Oklahoma St. 0 7 10 7—24
Kansas St. 0 7 0 7—14
Second Quarter
KSt — W.Powell 8 run (Cherry kick), 6:41.
OkSt — Harrison 15 pass from Weeden (Bailey kick), :56.
Third Quarter
OkSt — J.Cooper 16 pass from Weeden (Bailey kick), 5:51.
OkSt — FG Bailey 34, 1:30.
Fourth Quarter
OkSt — Jo.Thomas 26 interception return (Bailey kick), 7:06.
KSt — Dan.Thomas 1 run (Cherry kick), 4:17.
A — 50,831.
TEAM STATISTICS
OkSt KSt
First downs 24 20
Rushes-yards 37-213 37-111
Passing 298 178
Comp-Att-Int 22-39-0 25-38-3
Return Yards 35 27
Punts-Avg. 6-41.3 6-45.3
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards 10-100 7-40
Time of Possession 25:21 34:39
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Oklahoma St., Hunter 28-143, Randle 7-64, Weeden 1-8, Team 1-(minus 2). Kansas St., Dan.Thomas 29-101, W.Powell 1-8, Klein 2-3, Harper 1-0, Coffman 4-(minus 1).
PASSING – Oklahoma St., Weeden 22-39-0-298. Kansas St., Coffman 23-35-2-170, Dan. Thomas 2-3-1-8.
RECEIVING — Oklahoma St., Bowling 8-92, Randle 4-59, Anderson 3-64, J.Cooper 3-38, Harrison 3-31, Ward 1-14. Kansas St., Quarles 9-59, Hilburn 6-49, Dan.Thomas 5-32, Harper 3-28, W.Powell 1-5, Wilson 1-5.
MANHATTAN, (AP) — With a defensive touchdown and a big sigh of relief, No. 20 Oklahoma State got through a game without Justin Blackmon.
It wasn’t easy. Without the nation’s leading wide receiver, the attack that came in No. 3 nationally in total offense and No. 2 in scoring wheezed and sputtered much of the day, particularly in a 7-7 first half. But Brandon Weeden threw two TD passes, helping the penalty-plagued Cowboys (7-1 overall, 3-1 Big 12) beat the Wildcats 24-14 on Saturday and stay on course for what could become a banner year.
Blackmon, suspended for the game after being arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge, is expected back next week for Baylor.
“Blackmon is a great player,” said Weeden. “But we can win without one guy. We said that all along, we can fill that void. The guys did fill that void today. I was happy with the way the rest of the guys stepped up in his absence.”
Punter Quinn Sharp kept pinning Kansas State inside its 10, too.
Weeden was 22 for 39 for 298 yards and the two TD. Kendall Hunter rushed for 143 yards and Bo Bowling had eight catches for 92 yards, just six away from his season total coming in.
“Tonight was an opportunity for him to play a lot of snaps and develop some rapport with Brandon, which happened all week,” offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen said. “And it was good to see it translate into the game.”
The Cowboys’ 7-1 start ties for the second-best eight-game record in school history.
“We had to have a lot of people step up this game,” said wide receiver Josh Cooper, whose 16-yard TD reception put the Cowboys on top 14-7 in the third. “A lot of our young players came in and did a great job of making plays.”
Kansas State (5-3, 2-3) scored on Daniel Thomas’ 1-yard touchdown run with a little more than 4 minutes left, and then recovered the ensuing short kick. But an offside penalty forced the Wildcats to kick it again and Oklahoma State carefully gathered in the ball.
Carson Coffman was 23 for 35 for Kansas State, but threw two interceptions. Johnny Thomas returned the second one 26 yards for Oklahoma State’s final score.
“We had opportunities to win as an offense and I feel like I let the team down,” Coffman said. “I didn’t play very well today. I had two interceptions. The defense played great. They gave up 17 points to one of the best offenses in the nation and I just didn’t get it done.”
Weeden, No. 2 in the nation in yards passing per game, also connected with Michael Harrison for a 15-yard touchdown strike in the second quarter as the Cowboys rebounded from a 48-13 loss to Nebraska.
