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10/24 18:41 CDT Mack scores 4 TDs, Arizona State shakes off QB injury to beat
Kansas State 28-17
Mack scores 4 TDs, Arizona State shakes off QB injury to beat Kansas State 28-17
By JACK THOMPSON
Associated Press
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) --- Cardae Mack ran for 159 yards and four touchdowns to lead
Arizona State to a 28-17 victory over Kansas State on Saturday.
Mack, who carried 26 times, scored on a 12-yard run on the first play of the
fourth quarter to put the Sun Devils ahead to stay, then scored from 11 yards
on a direct snap to make it 28-17 with 6:23 remaining.
Jake Fette guided the Sun Devils (4-3, 2-2 Big 12) on the two scoring drives
late in the game. Fette, a freshman seeing his first significant game action,
was Arizona State's third quarterback of the game, replacing an injured Mikey
Keene and an ineffective Cutter Boley.
Julian Hugo's fourth-down sack of Jacob Knuth helped Arizona State run the
clock down under two minutes.
Knuth threw a touchdown pass and ran for another for Kansas State (4-3, 1-3).
Knuth, a fifth-year senior, was making his first career start for the Wildcats
with Avery Johnson sidelined with an upper-body injury. He was 26 of 41 for 194
yards passing.
Keene also got the nod for the first time for Arizona State, and connected with
Reed Harris for 51 yards on its first play. Harris finished with six catches
for 147 yards.
Keene threw for 160 yards in the first half before leaving with an apparent leg
injury. Keene was hurt in the final minute of the first half when Kansas
State's Darien Whitaker Jr. rolled into him after a completed pass, and the
senior was helped off the field.
Boley, who had started the Sun Devils' previous six games before being benched
last week at Texas Tech, replaced Keene, but was just 1 of 5 for seven yards
and was booed by the home crowd.
Fette had attempted just two passes this season before Saturday, but helped the
Sun Devils rally. He was 3 of 6 for 45 yards.
The takeaway Kansas State: The Wildcats missed Johnson's versatility and experience though Knuth performed creditably and didn't turn the ball over. Arizona State: After allowing 50-plus points in the last two Big 12 games, the Sun Devils' defense held Kansas State to just 4 of 14 on third down.
QB quandary Fette made some key throws while Mack carried the load late in the game for the Sun Devils, and he likely earned a chance to start next week.
Up next Kansas State: At Colorado on Saturday. Arizona State: At No. 2 BYU on Saturday. ___ Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here, visit the Top 25 here and see AP's full college football coverage here
The takeaway Kansas State: The Wildcats missed Johnson's versatility and experience though Knuth performed creditably and didn't turn the ball over. Arizona State: After allowing 50-plus points in the last two Big 12 games, the Sun Devils' defense held Kansas State to just 4 of 14 on third down.
QB quandary Fette made some key throws while Mack carried the load late in the game for the Sun Devils, and he likely earned a chance to start next week.
Up next Kansas State: At Colorado on Saturday. Arizona State: At No. 2 BYU on Saturday. ___ Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here, visit the Top 25 here and see AP's full college football coverage here
