Patrick Lavine scored on a 21-yard interception return, and No. 17 Oklahoma State came up with a final defensive stand to keep its slim hopes for a Big 12 championship alive with a 24-17 win against Texas Tech on Saturday night.
After allowing some rare pressure against quarterback Zac Robinson in the first half, the Cowboys (8-2, 5-1) relied on their Big 12-leading rushing attack to drain the clock in the second half. Oklahoma State piled up 207 yards on the ground after halftime and controlled the ball for 22 minutes.
Tech (6-4, 3-3) got one last chance after Robinson fumbled with 98 seconds left on a play that left both him and defender Jamar Wall shaken up.
Tramain Swindall dropped Taylor Potts' fourth-down pass to doom the final drive by the Red Raiders.
The game marked the series' first return to Stillwater since 2007, when OSU coach Mike Gundy delivered his "I'm a man! I'm 40!" tirade after the game and Texas Tech replaced its defensive coordinator after returning home.
This one lacked the fireworks of that 49-45 Cowboys' victory, but still had the same fourth-quarter drama.
Keith Toston put Oklahoma State up 17-10 with his touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, one play after his fumble inside the 1 was overturned by instant replay and two plays after he plunged forward for a 2-yard gain to convert a fourth-and-1 at the 6.
Lavine followed that by stepping in front of Steven Sheffield's pass to tailback Baron Batch and racing up the OSU sideline for the score.
Potts, benched in favor of Sheffield in the first half, led the Red Raiders right back with a scoring drive that took only 67 seconds. He finished it off with a 24-yard TD pass to Edward Britton to bring Tech within 24-17.
Potts had one last chance after Robinson's fumble on a scary collision with Wall. Robinson sat up immediately, but then lay back down and stayed that way for a few minutes as a handful of teammates gathered around. He eventually walked to the bench with the help of team trainers.
Potts got Texas Tech to midfield with 58 seconds left but that's where the drive stalled. Swindall dropped a short pass on fourth-and-4 and OSU ran out the final 16 seconds.
The loss denied Mike Leach his 83rd win at Tech, which would have pushed him past Spike Dykes for the most in school history.
Iowa State 17, Colorado 10 — For some programs, reaching bowl eligibility is little more than a footnote.
It's a much bigger deal for Iowa State.
Austen Arnaud threw a pair of touchdown passes and Alexander Robinson added 138 rushing yards to go over 1,000 for the season for the Cyclones (6-5, 3-4 Big 12), who held the Buffaloes to three points on three trips inside Iowa State's 10- yard line.
"We're working toward our expectations of what this football program should be all about," first-year Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads said. "We're thrilled to be 6-5."
ColISU
First downs2119
Rushes-yards35-13246-194
Passing258116
Comp-Att-Int18-38-112-26-1
Return Yards1725
Punts-Avg. 6-35.39-35.0
Fumbles-Lost3-21-1
Penalties-Yards11-1107-64
Time of Possession29:2130:39
Colorado0307— 10 Iowa St. 7370— 17
First Quarter
ISU—Hamilton 8 pass from Arnaud (Mahoney kick), 7:36.
Second Quarter
Col—FG Goodman 22, 5:22.
ISU—FG Mahoney 25, :00.
Third Quarter
ISU—Robinson 20 pass from Arnaud (Mahoney kick), 9:09.
Fourth Quarter
Col—Simas 36 pass from Hansen (Goodman kick), 3:17.
A—43,208.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing—Colorado, Stewart 19-85, Hansen 12-50, Sumler 2-1, Lockridge 1-(minus 2), Moyd 1-(minus 2). Iowa St., Robinson 30-138, Arnaud 15-42, Darks 1-14.
Passing—Colorado, Hansen 18-38-1-258. Iowa St., Arnaud 12-25-1-116, Team 0-1-0-0.
Receiving—Colorado, McKnight 8-107, Simas 7-128, Stewart 1-10, Devenny 1-7, Sumler 1-6. Iowa St., C.Franklin 3-38, Darks 3-17, Hamilton 3-17, Catlett 2-24, Robinson 1-20.
No. 2 Texas 47, Baylor 14 — Colt McCoy tied the NCAA record for career victories by a starting quarterback, throwing two touchdown passes to help No. 2 Texas.
McCoy is 42-7 in his career, tying the wins record set by former Georgia quarterback David Greene.
Texas led 40-0 by halftime with McCoy throwing touchdown passes of 3 and 7 yards to Jordan Shipley. Cody Johnson ran for 109 yards and two short touchdowns and Tre' Newton added a 45-yard scoring run.
Texas (10-0, 6-0 Big 12) reached 10 wins for the ninth straight season, second only to Florida State's run of 14 consecutive 10-win seasons from 1987-2000.
