<table> </table> <strong><span class="infobox-head">FIRST QUARTER</span></strong><br /> <strong>Key play:</strong> Josh Freeman fumbled as K-State was driving deep into A&amp;M territory.</p><p><strong>Key stat:</strong> Freeman accounted for all but 2 of the 81 yards on K-State&#8217;s opening scoring drive.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">SECOND QUARTER</span></strong><br /> <strong>Key play:</strong> K-State&#8217;s Reggie Walker broke through the line of scrimmage and swatted Justin Brantly&#8217;s punt early in the quarter. Courtney Herndon scooped it up and ran it in for a touchdown.</p><p><strong>Key stat:</strong> For the first time since week two, K-State forced a turnover. Linebacker Alex Hrebec stuck Ryan Tannehill, who coughed up the ball. K-State recovered.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">THIRD QUARTER</span></strong><br /> <strong>Key play:</strong> A&amp;M was stopped on fourth and 8 at K-State&#8217;s 33 to open the second half when Jerrod Johnson scrambled for a 7-yard gain.</p><p><strong>Key stat:</strong> 42, the amount of yards D.J. Fulhage&#8217;s punt flew. It was his only attempt of the game.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">FOURTH QUARTER</span></strong><br /> <strong>Key play:</strong> What else? Josh Moore&#8217;s stops of Jorvorskie Lane on third and fourth down that kept the Aggies at bay.</p><p><strong>Key stat:</strong> &#8220;The Drive&#8221; was tremendous &#8212; 16 plays and 98 yards in 7 minutes, 24 seconds.</p><p><strong>Player of the game:</strong> Freeman. He joked afterward about running through huge holes, but he was efficient with his right arm (just five incompletions) and four more rushing touchdowns give him 12 for the season.</p><p><strong>Reason to hope:</strong> Winning cures all. The Wildcats believe again, and it seems it was an issue of confidence all along. Freeman running the ball is a nice wrinkle, but it could backfire if he were to be injured.</p><p><strong>Reason to mope:</strong> The defense, despite protests from its members to the contrary, is not any better. An average A&amp;M offense shredded the unit. Not good.</p><p><strong>Looking ahead:</strong> K-State goes to Colorado next week, and the Buffaloes are reeling, having lost three straight. The Wildcats won in Boulder in 2006, and beat Colorado in Manhattan last year. Interesting &#8230;</p><p><hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> <strong><span class="subhead">&#8194;REPORT CARD</span></strong></p><p><span style="line-height:0"><br clear="all" /></span><table border="0" class="story-table"> <tr class="story-table-even-row"><td>A-</td><td>Offense</td><td align="left">Diverse, which was nice. Eased up off the accelerator in the second half, probably in an effort to protect porous defense. Dold ran hard. Freeman did it all.</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>C-</td><td>Defense</td><td align="left">Have to be encouraged by a semblance of a pass rush. Hello, Eric Childs. But still gave up 500-plus yards, which is becoming the norm. Better against the run, but still shaky as a whole.</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-even-row"><td>A-</td><td>Special teams</td><td align="left">A blocked punt and a return for a touchdown is huge, enough to make Ron Prince celebrate on the sideline. Brooks Rossman missed an extra point, but he also nailed a 49-yard field goal.</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>B+</td><td>Coaching</td><td align="left">Good rally game. Prince made sure the Wildcats were focused on the task at hand. Sitting on the ball before end of first half was questionable.</td></tr> </table> </div> <hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> &#8220;</p><p></div>