The team numbers show how the game separated. Kansas State Wildcats produced 428 total yards and 20 first downs; Tulane Green Wave finished with 260 yards and 18 first downs. Third-down efficiency was Kansas State Wildcats 10-16 against Tulane Green Wave 7-15, while the turnover count was Kansas State Wildcats 0 and Tulane Green Wave 0. Those figures frame the result beyond the final score.
The leading individual lines were distributed across the box score. The scoring sequence opened with K. Semonza run for 9 yds, for a TD (J. Courville KICK); L. Rodriguez 23 yd FG GOOD; J. Harris run for 1 yd, for a TD (L. Rodriguez KICK); Av. Johnson run for 7 yds, for a TD (L. Rodriguez KICK); C. Helmke 58 yd FG GOOD and then turned toward the team that handled possession and field position more consistently.
ESPN's dated event video, "Kadin Semonza rushes in for 9-yard TD", captures a representative turning point from the same game and was published after the final. It is included as a native source beside the reporting rather than treated as a substitute for the full play-by-play.