MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) _ Frank Murphy ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries Saturday night, leading No. 17 Kansas State to a 40-0 victory over Temple.

The Wildcats won in front of a record crowd of 50,624, the result of a 10,000-seat expansion of KSU Stadium.

Murphy, a senior who entered the season as a backup to David Allen after breaking a bone in his right foot during summer workouts, scored on runs of 31 and 7 yards as Kansas State (1-0) used a 23-point second quarter to take a 26-0 halftime lead.

Defensive end Darren Howard forced two fumbles and returned an interception 22 yards for a touchdown for Kansas State. The Wildcats had four takeaways, all leading to scores, and held Temple (0-2) in its own end of the field until the last 5 1/2 minutes of the game.

Temple actually began that drive inside Kansas State territory after Leon Gray recovered a fumbled pitchout at the Wildcats 45. Kansas State coach Bill Snyder reinserted his first-team defense in an effort to keep the shutout, and was successful when safety Lamar Chapman and linebacker Mark Simoneau drove Marcus Godfrey out of bounds at the 4 on fourth down with 3:19 left.

The Owls managed only 81 yards of offense, 35 in the first half. Kansas State had 227 yards by halftime and finished with 430.

Murphy's first scoring run, a cutback across the field after a sweep to the right sideline, gave the Wildcats a 17-0 lead with 9:32 left in the first half. His second TD came just under four minutes later, after Howard knocked the ball loose following a completion and Ben Leber recovered at the Temple 38.

Fumble recoveries also set up Kansas State's first two scores, each of which came shortly after the Wildcats missed a scoring opportunity.

Kansas State came away empty on its opening drive when Allen fumbled at the Temple goal line and the ball rolled over the end zone sideline for a touchback. Jason Kazar recovered Jason McKie's fumble three plays later at the Owls 32, and Jamie Rheem capitalized with a 48-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead.

One play after Rheem missed a 50-yard attempt late in the first quarter, Devin Scott fumbled when sacked by Howard. Chris Johnson recovered at the Temple 20, setting up Allen's 2-yard touchdown run with 13:42 left in the half.

Kansas State's last two points of the half came with 31.4 seconds left, when Bryce Libel blocked a punt out of the Temple end zone for a safety.

Jonathan Beasley, successor to Michael Bishop at quarterback, struggled through a 4-for-14 first half, then hit Quincy Morgan for a 63-yard touchdown and a 33-0 lead in the third quarter. He finished 9-for-22 for 132 yards.

Howard's interception return came two plays later.