Kansas State 36, Baylor 35
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 1, 2011
Where: Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Temperature:
72°
Head Official:
Tom Walker
Attendance:
49399
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Baylor’s Robert Griffin III couldn’t have picked a worse time to throw his first interception of the season.
Anthony Cantele kicked a 31-yard field goal with 3:10 left as Kansas State escaped with a wild 36-35 victory over the 16th-ranked Bears on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
With Baylor leading 35-33 late in the fourth quarter, Griffin III had a pass intercepted by Arthur Brown in Bears territory. The Wildcats took over at Baylor’s 15-yard line and ran three rushing plays before settling for the go-ahead field goal.
The Bears (3-1, 0-1 Big 12), with a chance to win late, drove eight yards but turned the ball over on downs when Griffin III’s fourth-down pass was batted down at the line.
The win helped Kansas State improve to 4-0 for the second straight year as the home team won for the fifth straight time in the series. Baylor, which was trying to start a season 4-0 for the first time since 1991, won last year’s meeting, 47-42.
Griffin III tied a career-high with five touchdown passes in the loss and Kendall Wright had a career-high nine catches for 201 receiving yards. Griffin III’s interception was his first in 163 attempts.
Baylor took a 35-26 lead late in the third quarter on Wright’s 35-yard touchdown reception. But the Wildcats (4-0, 1-0 Big 12), who earned a 28-24 come-from-behind victory last week at Miami, responded on Collin Klein’s 1-yard rushing touchdown with 5:43 left.
Klein finished with 146 passing yards and two touchdowns and ran for 113 yards and a touchdown for the Wildcats, who defeated a top 25 opponent for just the third time in its last 18 tries.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Baylor
|
429 |
83 |
346 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
3.0 |
0 |
Kansas State
|
356 |
210 |
146 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
4.0 |
2 |