MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State survived a sluggish offensive effort to defeat Texas, 23-0, for the 500th victory program history.
The game was played in unseasonably warm conditions in front of 52,879, the 10th largest crowd in Bill Snyder Family Stadium history and the 18th straight sellout. The game-time temperature was 54 degrees, but climbed into the 80s by the end of the game.
The Wildcats improved to 6-1, 4-0 in the Big 12 under Snyder, who has accounted for nearly 40 percent of the program's wins.
Kansas State controlled the clock, holding the ball for nearly 40 minutes, but managed only 4.8 yards per play.
Quarterback Jake Waters completed 19 of 30 passes for 224 yards, while running back DeMarcus Robinson led the K-State rushing attack with 50 yards, but the Wildcats averaged only 2.9 yards per rush.
While the Wildcats only had spurts of offense, Texas (3-5, 2-3) didn't even have the spurts.
The Longhorns had only 196 yards of total offense.
Quarterback Tyrone Swoopes, who totaled 800 total yards in his previous two games, completed 13 of 25 passes for 106 yards for Texas, and added 31 yards on eight carries.
The shutout was the Wildcats' first in conference play since a 45-0 win at Iowa State on Nov. 8, 2003, and the first ever against Texas.
Texas' best threat occurred early in the fourth quarter.
Down, 16-0, the Longhorns went for it on fourth and less than a yard from the K-State 14 with 13:17 left. But Jonathan Gray was stopped for no gain by Jonathan Truman and Dante Barnett.
The Wildcats responded with a 10-play, 86-yard drive that took the spunk out of the Longhorns.
Kansas State controlled the first quarter, outgaining Texas, 87-40, with six first downs to two for the Longhorns. But all the Wildcats had to show for it were two field goals by Matthew McCrane and a 6-0 lead.
Neither offense could get untracked until late in the first half. Kansas State finally went 85 yards in 12 plays, covering 5:52 to give the Wildcats a 13-0 lead with 2:18 left in the half.
The third quarter was more of the same, with the Wildcats getting the only points of the quarter on a 38-yard field goal by McCrane.
NOTES: Kansas State (9-6 all-time against Texas) is the only current member of the Big 12 Conference to lead an overall series against the Longhorns. ... WR Tyler Lockett had two catches in the first quarter and moved past Michael Smith (1988-91) into third place on the all-time list at Kansas State with 180 catches. He trails only his father, Kevin Lockett (217 catches, 1993-96) and Jordy Nelson (206, 2005-07). ... QB Jake Waters moved into 10th place in passing yards in Kansas State history, moving past Paul Watson (1988-91).
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