MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State’s Felix Anudike-Uzomah nearly matched the Football Bowl Subdivision record with six sacks and forced two fumbles against TCU on Saturday, leading the Wildcats to a 31-12 victory over the floundering Horned Frogs.
Two of the sacks wound up not counting, because the fumbles went for positive yardage.
Anudike-Uzomah, whose safety last week against Texas Tech jumpstarted the Wildcats’ comeback win, tied the school record of four sacks set by Chris Johnson against Missouri in 2000. Three other players in the NCAA’s highest division also have had six, including longtime NFL star Elvis Dumervil with Louisville.
Skylar Thompson threw for 242 yards and a touchdown while also running for a score, and Deuce Vaughn added 109 yards and two touchdowns on the ground, as the Wildcats (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) beat TCU (3-5, 1-4) for the third straight time.
The Horned Frogs’ Max Duggan was just 9 of 13 for 73 yards before getting benched in the third quarter. Kendre Miller ran for 102 yards on 14 carries, but most of his total came on a 61-yard scamper early in the game.
Tempers flared midway through the third quarter when the Horned Frogs’ Josh Foster delivered a big hit on Thompson as he stepped out of bounds. Players from both teams joined the melee as TCU coaches tried in vain to intervene; two of their players and one from Kansas State were ejected for throwing punches.
