Cowboys Dominate K-State, 66-28 - Oklahoma State University Athletics

Saturday, November 7

Manhattan, KS

12 p.m. CT

Oklahoma State University

6-3 , 4-2

Kansas State

4-5 , 1-5

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Oklahoma State	28	21	14	3	66
Kansas State	7	7	7	7	28

Oklahoma State running back Caleb Hawkins reaches for the end zone to score a touchdown against Kansas State on November

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Dominant on both sides of the ball, the Oklahoma State football team was a 66-28 winner over Kansas State at Bill Snyder Family Stadium Saturday.

The Cowboys (6-3 overall; 4-2 Big 12) held a 28-7 lead after the first quarter and a 49-14 lead at halftime in a game that was never in doubt. The Pokes' 66 total points in the game were the most for either team in a 78-game series that dates to 1908.

OSU outgained the Wildcats (4-5 overall; 1-5 Big 12), 565-327, and scored on 10 of its 15 offensive possessions. The Cowboy defense had three interceptions and stopped K-State on downs three times.

The Wildcats entered the game leading the Big 12 and ranked No. 7 nationally by allowing only 151.9 passing yards per game. Oklahoma State torched the K-State defense with 342 yards through the air on Saturday.

OSU quarterback Drew Mestemaker completed 22-of-28 passes for 313 yards with four touchdowns. He added three carries for 11 yards and a touchdown and one catch for five yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he became only the fifth player in FBS history with a game that included at least four passing touchdowns, a rushing touchdown, and a receiving touchdown. The other four were Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor vs. Eastern Michigan in 2010, Northern Illinois' Jordan Lynch vs. Eastern Michigan in 2013, Texas State's Tyler Jones vs. Ohio in 2016 and Texas's Arch Manning vs. Arkansas in 2025.

Mestemaker's performance marked his eighth consecutive game with at least 300 yards and multiple passing touchdowns – the longest such streak in Big 12 history. Eight-straight 300-yard passing games is also an Oklahoma State program record.

Caleb Hawkins had 20 carries for 175 yards and three touchdowns, plus six catches for 71 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards on the season (1,081). He is the first Cowboy to go over 1,000 yards rushing since Ollie Gordon II had 1,732 in 2023. Hawkins joins Gordon II and Jaylen Warren as Oklahoma State backs with more than 1,000 yards rushing since 2020.

Hawkins entered the game leading all FBS running backs with an average of 44.1 receiving yards per game this season, an advantage that will widen after Saturday's performance. In the last four games, Hawkins has 24 receptions for 349 yards and three touchdowns.

LaDainian Fields intercepted his FBS-leading sixth and seventh passes of the season in the game. Seven interceptions through the first nine games of a season is the most for an Oklahoma State player since Darrent Williams in 2003. Fields has six interceptions in the past four games, with two at Kansas State, one at Iowa State, two against Colorado and one at Houston.

The Cowboys return to action when they host Texas Tech in Boone Pickens Stadium next Saturday. Kickoff time has not yet been announced.

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