Baylor (4-6, 1-5) absorbed its fifth loss in six games.
TexBay
First downs2316
Rushes-yards35-22428-6
Passing187240
Comp-Att-Int25-40-028-45-3
Return Yards10136
Punts-Avg. 6-43.87-40.9
Fumbles-Lost1-11-0
Penalties-Yards6-638-73
Time of Possession27:0932:51
Texas142607— 47 Baylor00014— 14
First Quarter
Tex—Shipley 3 pass from McCoy (Lawrence kick), 11:18.
Tex—C.Johnson 6 run (Lawrence kick), 1:56.
Second Quarter
Tex—Newton 45 run (Lawrence kick), 9:20.
Tex—Shipley 7 pass from McCoy (Lawrence kick), 6:41.
Tex—C.Johnson 1 run (Lawrence kick), 2:50.
Tex—Safety, 1:28.
Tex—FG Lawrence 41, :03.
Fourth Quarter
Tex—E.Jones 60 interception return (Bailey kick), 7:37.
Bay—Ganaway 1 run (Stone kick), 5:18.
Bay—B.Taylor 19 pass from Florence (Stone kick), 1:40.
A—44,372.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing—Texas, C.Johnson 19-109, Newton 7-80, McCoy 3-13, Whittaker 2-12, McGee 4-10. Baylor, Finley 10-16, Ganaway 13-5, Florence 5-(minus 15).
Passing—Texas, McCoy 23-34-0-181, Gilbert 2-5-0-6, Team 0-1-0-0. Baylor, Florence 28-45-3-240.
Receiving—Texas, Shipley 6-46, Kirkendoll 6-43, Buckner 5-48, Chiles 4-25, C.Johnson 3-19, Newton 1-6. Baylor, Wright 7-57, Gettis 5-40, Akers 4-32, B.Taylor 3-48, Sampson 2-17, E.Smith 2-15, Salubi 1-13, Jefferson 1-11, Gordon 1-7, Buerck 1-0, Florence 1-0.
Oklahoma 65, Texas A&M 10— A week after throwing five interceptions, Landry Jones passed for a career-high 392 yards and five touchdowns — two to DeMarco Murray — as Oklahoma became bowl-eligible with a rout of Texas A&M.
Murray rushed 18 times for 80 yards and had five catches for 143 yards for Oklahoma (6-4, 4-2 Big 12), which put the game away in the first half by taking advantage of three lost fumbles by Texas A&M (5-5, 2-4), two of those on kick returns.
TAMOkl
Firstdowns1332
Rushes-yards36-5945-248
Passing167392
Comp-Att-Int15-40-124-39-1
ReturnYards24 (-4)
Punts-Avg. 9-33.34-46.0
Fumbles-Lost5-31-0
Penalties-Yards12-9011-102
TimeofPossession27:4732:13
Texas A&M1000 0 — 10 Oklahoma142816 7 — 65
First Quarter
Okl—B.Jackson 52 fumble return (Stevens kick), 13:22.
Okl—Broyles 25 run (Stevens kick), 5:06.
TAM—FG Bullock 34, 2:45.
TAM—Fuller 9 pass from J.Johnson (Bullock kick), 1:05.
Second Quarter
Okl—Broyles 5 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 8:59.
Okl—C.Brown 6 run (Stevens kick), 4:55.
Okl—Murray 36 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 2:57.
Okl—Tennell 11 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), :54.
Third Quarter
Okl—Murray 67 pass from L.Jones (kick blocked), 13:29.
Okl—C.Brown 12 run (O'Hara kick), 7:31.
Okl—FG O'Hara 26, :17.
Fourth Quarter
Okl—Tennell 10 pass from L.Jones (O'Hara kick), 9:46.
A—85,013.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing—Texas A&M, Gray 6-26, Michael 14-25, Stephens 4-14, J.Johnson 7-0, Team 1-(minus 1), Tannehill 4-(minus 5). Oklahoma, Calhoun 18-94, Murray 18-80, C.Brown 7-48, Broyles 1-25, L.Jones 1-1.
Passing—Texas A&M, J.Johnson 12-33-1-115, Tannehill 3-7-0-52. Oklahoma, L.Jones 24-39-1-392.
Receiving—Texas A&M, Fuller 5-60, Morrow 2-28, Tannehill 2-20, Gray 2-14, Stephens 1-28, Nwachukwu 1-11, Swope 1-6, Michael 1-0. Oklahoma, Broyles 8-79, Murray 5-143, Tennell 5-76, D.Miller 2-20, J.Reynolds 1-44, Madu 1-18, Kenney 1-9, C.Brown 1-3.
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