After tragedy at homecoming parade, Oklahoma State rolls past Kansas 58-10

A Boone Pickens Stadium crowd of 59,486 had plenty to cheer during No. 14 Oklahoma State’s 58-10 pummeling of Kansas on Saturday. But a somber mood couldn’t be avoided after a morning tragedy during a homecoming parade.

“Just tragic, tragic,” Kansas coach David Beaty said of the incident, which saw four people — including a toddler — die and dozens more injured when a driver barreled her car into a group of paradegoers.

“This is a football game, and as upset as I am right now, it pales in comparison to what these families are going through right now,” Beaty said. “I can’t imagine; I just can’t imagine. And this university (Oklahoma State), man, I’ll tell you what, they’re made up of some resilient folks because they’ve been through some tragedy, and I’m amazed at their resilience.”

A decision was made to continue on with the game.

“That was a conversation (Oklahoma State) President (Burns) Hargis had with coach (Mike) Gundy,” Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said during a halftime press conference. “That was their decision.”

Fallin, an Oklahoma State graduate, took notice of the overall mood inside and outside of Boone Pickens Stadium.

“It certainly dampered everybody’s spirits,” she said. “It’s saddening. OSU, unfortunately, has had many tragedies.”

As for the game, Kansas yielded the game’s first 28 points and was never a hindrance in Oklahoma State’s quest for a still-unbeaten season.

“They punched us in the mouth from the very word go,” Beaty said. “I don’t know that we responded well from the rest of the early points of the game.”

In the Jayhawks’ first five drives, they managed a mere 29 yards in 20 plays. The lone first down during that time came on De’Andre Mann’s 12-yard run on Kansas’ fifth offensive play.

Meanwhile, the Cowboys, 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the Big 12, were moving down the field at will. Five of Oklahoma State’s first six drives resulted in touchdowns.

J.W. Walsh scored the Cowboys’ first two touchdowns on runs of 3 and 1 yards.

Then Miketavius Jones turned in the most impressive score of the day.

With Kansas set to punt on the first play of the second quarter, Jayhawk punter Matt Wyman scrambled to recover a poor snap. After corralling the ball, Wyman ran around and eventually tried to kick the ball down the field, only to blast the ball directly into Jones, who recovered his own block and scored on a 13-yard return.

“We made another costly mistake on special teams early in the game when we snapped the ball over the punter’s head and weren’t able to get that thing punted out of there,” Beaty said. “ … There were a lot of good things on other units, but then something else rose its head, and we can’t have that happen.”

Jeff Carr, who led Oklahoma State with 51 yards in 12 carries, scored the Cowboys’ fourth touchdown on a 2-yard run with 10:31 left before intermission.

Nick Bartolotta snapped Kansas’ scoring drought with 8:41 left in the second quarter on a career-best 40-yard field goal.

That trigged Oklahoma State’s onslaught through the air.

Mason Rudolph, Walsh and Taylor Cornelius combined to complete 27 of 36 passes for 381 yards — the most Kansas has given up this season.

“They’ve got some good receivers over there, too,” Beaty said. “ … Even though Rudolph is a sophomore, man, he knows where to go with the ball, and that bothers you as a coach, because I know where the pieces are moving and what coverages we’re in and where the weakness is. And I’m just watching this kid carve it up. He’s sharp now.”

Rudolph passed for 305 yards while completing 20 of 26 passes. His lone touchdown was to James Washington, who snared the ball in the corner of the end zone with one hand for an 8-yard score.

Washington and David Glidden led Oklahoma State with six catches each for 103 and 91 yards, respectively. Chris Lacy caught four passes for the Cowboys, including two for touchdowns on 6- and 38-yard strikes from Walsh, who passed for 68 yards.

Kansas, 0-7 overall and 0-4 in the conference, was limited to a season-low 221 yards on offense. Jayhawk quarterback Ryan Willis was sacked twice, and he threw two interceptions.

“Man they’re good,” Beaty said of Oklahoma State’s defensive line, which registered eight tackles for loss. “That’s probably about as good of a pass rush as I’ve seen in a long time. They’re big and they’re fast, and we were hoping to string some first downs together to slow them down.

“The last group that I played against that looked that big was Alabama when we were at (Texas) A&M. Those dudes are big dudes now. That defensive end (Emmanuel Ogbah), he’s a monster, and a really really talented guy.”

Irking Beaty toward the end of the game was a safety committed by Willis when he threw the ball away in the end zone. It resulted in the Cowboys’ final score of the game.

“I didn’t like the way we responded in the second half, especially late in the game,” Beaty said. “That’s on me, and I will assure you that we’ll get that fixed.”

No. 14 OKLAHOMA STATE 58

KANSAS 10

First quarter

OSU: Walsh 3 run (Grogan kick), 12:10.

OSU: Walsh 1 run (Grogan kick), 2:47.

Second quarter

OSU: Jones 13 punt return (Grogan kick), 14:50.

OSU: Carr 2 run (Grogan kick), 10:31.

KU: FG Bartolotta 40, 8:41.

OSU: Washington 8 pass from Rudolph (Grogan kick), 7:17.

KU: Sims 33 pass from Willis (Bartolotta kick), 3:43.

Third quarter

OSU: Walsh 4 run (Grogan kick), 14:10.

OSU: Lacy 6 pass from Walsh (Grogan kick), 12:19.

OSU: Lacy 38 pass from Walsh (Grogan kick), 7:25.

Fourth quarter

OSU: Safety, 4:55.

Attendance: 59,486.

RUSHING: Kansas, Mann 7-30, Kinner 9-16, Cox 5-5, T.Martin 1-(minus 1), Willis 5-(minus 20). Oklahoma St., Carr 12-51, Carson 9-44, Walsh 6-24, R.Taylor 5-23, Childs 4-21, Bennett 2-18, Cornelius 3-11, McCleskey 1-10, Rudolph 5-0.

PASSING: Kansas, Willis 12-31-2-191. Oklahoma St., Rudolph 20-26-0-305, Walsh 5-5-0-68, Cornelius 2-5-0-8.

RECEIVING: Kansas, Parmalee 6-115, Booker 2-37, Sims 1-33, Crawley 1-6, Johnson 1-1, Moore 1-(minus 1). Oklahoma St., Washington 6-103, Glidden 6-91, Lacy 4-76, Jarwin 2-44, Hays 2-19, Seales 2-13, McCleskey 1-20, C.Neph 1-5, Carson 1-4, Childs 1-3, Doolittle 1-3.

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This story was originally published October 24, 2015 at 6:28 PM with the headline "After tragedy at homecoming parade, Oklahoma State rolls past Kansas 58-10."