Note: All rankings are national
Scoring Defense (Points Per Game)
Nevada - 13.5 (29th)
Kansas State - 15 (34th)
Nevada is a good defensive team, their schedule (Cal and Idaho St) is similar in quality to Kansas State’s. That said, if you take away the Wildcat’s cascading failure of a 2nd quarter against Southern Illinois, they’re statistically the better defense. I anticipate Coach Klieman playing this game close to the vest and trying to win a low scoring, ball control game.
Total Defense (Yards Per Game)
Nevada - 305.