Malik Knowles set the tone on the first play of the game, racing for a 75-yard score on a jet sweep, and the Kansas State Wildcats just kept rolling to a 34-0 victory over the South Dakota Coyotes at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
South Dakota held K-State on its next possession, but a second consecutive three-and-out by the Wildcat defense led to a blocked punt by Seth Porter which was scooped up for a 32-yard touchdown by Desmond Purnell to put K-State up 14-0. After another three-and-out, K-State traversed into Coyote territory, but an attempt to go for it on fourth down ended with a blind-side delayed blitz and an Adrian Martinez fumble; the Cats recovered but turned it over on downs.