Avery Johnson threw two touchdown passes, Dylan Edwards returned a punt 71 yards for a score and No. 14 Kansas State beat No. 20 Arizona 31-7 on Friday night in a rare nonconference matchup of new Big 12 rivals.
The loss ended Arizona's nine-game winning streak, the longest active streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Johnson had 156 yards passing and 110 yards rushing, and D.J. Giddens added 86 yards rushing and a score, as Kansas State (3-0) rebounded from a lackluster road with over Tulane with an emphatic victory over the desert Wildcats.
Noah Fifita had 268 yards passing for Arizona (2-1) with an interception. Tetairoa McMillan had 11 catches for 138 yards, but the potential first-round NFL draft pick was unable to turn any of those grabs into a big play or touchdown.
The schools agreed to the matchup before Arizona left the Pac-12 for the Big 12. And with neither having enough time to find a replacement opponent, Kansas State and Arizona kept the game but without it counting in the conference standings.
