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Jones leads Oklahoma's comeback over Tigers

  • Published Sunday, Sep. 25, 2011, at 12:09 a.m.

Landry Jones threw for 448 yards and three touchdowns to Ryan Broyles, leading top-ranked Oklahoma back from a rare home deficit to beat Missouri 38-28 on Saturday night at Norman, Okla.

With two starting receivers out of the lineup, Broyles had to play up to his usual All-American standard without proven sidekicks. Kenny Stills, who caught the go-ahead touchdown in a win at then-No. 5 Florida State last week, was out with a head injury and Trey Franks is suspended indefinitely.

The Tigers (2-2, 0-1 Big 12) pounced early to take a 14-3 first-quarter lead, breaking a streak of 20 straight home games in which Oklahoma (3-0, 1-0) never trailed. It didn't last long, though.

The Sooners roared back with 28 straight points to avenge a loss in Columbia last year when they were first in the BCS standings and move their home winning streak to 38 straight games.

Missouri also had a hot start in last season's upset, returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but then was able to close strong with 16 straight fourth-quarter points for a 36-27 victory.

This time, the Sooners were able to prevent any late heroics by the Tigers.

Henry Josey took an option pitch and raced 47 yards down the left sideline for a score to make it 31-21 with 6:44 left in the game, and it could have been even closer if not for a pair of missed 46-yard field goals by Grant Ressel — who also missed a potential game-winner in the Tigers' overtime loss at Arizona State two weeks ago.

The Sooners eliminated any drama by answering immediately with a 62-yard scoring drive, capped by Broyles' twisting 4-yard grab in the back of the end zone. Broyles finished with 13 receptions for 154 yards, helping Jones to his fifth career 400-yard passing game.

MoOkl

First downs2432

Rushes-yards42-24139-144

Passing291448

Comp-Att-Int16-33-035-48-2

Return Yards011

Punts-Avg. 8-47.15-36.4

Fumbles-Lost0-00-0

Penalties-Yards7-454-15

Time of Possession27:3732:23

Missouri14 0 0 14—28 Oklahoma 10 14 7 7—38

First Quarter

Mo—Franklin 1 run (Ressel kick), 11:18.

Okl—FG Hunnicutt 26, 7:07.

Mo—Washington 45 pass from Franklin (Ressel kick), 6:00.

Okl—Broyles 24 pass from L.Jones (Hunnicutt kick), 4:07.

Second Quarter

Okl—Broyles 4 pass from L.Jones (Hunnicutt kick), 6:36.

Okl—L.Jones 1 run (Hunnicutt kick), 4:10.

Third Quarter

Okl—Whaley 3 run (Hunnicutt kick), 6:20.

Fourth Quarter

Mo—Josey 48 run (Ressel kick), 6:44.

Okl—Broyles 4 pass from L.Jones (Hunnicutt kick), 3:35.

Mo—Franklin 1 run (Ressel kick), :32.

A—85,547.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Missouri, Josey 14-133, Franklin 25-103, Culver 1-3, Moe 2-2. Oklahoma, Whaley 16-68, Clay 15-43, Millard 2-23, L.Jones 4-11, R.Finch 1-1, Team 1-(minus 2).

Passing—Missouri, Franklin 16-33-0-291. Oklahoma, L.Jones 35-48-2-448.

Receiving—Missouri, Moe 7-119, Kemp 3-39, Egnew 2-40, J.Jackson 2-36, Washington 1-45, Josey 1-12. Oklahoma, Broyles 13-154, Reynolds 5-93, Whaley 5-82, D.Miller 4-40, Hanna 2-29, R.Finch 2-13, Haywood 2-7, Ratterree 1-25, Clay 1-5.

No. 17 Baylor 56, Rice 31 — Robert Griffin III continued his incredible feat of throwing more touchdown passes than incompletions, tossing for five scores and running for another to lead No. 17 Baylor (3-0) over Rice at Waco, Texas.

Griffin was 29 of 33 for 338 yards, upping his season totals to 13 touchdowns and 12 incompletions, and he didn't play in the fourth quarter. He came into the game leading the nation in passing efficiency and third in total yards.

Further boosting his Heisman Trophy credentials, Griffin ran for 51 yards and even punted once, on a quick kick, for 39 yards. His TD throws were caught by five different receivers.

Rice0 17 7 7—31 Baylor 21 14 21 0—56

First Quarter

Bay—T.Williams 4 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 8:26.

Bay—Sampson 29 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 6:15.

