Kansas State running back Joe Jackson rushed for 133 yards and three touchdowns as Kansas State defeated Colorado 24-14 and earned bowl eligibility for the fifth straight season on a cold and blustery day. The game-time temperature was 32 degrees with a wind chill of 24.

Quarterback Avery Johnson was 10-of-17 for 115 yards in difficult conditions for Kansas State (6-6, 5-4 Big 12). Kaidon Salter was 14-of-25 for 172 yards for Colorado (3-9, 1-8), who got two rushing touchdowns from Micah Welch.

Jackson scored his second touchdown of the day from 1-yard out with 4:32 left in the third quarter. The score capped a 56-yard drive. The Wildcats then made it a two-score game with a 35-yard field goal by Luis Rodriguez. The Wildcats stalled at the Colorado 19-yard line, but they burned 6:43 off the clock.

Down ten points with nothing to play for in the fourth quarter on the road on a cold afternoon, the Buffs nonetheless made a game of it with a nine-play, 75-yard drive to make it a 17-14 game on Welch’s second touchdown run … but Kansas State responded with a 75-yard touchdown drive of their own to put the game out of reach late.

“It’s not a consolation prize,” Coach Prime said of the Buffs’ effort. “They’re supposed to fight. They are supposed to want it and give their best. Let’s give them [KSU] some love and credit, but there’s no consolation prize given in these things.”

Kansas State, historically, is one of the worst programs in all of college football.

Before Bill Snyder came to Manhattan in 1989, the Wildcats had posted only four winning records in the previous 53 seasons. In over half of those campaigns – 27, to be precise – the Wildcats lost at least eight games.

On the all-time list for losing streaks, Kansas State appears four times. The Wildcats hold the third longest streak ever, 28 games (1945-48), but also appear with streaks of 18 games (1961-62), 17 games (1964-66), and 16 games (1987-89). (BTW … Colorado State has the 6th-longest losing streak of all time, 26 straight games, running from 1960-62).

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Kansas State had 472 yards rushing against a stout Utah defense last week, while the Buffs were surrendering 355 yards rushing to Arizona State, so you do the math … Perhaps the rain/snow on Saturday will help keep the score down …