Kansas State rolls to 40-12 blowout victory over Missouri

MANHATTAN — When it rains, it pours.

The opening kickoff was delayed 15 minutes and there was a 57-yard delay in the second quarter, but that was nothing compared to how K-State poured it on Missouri in the second half Saturday on the way to a 40-12 blowout victory over the Tigers at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

K-State's first turnover of the season led to Missouri's only touchdown on Cody Schrader's 1-yard run on the final play.

DJ Giddens puts finishing touch on blowout

Kansas State reserve running back DJ Giddens scored for the second straight game with a 28-yard touchdown run at the 2:33 mark of the fourth quarter.

Game, set, match.

The picks keep coming for K-State

Kansas State intercepts a fourth straight pass to end a Missouri possession and Deuce Vaughn covers 54 yards in two plays to make the Tigers pay.

Vaughn's 24-yard touchdown run after a 29-yarder puts him over 100 yards for the eighth straight game. He also has scored in nine straight. The Wildcats lead 33-6 with under 13 minutes left.

End of third quarter: Kansas State 26, Missouri 6

Kansas State's defense came up with interceptions for three straight Missouri possessions  to close the third quarter, but had just six points to show for it.

Chris Tennant's 37-yarder with 35 seconds left in the period gave the Wildcats a 26-6 advantage heading to the fourth.

Tennant was 2 of 3 on field goals after the three turnovers, all inside the Missouri 40-yard line.

The Wildcat interceptions came from Kobe Savage, Daniel Green and Nick Allen.

Big field goal for K-State's Chris Tennant makes it 23-6

Chris Tennant, who missed his only field goal attempt last week and also has missed extra points in each of the first two games, knocks one through from 35 yards to stretch Kansas State's lead back to 17 points, 23-6, with 6:58 left in the third quarter.

The Wildcats had first and goal, but a penalty forced them to settle for the field goal.

The field goal was set up by a Kobe Savage interception at the Missouri 33-yard line.

Missouri cuts K-State lead to 20-6

Missouri started the second half the same way as the first — with a Harrison Mevis field goal. Mevis' 44-yarder cut K-State's lead to 20-6 with 10:17 left in the third quarter.

Halftime score: Kansas State 20, Missouri 3

After a 57-minute weather delay, Kansas State quickly padded its lead to 20-3 when Phillip Brooks returned a punt 76 yards for a touchdown with 6:42 left in the half.

Missouri, after getting a field goal on the game's opening drive, generated little offensively after that. The Tigers finished the half with 119 yards total — 60 passing, 59 on the ground.

K-State's offense sputtered as well after scoring on its first two possessions, finishing the half with 150 yards, including 89 rushing. Adrian Martinez was 5 of 9 passing, with 54 of his 61 yards coming on the opening drive.

K-State now has scored on special teams in each of the first two games after getting a blocked punt for a touchdown last week.

K-State and Missouri to resume at 1:10 p.m.

Kansas State and Missouri are set to resume the game at 1:10 p.m., provided there are no further lightning strikes in the area before then.

K-State leads 14-3 with 7:44 left in the second quarter. Missouri has the ball at its own 19-yard line, third down and 13.

The Tigers took the opening kickoff and drove 44 yards to set up Harrison Mevis' 49-yard field goal. K-State answered with a 75-yard drive and 1-yard Deuce Vaughn touchdown run, then scored again on a 16-yard Adrian Martinez keeper with 13:29 left in the half.

K-State and Missouri in second-quarter lightning delay

Bad news for Kansas State as the officials have cleared the field with lightning in the area.

The Wildcats have dominated so far and lead 14-3 with 7:44 left in the first half. Missouri is facing a third down and 13 at its own 19-yard line.

NCAA policy calls for a 30-minute wait after the last lightning strike, so it could be a while. Rain is coming down hard.

K-State has 142 yards total offense so far to 40 for Missouri. The Tigers are minus-2 yards passing. For K-State, Adrian Martinez is 5 of 9 passing for 61 yards and has carried six times for 39 yards and a touchdown, while Deuce Vaughn has nine rushes for 37 yards and a score.

K-State extends lead on Adrian Martinez TD

Adrian Martinez's 16-yard touchdown run puts Kansas State up 14-3 wit 13:29 left in the first half.

The most impressive part of the play was lead blocker Deuce Vaughn, who paved the way for Martinez to finish the run.

The Wildcats looking much sharper on offense so far than they did last week.

Kansas State leads 7-3 after one quarter

Kansas State takes a 7-3 lead into the second quarter.

Kansas State's defense came up with a couple of big defensive plays from Josh Hayes and Eli Huggins on Missouri's second possession, and following a short Tiger punt, the Wildcats are driving at the 20.

Adrian Martinez flexes passing muscles and K-State leads, 7-3

Adrian Martinez, who passed for just 53 yards last week, completes 3 of 4 passes for 54 yards on Kansas State's opening drive as the Wildcats grab a 7-3 lead on Deuce Vaughn's 1-yard touchdown run.

The Wildcats' drive covered 75 yards in 11 plays and took 4:58 off the clock.

K-State will take that all day long.

Missouri takes the lead

Missouri gets on the board first on a 49-yard Harrison Mevis field goal. The Tigers kept the drive going by drawing K-State offside on the previous fourth down.

The drive covered 44 yards in 11 plays.

Coin toss goes to K-State

Unlike last week, when K-State won the coin toss and elected to receive, this time the Wildcats again have the choice and defer.

Missouri will get the ball first in the renewal of this old rivalry.

Weather update: looks like rain

Weather conditions at the stadium 10 minutes before kickoff were cloudy, 60 degrees with a 10 mph north wind.

The bad news is, the forecast calls for 80% chance of rain.

Injury update

Kansas State safeties Josh Hayes and TJ Smith, both of whom missed last week's opener against South Dakota, were dressed and warming up today. No sign of linebacker Shawn Robinson, the Missouri transfer, who also was out last week.

K-State coaches said during the week that they expected Smith to play, but that Hayes and Robinson were game-time decision. Linebacker Will Honas also is out.

Kickoff delayed to 11:15

Kansas State and Missouri finally took the field at 10:30 a.m. and the teams are scheduled to kick off around 11:15.

While there's no lightning in the area now, but more bad weather is expected, so it could be a long afternoon.

Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.

This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: K-State football vs. Missouri: Live score updates, highlights