FINAL SCORE
Kansas State Wildcats at Arizona Wildcats game details
Friday, September 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET
Casino Del Sol Stadium · Attendance 40,051
Put the final score in perspective.
Arizona finished 6 points ahead. The teams combined for 40 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Kansas State 3, Arizona 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Arizona outscored its opponent in 3 and Kansas State in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Kansas State | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
 Arizona | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 8 | 21 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 3-13 | 8-18 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-4 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 193 | 412 |
| Passing | 88 | 178 |
| Comp/Att | 13/29 | 16/34 |
| Yards per pass | 3.0 | 5.2 |
| Rushing | 105 | 234 |
| Rushing Attempts | 24 | 45 |
| Yards per rush | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| Penalties | 2-30 | 7-56 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 23:05 | 36:55 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Kansas State Wildcats
passing
| Avery Johnson | 13/29 | 88 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 |
rushing
| Jayce Brown | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 1 | 75 |
| Antonio Martin | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 |
| JB Price | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | 12 |
| Dylan Edwards | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 11 |
| Avery Johnson | 7 | -16 | -2.3 | 1 | 8 |
receiving
| Jayce Brown | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 0 | 31 |
| Jaron Tibbs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Garrett Oakley | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Will Swanson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jemyri Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
fumbles
defensive
| VJ Payne | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Purnell | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Romaine | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zashon Rich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley Fair | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Cobbs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Van Wyhe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chiddi Obiazor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Uso Seumalo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Bates | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gunner Maldonado | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobi Osunsanmi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qua Moss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Stufflebean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damian Ilalio | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Fabris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikey Bergeron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Palmer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Harstad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Bartley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Powers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Qua Moss | 1 | 0 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Garrett Harstad | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Sterling Lockett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
kicking
| Luis Rodriguez | 1/1 | 100.0 | 51 | 2/2 | 5 |
punting
| Simon McClannan | 5 | 254 | 50.8 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Arizona Wildcats
passing
| Noah Fifita | 16/33 | 178 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 |
| Javin Whatley | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
rushing
| Ismail Mahdi | 22 | 189 | 8.6 | 0 | 60 |
| Noah Fifita | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 2 | 15 |
| Quincy Craig | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Wesley Yarbrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Wysong | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Taye Brown | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Chris Hunter III | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 18 |
| Ismail Mahdi | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Javin Whatley | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 11 |
| Luke Wysong | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Sam Olson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Tre Spivey | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Brandon Phelps | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 |
fumbles
defensive
| Genesis Smith | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Taye Brown | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Hunter | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Dansby | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshawn McKnight | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Max Harris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ayden Garnes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jabari Mann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malachi Bailey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiaoalii Savea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Treydan Stukes | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Palu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Lolesio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay'Vion Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Jeremiah Patterson | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 |
kicking
| Michael Salgado-Medina | 3/6 | 50.0 | 41 | 2/2 | 11 |
punting
| Michael Salgado-Medina | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 7:42 | Luis Rodriguez 51 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 0 |
| 1 | 5:01 | Noah Fifita 15 Yd Run (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick) | 3 – 7 |
| 2 | 10:28 | Michael Salgado-Medina 31 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 10 |
| 2 | 3:42 | Noah Fifita 2 Yd Run (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick) | 3 – 17 |
| 3 | 14:47 | Jayce Brown 75 Yd Run (Luis Rodriguez Kick) | 10 – 17 |
| 3 | 10:36 | Avery Johnson 1 Yd Run (Luis Rodriguez Kick) | 17 – 17 |
| 3 | 2:40 | Michael Salgado-Medina 31 Yd Field Goal | 17 – 20 |
| 4 | 4:25 | Michael Salgado-Medina 41 Yd Field Goal | 17 – 23 |
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