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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 recent Large 12 rivals.
The loss ended Arizona’s nine-game profitable streak, the longest lively 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 faculties agreed to the matchup earlier than Arizona left the Pac-12 for the Large 12. And with neither having sufficient time to discover a substitute opponent, Kansas State and Arizona stored the sport however with out it counting within the convention standings.
The groups traded grinding, time-consuming landing drives to begin the sport, however in any other case the primary half-hour was suffering from penalties, psychological errors and dumbfounding miscues from two groups making an attempt to make an announcement.
Arizona did not cowl a poor punt that Edwards returned untouched for a landing. On the following drive, Fifita lazily threw over the center into double protection and was picked off by Kansas State’s Keenan Garber ultimately 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 following play, the freshman wanted solely to step out of bounds to cease the clock and produce on the field-goal group, however he as a substitute reversed area 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 ultimately.
The fleet-footed Johnson started to sling it within the second half, main his group on back-to-back TD drives. The primary featured a 48-yard move 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 recreation.
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 whole offense.
Arizona: At No. 12 Utah on Sept. 28 within the Wildcats’ first true Large 12 recreation.
Kansas State: At BYU subsequent Saturday night time.