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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- What mattered most to Jonathan Beasley
wasn't that his 15th rushing touchdown broke Kansas State's
single-season record. It's that it came in a game where the Wildcats (No. 8 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) needed every touchdown they could get.
"As long as we're winning, I'm not worried about breaking
records or anything like that. I'm more conscious about winning,"
said Beasley, who ran for one score and threw for another as Kansas
State held off Texas Tech 28-23 on Saturday night.
|  | | Roderick Cartwright's 15-yard TD run gave Kansas State a 21-9 lead in the third quarter. |
Shaud Williams scored for the Red Raiders (5-3, 1-3 Big 12
Conference) on a 4-yard run with 31 seconds left, but Dyshod Carter
recovered the onside kick for Kansas State at the Texas Tech 47.
"It's unfortunate that we fell short," Texas Tech coach Mike
Leach said. "We had it right there for the taking, and we didn't
do it."
Beasley, who shared the record with Bill Butler (1971) and
Michael Bishop (1998), broke it with a 1-yard run early in the
second quarter to give Kansas State (7-1, 3-1) a 7-0 lead.
Beasley added a 21-yard TD pass to Quincy Morgan in the second
quarter but also was sacked for a safety and threw two
fourth-quarter interceptions deep in Texas Tech territory.
"I tried to force it," Beasley said of his fourth-quarter
struggles. "I tried to play out of myself instead of within
myself, doing the things I know I can."
Kliff Kingsbury was 29-for-60 for 302 yards and a touchdown for
Texas Tech, which has lost its last two games. Kansas State was
coming off a 41-31 loss to No. 3 Oklahoma, where Leach also
installed a wide-open offense last year as the Sooners' offensive
coordinator.
"There's a lot of similarities," Kansas State coach Bill
Snyder said. "I think it helped just to be able to get personnel
groupings on the field to play against a four-wide type of offense
that is going to get the ball off quickly."
Kingsbury also threw two interceptions, including one by Carter
that set up Josh Scobey's 2-yard TD run with 3:52 left in the game,
and was sacked four times.
"I thought he played well," Leach said. "He certainly played
tough, but he's played tough all year. I'm sure there's some passes
he'd like to have back, but he stood in there and took some hits. I
was proud of him."
After the record-breaking score, the Red Raiders cut Kansas
State's lead to 7-2 when Kevin Curtis sacked Beasley in the end
zone for a safety. Texas Tech took the resulting free kick and
drove downfield, but DeMarcus Faggins tipped Kingsbury's pass to
Tim Baker and Ben Leber intercepted at Kansas State's 7.
"We were right there and we really thought we had them on the
ropes," said Baker, who had nine catches for 94 yards. "We just
couldn't throw that knockout punch that we needed to throw."
Beasley was 5-for-5 for 82 yards on the Wildcats' ensuing
possession, capped by his TD pass to Morgan for a 14-2 lead with
2:42 left in the half, but Derek Dorris caught a 1-yard TD pass
from Kingsbury with 44 seconds left to make it 14-9.
Kingsbury was a perfect 3-for-3 on that drive, setting up the
score with passes of 41 and 27 yards to Dorris. Dorris led the Red
Raiders with nine catches for 124 yards.
Brice Libel's blocked punt set up Roderick Cartwright's 15-yard
TD run in the third quarter, giving Kansas State a 21-9 lead, but
Ricky Williams answered with a 1-yard TD run on the Red Raiders'
next possession.
"I was hoping that would be a little bigger for us," said
Libel, whose blocked punt was the fourth of his career. "I was
hoping we'd score and our defense would hold. Our defense didn't
happen to hold, but we did get seven points out of it."
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