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Rate Bowl History

35th Annual Game, 2024

  • Teams Rutgers vs. Kansas State
  • Score 44-41, Kansas State
  • Date December 26, 2024
  • Attendance 21,659

Biography

Kansas State rallied from a 17-point deficit to defeat Rutgers, 44-41, behind a record-setting night from Dylan Edwards in the 35th annual Rate Bowl in downtown Phoenix.

Edwards earned Rate Bowl Offensive MVP honors and scored the game-winning touchdown on a 36-yard run with 4:15 on the clock to put the Wildcats ahead for good.

Edwards had a breakout game, recording 18 carries for a Kansas State bowl-record 196 yards and two touchdowns. Additionally, he added two catches for 27 yards and one score. Edwards' 196 rushing yards is the most in a Rate Bowl since Iowa's Marcus Coker in 2010.
 
Kansas State entered Bowl Season with the 18th-best rushing attack in the country at 204.5 yards per game, Edwards led a dominant rushing attack that totaled 347 yards. Quarterback Avery Johnson contributed 57 yards rushing and Joe Jackson recorded a career-high 50 yards on seven carries in his extended opportunities.

Johnson also threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns, in addition to a score on the ground. Johnson became the all-time single-season leader in touchdown passes in a season (25).

Rutgers was led by running back Antwan Raymond, who like Edwards, took advantage of an increased opportunity. Raymond, a true freshman, ran for 113 yards and three touchdowns. Raymond became the eighth player in Rate Bowl history to record at least three rushing touchdowns and the first player to do so since Alex Delton (Kansas State) in 2017.

Raymond scored two of his three touchdowns in the first half as Rutgers orchestrated one of its best offensive halves of the past decade. The Rutgers offense dominated, recording 319 total yards and three touchdowns. Scoring on each of its final five possessions of the first half, Rutgers led 27-17 at halftime.

Ja'shon Benjamin's 7-yard touchdown reception from Athan Kaliakmanis gave Rutgers its largest lead of the game, 34-17, in the third quarter, but the Scarlet Knights could not hold it.

Edwards responded to break away for a 65-yard touchdown rush to bring Kansas State within 34-23. The Wildcats scored again to make it a one-score game, 34-29, heading into the fourth quarter, when Johnson connected with Garrett Oakley for a 13-yard touchdown.

Rutgers briefly regained momentum, going up 41-29 early in the fourth quarter on Raymond's 1-yard TD run on a fake tush push.

Kansas State answered again with Johnson's 9-yard touchdown pass to Jackson to cap a 14-play, 85-yard drive. The score cut Rutgers' lead to 41-36 with seven minutes remaining and Edwards' 36-yard score on the Wildcats' next possession proved to be the game-winner.

The 85 combined points tied the fourth-highest scoring game in Rate Bowl history. It matches last year's 85 combined points between Kansas and UNLV. The 170 combined points between the last two Rate Bowls equals the most combined points in consecutive games in Rate Bowl history. The 2005 (Arizona State 45-40 over Rutgers) and 2006 (Texas Tech 44-41 over Minnesota) games also combined for 170 points.

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  • Stadium:

    Chase Field

  • Attendance:

    21,659

  • Offensive Player of the Game:

    Dylan Edwards, RB, Kansas State

  • Defensive Player of the Game:

    Austin Moore, LB, Kansas State

  • Head Coaches:

    Greg Schiano - Rutgers, Chris Klieman - Kansas State

  • Weather:

    Indoors, roof closed

Quarter Scores

Scoring 1 2 3 4 F
RU 7 20 7 7 41
KSU 3 14 12 15 44

Yardstick

RU KSU
20 First Downs 23
36-164 Rushes - Yards 42-347
237 Passing Yards 195
14-32-1 Passes 15-30-1
4-178 Punts - Yards 4-186
0-0 Fumbles - Lost 0-0
1-5 Penalties - Yards 5-47

Individual Statistics

Rushing
RU Antwan Raymond 18-113-3TD, Ja'shon Benjamin 7-33-1TD, Athan Kaliakmanis 11-18
KSU Dylan Edwards 18-196-2TD, Avery Johnson 11-57-1TD, Joe Jackson 7-50, Jayce Brown 3-42, Ty Bowman 1-6
Passing
RU Athan Kaliakmanis 14-32-237-1TD-1INT
KSU Avery Johnson 15-30-195-3TD-1INT
Receiving
RU Ian Strong 5-105, KJ Duff 3-58, Dymere Miller 2-26, Antwan Raymond 1-16, Christian Dremel 1-15, Ben Black 1-10, Ja'shon Benjamin 1-7-1TD
KSU Jayce Brown 5-60, Joe Jackson 3-37-1TD, Dante Cephas 2-42, Dylan Edwards 2-27-1TD, Garrett Oakley 2-16-1TD, Jadon Jackson 1-13

How They Scored

RU KSU
0 3 Chris Tennant 29 yd field goal
7 3 Antwan Raymond 2 yd rush (Jai Patel kick)
7 10 Avery Johnson 2 yd rush (Chris Tennant kick)
10 10 Jai Patel 31 yd field goal
17 10 Ja'shon Benjamin 3 yd rush (Jai Patel kick)
17 17 Dylan Edwards 26 yd pass from Avery Johnson (Chris Tennant kick)
24 17 Antwan Raymond 24 yd rush (Jai Patel kick)
27 17 Jai Patel 48 yd field goal
34 17 Ja'shon Benjamin 7 yd pass from Athan Kaliakmanis (Jai Patel kick)
34 23 Dylan Edwards 65 yd rush (Jayce Brown pass from Avery Johnson failed)
34 29 Garrett Oakley 13 yd pass from Avery Johnson (Dante Cephas pass from Avery Johnson failed)
41 29 Antwan Raymond 1 yd rush (Jai Patel kick)
41 36 Joe Jackson 9 yd pass from Avery Johnson (Chris Tennant kick)
41 44 Dylan Edwards 36 yd rush (Garrett Oakley pass from Avery Johnson)