Bay—Wright 17 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 5:34.

Second Quarter

Bay—Ganaway 4 run (A.Jones kick), 14:56.

Rice—Eddington 2 run (Boswell kick), 12:57.

Bay—Ganaway 10 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 10:52.

Rice—FG Boswell 31, 7:25.

Rice—McDonald 5 pass from McHargue (Boswell kick), 4:46.

Third Quarter

Bay—Dixon 55 interception return (A.Jones kick), 10:30.

Bay—T.Reese 64 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 6:00.

Rice—Gautreaux 19 pass from McHargue (Boswell kick), 3:11.

Bay—R.Griffin 4 run (A.Jones kick), :54.

Fourth Quarter

Rice—McDonald 24 pass from McHargue (Boswell kick), 6:10.

A—40,088.

RiceBay

First downs2433

Rushes-yards38-15650-288

Passing260367

Comp-Att-Int23-39-131-35-0

Return Yards1983

Punts-Avg. 5-44.22-49.5

Fumbles-Lost2-14-2

Penalties-Yards9-936-73

Time of Possession30:3329:27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Rice, Petersen 7-51, McHargue 14-44, McGuffie 9-24, T.Smith 3-23, Eddington 4-14, Team 1-0. Baylor, Ganaway 17-78, Martin 6-76, R.Griffin 6-51, Salubi 8-48, I.Williams 8-25, Petty 3-12, Team 2-(minus 2).

Passing—Rice, McHargue 23-38-1-260, Petersen 0-1-0-0. Baylor, R.Griffin 29-33-0-338, Petty 2-2-0-29.

Receiving—Rice, McDonald 6-59, Willson 5-52, Gautreaux 2-33, Moore 2-17, T.Smith 2-14, McGuffie 2-2, Kitchens 1-42, Cook 1-19, Petersen 1-12, Hull 1-10. Baylor, Wright 11-108, T.Reese 7-106, Sampson 3-31, T.Williams 2-25, Najvar 2-18, Ganaway 2-15, Norwood 1-25, Da.Jones 1-21, Monk 1-5, Fuller 1-4, Salubi 0-9.

Texas Tech 35, Nevada 34 — Seth Doege scrambled, looked right and found a wide open Eric Ward with 44 seconds left to rally the Red Raiders to a win over Nevada at Lubbock, Texas.

Ward caught Doege's third TD pass of the night as the Red Raiders (3-0) came back from a 28-14 deficit midway through the third quarter.

Doege threw touchdowns of 4, 8 and 2 yards en route to completing 26 of 38 passes for 222 yards.

Nevada0 14 14 6 — 34 Texas Tech 0 7 14 1 4 — 35

Second Quarter

TT—E.Ward 2 pass from Doege (Carona kick), 9:32.

Nev—Fajardo 6 run (Martinez kick), 5:18.

Nev—Arendse 16 pass from Fajardo (Martinez kick), :35.

Third Quarter

Nev—Matthews 2 pass from Lantrip (Martinez kick), 11:39.

TT—Stephens 10 run (Carona kick), 8:22.

Nev—Fajardo 56 run (Martinez kick), 5:29.

TT—Amaro 8 pass from Doege (Carona kick), 4:12.

Fourth Quarter

Nev—FG Martinez 25, 13:00.

TT—Stephens 1 run (Carona kick), 9:39.

Nev—FG Martinez 21, 4:49.

TT—E.Ward 4 pass from Doege (Carona kick), :36.

A—55,664.

NevTT

First downs2624

Rushes-yards46-31238-219

Passing250222

Comp-Att-Int15-24-026-38-0

Return Yards20

Punts-Avg. 2-37.53-41.3

Fumbles-Lost1-01-0

Penalties-Yards6-407-50

Time of Possession32:3427:26

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Nevada, Fajardo 10-139, Ball 27-139, Anderson 2-17, Lantrip 7-17. Texas Tech, Stephens 26-134, Doege 9-83, K.Williams 2-3, Team 1-(minus 1).

Passing—Nevada, Lantrip 11-18-0-191, Fajardo 4-6-0-59. Texas Tech, Doege 26-38-0-222.

Receiving—Nevada, Matthews 5-107, Anderson 3-52, Arendse 3-48, Session 3-39, Ball 1-4. Texas Tech, E.Ward 6-51, Franks 5-54, Torres 5-40, Stephens 3-30, Amaro 2-18, Swindall 1-8, Kennard 1-7, Marquez 1-6, Zouzalik 1-5, Corker 1-3.

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