late in the fourth quarter, but a botched hold on the second extra-point attempt left Kansas State down by four points.

Oklahoma State recovered the onside kick and ran the clock down with several runs by Bell.

The loss wasted a career day passing for Roberson, who threw for 332 yards and four touchdowns. He also had three interceptions.

It was one of Roberson's errant throws that Williams took back 63 yards for a score in the second quarter to give Oklahoma State a 14-7 lead. It was the fourth interception return for a touchdown in Williams' career, setting a Big 12 record.

"We've got some issues as far as turnovers, interceptions," said Snyder. "Obviously that was a factor, and it's not always the quarterback's fault. I think he's better this week than he was last week, but I still think he's making enough mistakes that he can get you in trouble."

Kansas State's other offensive threat, tailback Darren Sproles, ran for 74 yards and caught five passes for 82 yards and a score.

The 5-7 Sproles, whose darting, juking running style calls to mind Barry Sanders, moved to No. 6 on Kansas State's career all-purpose list with 214 yards.

Speaking of Sanders, Oklahoma State's Heisman Trophy winner was honored at halftime for his recent selection to the College Football Hall of Fame. The orange-clad crowd of 46,087 greeted the normally reclusive star with a standing ovation as some of his college highlights played on a video screen.