Oklahoma State Scores 28 in the First Quarter, Beats Kansas State 66-28
The game was tied exactly once, at 7-7, and that lasted until Caleb Hawkins ran 21 yards for a touchdown with 8:24 left in the first quarter. Oklahoma State never looked back and beat Kansas State 66-28. It was 28-7 after one quarter and 49-14 at the half, which is more or less where the suspense ended.
Here is the fantasy part, and the reason you are probably reading this. Drew Mestemaker was 22 of 28 for 313 yards and four touchdown passes (to Justin Bowick, Morgan McPhaul, Miles Coleman and Hawkins), then ran one in from a yard out, then caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Wyatt Young in the third quarter. That is six touchdowns by one quarterback, and he was the one who caught a pass. Hawkins, meanwhile, ran 20 times for 175 yards and three scores, and added six catches for 71 yards and a touchdown catch. The two of them accounted for 105.7 Promethium points between them.
The Cowboys finished with 565 yards, 342 through the air and 223 on the ground, against 327 for Kansas State. The Wildcats also threw three interceptions to Oklahoma State's one, and the one they did get went back 18 yards for a Logan Bartley touchdown. Derrick Salley Jr. did his part, with a 73-yard catch from Blake Barnett in the first quarter and an 18-yard one from Dillon Duff in the third. Rodney Fields Jr. added a 1-yard run in the fourth. Sam Keltner closed the scoring with a 23-yard field goal at 4:20.
Oklahoma State moves to 6-3, Kansas State falls to 4-5. A 38-point margin is a lot to explain, but the short version is that Oklahoma State scored first, scored again, and kept going.