Columbia, Mo. ? A wet field, a slippery ball, a 13-game losing streak – none of it mattered to Chase Daniel.

Missouri’s sophomore quarterback put on another passing display Saturday, throwing touchdown passes to four different receivers as the 24th-ranked Tigers beat Kansas State 41-21, snapping a 13-game losing streak against the Wildcats.

Missouri (7-1, 3-1) overcame a turnover turned into a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage to bounce back from last week’s 25-19 loss to Texas A&M and get off to its best start since 1969. After starting 3-0 under new coach Ron Prince, the Wildcats (4-4, 1-3) dropped their fourth game in their last five.

The game, played in a driving rain, marked Missouri’s first win over Kansas State since a 27-14 victory in Columbia in 1992.

“This is another barrier we finally got through,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “And I’m glad that that’s over with.”

Kansas State seemed poised for the upset early. Defensive end Rob Jackson broke around left end on the first play from scrimmage at the Missouri 41 and blindsided Daniel, forcing a fumble that was scooped up by linebacker Zach Diles, who ran 43 yards for the score.

Kansas State running Back Leon Patton slips past Missouri's David Overstreet during the first half. The Tigers won the battle of the cats Saturday, earning a 41-21 victory.

“The game could not have started any better for us,” Prince said. “We came in here and tried to put pressure on the quarterback. We were able to do that on the first play.”

After Jeff Wolfert made a 30-yard field goal for Missouri, the Wildcats had a chance to go up 14-3 early in the second quarter. But on fourth-and-goal from the 1, James Johnson was stopped for no gain.

Prince said going up 14-3 would have given his young team – the offense starts five freshmen – confidence on the road.

“I told the team that this is one of the situations where we refused to do anything but fight, and that’s exactly what we tried to do,” he said.

Missouri then drove 99 yards in 10 plays, scoring on a 14-yard pass from Daniel to tight end Martin Rucker.