Midnite Madness: TCU-Kansas State Game Photos

Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

TCU head football coach Gary Patterson (left) and first-year Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman visit prior to the kickoff of the TCU-Kansas State football game on Saturday, October 19, in Manhattan, Kansas.

For their game against Kansas State, TCU players wore white helmets, white jerseys and white pants.

Here come the Frogs!

Here come the Wildcats!

TCU's captains for the game were (left to right) Alex Delton (#16), Cordel Iwuagwu (#70), Trevon Moehrig (#7) and Garret Wallow (#30). It was Moehrig's first time as a captain this season.

(photos above and below) Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson (#10) led Kansas State to a 24-17 victory over TCU. Thompson completed 11 of 23 passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns.

(photos above and below) When Kansas State junior quarterback Skylar Thompson (#10) wasn't throwing the football, he was running with it. Thompson was K-State's leading rusher. He ran the ball 10 times for a net 68 yards and one touchdown. He had a 61-yard run during the Wildcats' game-winning touchdown drive in the fourth quarter.

Against TCU, Kansas State ran the football 33 times for a net 94 yards, the Wildcats' lowest rushing total of the season. Senior running back James Gilbert (#34) rushed 14 times for a net 38 yards.

(photos above and below) Kansas State tight end Nick Lenners (#87) caught two passes for 34 yards against the Frogs, including one for the Wildcats' first touchdown.


(photo above) On TCU's second possession of the game, early in the first quarter, TCU punter Jordy Sandy (#31) had a punt blocked by Kansas State's Jonathan Alexander. (photo below) With several of his Wildcat teammates, Alexander (#17) celebrates his blocked punt, which was recovered by Kansas State at the TCU 20-yard line. Two plays later, K-State had a touchdown and a 7-0 lead.

TCU co-offensive coordinators Sonny Cumbie (left) and Curtis Luper put together an offensive game plan that out-gained Kansas State, but tallied less points that the Wildcats. TCU gained 366 total yards; 228 yards rushing and 138 yards passing.

(photos above and below) Against Kansas State, TCU starting quarterback Max Duggan (#15) completed 16 of 29 passes for 132 yards. He threw no touchdown passes and had none of his passes intercepted. Duggan now has 142 passing attempts on the season without an interception, the second-longest streak in TCU history. It trails only Jeff Ballard's 154 attempts without a pick in 2006.

(photos above and below) TCU starting quarterback Max Duggan (#15) rushed for 115 net yards and a touchdown on 13 carries against Kansas State. Duggan became the first TCU quarterback to rush for 100 yards in a game since Trevone Boykin rushed for 124 yards at Kansas State in 2015. Duggan had the three longest carries of his career with runs of 18, 24 yards and 46 yards.

(photos above and below) Against Kansas State, TCU running back Sewo Olonilua (#33) carried the football 12 times for 56 yards and one touchdown. He caught one pass for five yards. Olonilua's touchdown against the Wildcats was his third of the season and 13th of his career.

TCU running back Darius Anderson (#13) carried the football 13 times against Kansas State. He gained 56 yards. He caught one pass for six yards.

TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor (#1) had season-highs in receptions (eight) and receiving yards (85) against Kansas State.

TCU receivers, including Te'vailance Hunt (#9), had a tough time against Kansas State defenders. The Frogs had only 18 receptions for 138 yards, and no touchdowns.

TCU quarterback Alex Delton (#16) appeared in the game against Kansas State for one series, in the second quarter. He completed two-of-two passes for six yards. Delton is a graduate transfer from Kansas State. Delton was a quarterback on the Kansas State football team from 2015-18. In last year's TCU-Kansas State game, as a Wildcat, Delton had a one-yard touchdown run against the Horned Frogs. If in this game he would have scored as a Horned Frog, he would have become the second player in TCU history to score for and against the Frogs. Josh Doctson was the first player to achieve that milestone.

For much of the game against Kansas State, TCU head coach Gary Patterson's defense controlled the Wildcats' offense. Kansas State gained only 266 total yards against the Frogs. The Wildcats had 172 yards passing and 94 yards rushing.

(photos above and below) TCU linebacker Garret Wallow (#30), defensive end Ochaun Mathis (#32) and safety Trevon Moehrig (#7) limited Kansas State to 172 yards through the air. Wallow, who recently was added to the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, presented to the nation's top defensive player, had a team-best eight tackles in the game. He has been TCU's leading tackler in all but one game this season.

Against Kansas State, TCU true freshman linebacker Wyatt Harris (#25) made his first collegiate start. He is the third true freshman to start on defense for the Frogs this season. Harris had a career-high five tackles, including his first career sack. He also had two tackles for loss and a pair of quarterback hurries. TCU defensive tackle Ross Blacklock (#90) had a sack to give him a team-best 3.5 sacks on the season. He totaled two stops for a loss as part of four tackles.