Game Balls
Michael Reynolds was in on 3.5 tackles for losses, including one sack, and six overall tackles.
Ben Heeney, as good a performer as KU had this season, was in on a team-high 10 tackles, seven of the solo variety.
Gassers
Jimmay Mundine had two huge drops, the first possibly turning a touchdown into a field goal, the second on a great throw from hot-handed Heaps when KU was driving. He double-bobbled it into the hands of a K-State defender and the Wildcats drove for a score that put them up 28-10.
Montell Cozart threw a bad interception and finished the season completing 35 percent of his passes, averaging 3.67 yards per pass play. He threw two interceptions and no touchdown passes in 60 passes.
• Jeremiah Hatch, taken off the field on a stretcher the week before when he had no feeling in his limbs, returned to action and never stopped hustling.
• Linebacker Steven Johnson brings it every play.
• Every player on the field when Kansas State completed the pass that set up the field goal at the end of the first half.
• Every player on the field when K-State opened the second half with Tyler Lockett’s kick return for a touchdown.
• Every player on the field when Kansas was flagged for three penalties on the same play.