{"id":296743,"date":"2025-10-12T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/296743\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T07:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:36:24","slug":"avery-johnsons-three-td-passes-two-defensive-scores-lift-k-state-over-tcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/296743\/","title":{"rendered":"Avery Johnson\u2019s three TD passes, two defensive scores lift K-State over TCU"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANHATTAN, Kan. \u2014 Avery Johnson threw three touchdown passes \u2014 two to Garrett Oakley \u2014 and Kansas State added two defensive touchdowns to defeat TCU<\/a>, 41-28, Saturday afternoon. Des Purnell had two interceptions, including a pick-6, for the Wildcats.<\/p>\n

Johnson finished 16-of-26 passing for 196 yards for Kansas State (3-4, 2-2 Big 12).<\/p>\n

Josh Hoover<\/a> was 26-of-47 passing for 376 yards and three touchdowns for TCU (4-2, 1-2 Big 12).<\/p>\n

K-State took a two-score lead early in the third quarter with its second defensive touchdown of the game. Purnell picked off Hoover and raced 25 yards for the score.<\/p>\n

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Johnson then found Garrett Oakley for his second touchdown, this time from 17 yards out, to give the Wildcats a 28-7 lead with 3:57 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

TCU used a seven-play, 75-yard drive in just 1:51 to draw within 28-14 late in the fourth quarter. Hoover found Chase Curtis on a 2-yard touchdown on fourth down.<\/p>\n

But Johnson found Jarend Bradley for a 12-yard touchdown to give K-State a 35-14 lead.<\/p>\n

Hoover connected with Eric McAlister for an 85-yard touchdown, but Purnell\u2019s second interception in TCU territory set up a Luis Rodriguez field goal.<\/p>\n

TCU got on the scoreboard with a 12-play, 93-yard drive late in the first half. Jeremy Payne went around the left end for a 1-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

Kansas State answered with a 32-yard touchdown pass from Johnson to Oakley, capping a six-play, 75-yard drive to even the score.<\/p>\n

On TCU\u2019s second play of the ensuing possession, Hoover\u2019s pass to Ed Small was ruled a backward pass. It was recovered by Wesley Fair at the TCU 15-yard line. Fair ran it in for a touchdown, giving K-State a 14-7 lead at the half.<\/p>\n

The Takeaway<\/p>\n

TCU:<\/b> The Horned Frogs waited too long to find their offense. They started each half with anemic offense before getting long drives started.<\/p>\n

Kansas State:<\/b> The Wildcats were opportunistic, scoring twice on defense and holding TCU to 1 of 4 on fourth down.<\/p>\n

Up Next<\/p>\n

TCU returns home next Saturday for a morning game against Baylor, while Kansas State has a bye before its \u201cSunflower Showdown\u201d game at Kansas Oct. 25.<\/p>\n

Find more TCU coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANHATTAN, Kan. \u2014 Avery Johnson threw three touchdown passes \u2014 two to Garrett Oakley \u2014 and Kansas State…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":296744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,10857,7371,7372,45435,22503,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-296743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-colleges","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fortworth","12":"tag-sonny-dykes","13":"tag-tcu-horned-frogs","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115360052104981306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}