NCAA Football Recap (Bowling Green-Kansas St)
Posted: Sat September 27, 1997 at 7:53 p.m. EDT
Mike Lawrence ran for three touchdowns and Kansas
State allowed just 56 total yards in a 58-0 thumping of Bowling
Green, which suffered its worst loss in 62 years.
Eric Hickson rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown for the
Wildcats (3-0), who have beaten Mid-American Conference teams in
their last two games. Kansas State plays at number three
Nebraska next week.
"I'm pleased with the way our youngsters played," said Kansas
State coach Bill Snyder. "I'm unhappy about some of the
penalties we had. That's very undisciplined."
(We expect that play) not just out of Eric, but of every single
one of them," Snyder continued. "You expect your running backs
to get positive yardage. You can't be a running back if you
can't do those things."
Mike Bishop completed 8-of-12 passes for 142 yards and ran for a
score before giving way to Jonathan Beasley, who completed all
three of his passes for 67 yards and a touchdown.
The 56 yards were a school low for Bowling Green, worse than the
previous mark of 72 set against Miami of Ohio in 1951. The
Falcons (2-3) were held to minus-nine yards rushing and took
their worst beating since a 63-0 rout administered by Toledo on
November 2nd, 1935.
"They're a good football team," Bowling Green coach Gary
Blackney conceeded. "We'll find out how good they are next
week."
Lawrence opened the scoring from a yard out 7:09 into the game,
capping a 10-play, 91-yard drive. It remained that way until
Bishop did the same less than three minutes into the second
quarter to culminate a 66-yard drive. Martin Gramatica added
field goals of 23 and 27 yards to stake the Wildcats to a 20-0
halftime lead.
Kansas State refused to relent in the second half as Gramatica
booted a 46-yard field goal to make it 23-0 with 9:37 left in
the third quarter. The Wildcats then struck for two touchdowns
in a 73-second span as Hickson had a one-yard plunge to cap a
34-yard drive.
After a fumble recovered by defensive end Monty Beisel gave
Kansas State the ball at the Bowling Green 22, Bishop hit Justin
Swift with a 17-yard pass and Lawrence dashed in from five yards
out for a 37-0 bulge with 4:02 to go in the third period.
The Wildcats poured it on in the fourth quarter as Beasley and
Darnell McDonald hooked up on a five-yard scoring pass six
seconds into the fourth quarter, Marlon Charles had a 12-yard
jaunt and Lawrence completed the scoring with a six-yard run.
"I know I did better than last week," said Beasley. "It makes
me feel better and it gives me more confidence."
Charles finished with 66 yards on 11 carries as Kansas State
amassed 638 yards of total offense. Grammatica has kicked six
of his seven field goals in the last two games.
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