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Kansas State Spoils Rutgers ACC Debut, Hands Team First Loss of Season
Rutgers Offense Falters in Manhattan, Wildcat Kicker Cantele Earns POG Honors

WEEK 2 ACC SCORES -----#25 Rutgers (1-1, 0-1) 17 @ 19 Kansas State (2-0, 2-0)-----Boston College (0-1, 0-1) 16 @ 41 North Carolina (1-0, 1-0)-----NC State (0-1, 0-1) 28 @ 38 #16 Miami (2-0, 1-0) -----Temple (0-1, 0-0) 0 @ 42 Maryland (1-0, 0-0)-----Ohio (0-1, 0-0) 14 @ 33 Louisville (1-1, 0-1) -----#11 Virginia Tech (2-0, 0-0) 41 @ 24 ECU (0-1, 0-0) -----#5 Georgia (1-0, 0-0) 24 @ 21 Clemson (0-1, 0-0)-----Florida State (0-1, 0-1) 24 @ 31 Notre Dame (1-1, 1-1)-----

Week 2, Season 3
August 31, 2013
Manhattan, Kansas

Offense
Rutgers offense was forced to punt 5 straight times on Saturday afternoon, the most ever under Coach Rick Ross. Chas Dodd struggled in finding receivers for most of the game and when he did the Scarlet Knights averaged just 8 yards a completion.

Rutgers had a chance to take an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter but a 4th and goal at the one was stuffed by the Kansas State D-Line. With the change of possessions at the 1, Rutgers would force a Safety within the next few plays.

Kansas State would score the first touchdown of the game, when JUCO transfer Jake Waters would find true freshman TE Cody Small on a short 1 yard TD score. Waters threw for 201 yards in the game and the lone score. Of his 21 completions he would find 8 different targets in the win.

The Rutgers run game only ran for 105 yards combined today but the unit kept Rutgers in the game all along. Savon Huggins broke free on a long 52 yard run to get RU inside the 10. Rutgers would score on the drive on an 8 yard reception from senior Jeremy Deering.

True freshman running back Chris Ball put Rutgers up 17-16 in the 3rd quarter with a 9 yard run, the freshman's first career score.

Leading the way for Kansas St. was receiver Tremaine Thompson who finished with 108 yards through the air. His 31 yard reception in the 4th quarter on a 3rd down help set up the go ahead field goal.

Like their passing game, Kansas St. spread the love out in the run game as 7 players saw carries, none more than DeMarcus Robinson. The 3rd string back led the way with 15 carries and 39 yards.

Rutgers seems to have an inability to score touchdowns in the red zone. Something that plagued the team during Coach Ross' first season.

Defense
Both teams played a turnover free game this afternoon. Kansas State was able too force Rutgers to go just 3/11 on 3rd downs and 0 for their first 7!

The only sack of the day was recorded by Wildcats Bo Tillman, who would force Rutgers to punt from their own 10 yard line.

Sophomore corner Patrick Johnson continues to improve for the Scarlet Knights as he tied for the team lead with 10 tackles in todays game.

Special Teams
It's rare that a kicker wins player of the game honors but Anthony Cantele did just that. The red shirt senior was 4/4 on the day including nailing a 57 yarder to open the scoring in the 3rd quarter, giving the Wildcats a 13-10 lead. Cantele totaled 11 of his teams 19 points.

For Rutgers it is now clear not being able to kick field goals from 45 yards+ is seriously hurting the team. Especially when the offense is struggling and cannot convert on 3rd downs, let alone 4th. Harrell didn't get an opportunity to kick today other then a single extra point attempt.

Up Next
Things won't get much easier for the Scarlet Knights as they welcome Florida State to SHI Stadium in New Brunswick. The Seminoles are coming off of a 31-24 loss at the hands of Notre Dame in South Bend.

Rutgers HB Savon Huggins breaks through two defenders en route to a career long 52 yard run.


Kansas State kicker Anthony Cantele hits a career long 57 yard FG.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Kansas State Wildcats
Aug 31, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#25 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-0,0-0)	2	8	7	0	-	17
Kansas State Wildcats (1-0,1-0)	7	3	6	3	-	19

Team Stats Comparison
	RUTG	KSU
Total Offense	282	318
Rushing Yards	105	117
Passing Yards	177	201
First Downs	12	19
Punt Return Yards	7	24
Kick Return Yards	117	52
Total Yards	406	394
Turnovers	0	0
3rd Down Conversion	3/11	7/16
4th Down Conversion	0/2	1/1
2-Point Conversion	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/2/0	6/1/2
Penalties	2/25	2/15
Possession Time	13:20	18:40

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		RUTG	KSU
	(RUTG) M. Thompson forces SAFETY	2	0
	(KSU) C. Small 1 yd TD from J. Waters (Cantele kick)	2	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		RUTG	KSU
	(KSU) A. Cantele, 35 yd FG	2	10
	(RUTG) J. Deering 8 yd TD from C. Dodd (2 pt good)	10	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		RUTG	KSU
	(KSU) A. Cantele, 57 yd FG	10	13
	(KSU) A. Cantele, 23 yd FG	10	16
	(RUTG) C. Ball 9 yd TD run (Harrell kick)	17	16
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		RUTG	KSU
	(KSU) A. Cantele, 37 yd FG	17	19

Rutgers Scarlet Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chas Dodd 15/31 120 1 0 Gary Nova 2/2 57 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Savon Huggins 16 105 6.5 0 Chris Ball 2 9 4.5 1 Chas Dodd 2 -9 -4.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jeremy Deering 7 116 16.5 1 Savon Huggins 5 18 3.6 0 Joel Andrews 2 23 11.5 0 Brandon Coleman 1 10 10.0 0 Chris Inman 1 5 5.0 0 Miles Shuler 1 5 5.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Joe Stephens 9 (2FL) 0 0 0 Patrick Johnson 10 0 0 0 Wayne Warren 10 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Robby Harrell 0/0 1/1 1 --

Kansas State Wildcats PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jake Waters 21/30 201 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD DeMarcus Robinson 15 39 2.6 0 Robert Rose 10 32 3.2 0 Jake Waters 8 36 4.5 0 John Hubert 6 4 0.6 0 Anthony Baker 2 0 0.0 0 Glenn Gronkowkski 1 6 6.0 0 Tremaine Thompson 1 0 0.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tremaine Thompson 8 109 13.6 0 Tyler Lockett 3 24 8.0 0 Zach Trujillo 3 22 7.3 0 Andre McDonald 3 25 8.3 0 Glenn Gronkowski 1 6 6.0 0 Deante Burton 1 8 8.0 0 Cody Small 1 1 1.0 1 John Hubert 1 6 6.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Bryan Little 7 0 0 0 Bo Tillman 3 (2FL) 1.0 0 0 Bryan Smith 4 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Anthony Cantele 4/4 1/1 13 57