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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Maybe this is why Kansas State loads up
with creampuffs.
Facing a non-Big 12 regular-season opponent from a major
conference for the first time since 1994, the ninth-ranked
Wildcats did not wrap up a 27-7 victory over Iowa on Saturday until
they turned a lucky interception into Jonathan Beasley's touchdown
with 5:03 to play.
|  | | Jonathan Beasley can't escape Iowa's Anthony Herron in the second quarter of K-State's 27-7 victory. |
Beasley's eight-yard run turned a shaky 17-7 lead into a more
comfortable 24-7 advantage. Then Jamie Rheem's second field goal
with 1:38 to go provided a deceptively respectable final score in
the Eddie Robinson Classic.
More than 60,000 Wildcats fans crammed into Arrowhead Stadium
despite temperatures nearing 100 degrees and probably went home
wondering if this team can indeed meet its goal of challenging for
the national championship.
Another worry for the Wildcats was a knee injury that put star running back and kick returner David Allen out of the game in the second half. Allen suffered a twisted left knee on a punt return. Allen will skip Saturday's game against Louisiana Tech and could miss others because of the injury.
Kansas State's first three possessions of the second half ended
in turnovers against the Hawkeyes, who are coming off a 1-10 year.
David Allen's fumble led to Iowa's touchdown that made it 17-7
midway through the third quarter. Then the Hawkeyes stopped Kansas
State threats with two consecutive interceptions, one in the end
zone on third-and-7 from the 10.
But late in the fourth, after Iowa retained possession when
Kansas State was flagged for roughing the kicker on a punt, Scott
Mullen's pass bounced off the head of receiver Kevin Kasper and
into the arms of cornerback Jerametrius Butler, who returned the
ball 32 yards to the Iowa 15.
On third-and-3 from the 8, Beasley, Kansas State's senior
quarterback, faked a pass and ran left, squeezing into the end
zone.
The heavily favored Wildcats scooted 68 yards in five plays to
take a 7-0 lead on their first possession, but were held out of the
end zone and looked rather ragged until scoring a second TD with
just 19 seconds left in the half.
With Iowa appearing to take the momentum, Beasley made an errant
pitch and lost 14 yards back to his own 47. But after an incomplete
pass, Iowa drew a 16-yard personal-foul penalty for a hit on
Beasley's head by Grant Steen.
Suddenly, the Wildcats had new life and new energy on the Iowa
38. On third-and-7, Beasley found David Allen for 17 yards and a
first down.
Then on third-and-goal, Quincy Morgan got free in the
end zone and Beasley found him for the four-yard score, putting the Wildcats on top 17-0 with 19 seconds left in the first half.
Allen scored the first TD on a 1-yard run 4:18 into the game.
Beasley and Martez Wesley combined on a 60-yard pass play that put
the ball on the Iowa 2.
Rheem, who missed a 47-yard field goal try in the second
quarter, made it 10-0 late in the first half with a 24-yarder. The
drive went 87 yards in 11 plays after Allen's 85-yard punt return
was nullified by an illegal block.
Ladell Betts broke free up the middle for 30 yards to set up
Iowa's touchdown with 7:59 left in the third quarter. On third-and-
goal from the 1, Betts outran two defenders to the corner of the
end zone.
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