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Oklahoma State too much for Longhorns

  • Published Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at 12:09 a.m.
  • Updated Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at 6:12 a.m.

Twice, Oklahoma State's Jeremy Smith took a handoff, hit the line of the scrimmage and braced himself to get smacked.

Instead, there was nothing but yards of green field, the burnt orange end zone and the groans of nearly 100,000 Texas fans in front on him.

Smith ran for 140 yards on seven carries, scoring on runs of 30 and 74 yards straight up the middle of the defense, and No. 6 Oklahoma State rode several big plays to a 38-26 over the No. 22 Longhorns win on Saturday at Austin, Texas.

Justin Gilbert tied a school record with his fourth career kickoff return for a touchdown and the Cowboys now have won two years in a row in Austin after 12 consecutive years of excruciating defeats.

"It's not easy to come down here and win and they're a much better team football team than they were last year," Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said.

Brandon Weeden passed for 218 yards with a touchdown to Justin Blackmon for Oklahoma State.

Smith, who has run for a touchdown in 10 consecutive games for the highest-scoring offense in the country, made his latest two look easy.

The first came in the second quarter on fourth-and-inches when he ran off left tackle. There was no defender to meet him and he coasted to the end zone.

The second came in the third quarter and put the Cowboys ahead 38-24. Smith ran straight up the middle and Texas linebackers Keenan Robinson and Jordan Hicks got washed out of the play, leaving no defender within 10 yards with a chance to tackle him.

"(Those) killed us. Those are game changing plays," Texas coach Mack Brown said.

There were plenty of big plays and razzle-dazzle to go around in this one.

Gilbert's 100-yard touchdown return to start the third quarter tied Perrish Cox's Oklahoma State mark.

Then Texas' Fozzy Whittaker matched Gilbert seconds later with his second TD return in two weeks.

But the Longhorns, still trying to rebuild after last season's 5-7 finish, never led and lost for the sixth time in their last 10 home games.

Texas freshman quarterback David Ash got his first career start and took every snap in the loss after rotating with sophomore Case McCoy the previous three weeks.

Ash was 22 of 40 passing for 139 yards with no touchdowns and two turnovers. The first was an interception that set up Oklahoma State's first touchdown and the third was a fumble with 4:34 to play that killed Texas' last chance to rally.

"We felt like he gave us a better chance to win," Mack Brown said.

OkStTex

First downs2124

Rushes-yards27-20249-231

Passing218139

Comp-Att-Int23-41-022-40-2

Return Yards197

Punts-Avg. 6-46.37-41.1

Fumbles-Lost1-11-1

Penalties-Yards2-203-30

Time of Possession20:4239:18

Oklahoma St. 7 14 17 0—38 Texas 0 10 14 2—26

First Quarter

OkSt—Randle 1 run (Sharp kick), 8:32.

Second Quarter

Tex—Brown 15 run (Tucker kick), 14:46.

OkSt—Blackmon 15 pass from Weeden (Sharp kick), 8:34.

Tex—FG Tucker 34, 3:09.

OkSt—J.Smith 30 run (Sharp kick), :38.

Third Quarter

OkSt—Gilbert 100 kickoff return (Sharp kick), 14:48.

Tex—Whittaker 100 kickoff return (Tucker kick), 14:36.

Tex—Brown 24 run (Tucker kick), 10:43.

OkSt—FG Sharp 22, 6:53.

OkSt—J.Smith 74 run (Sharp kick), 4:14.

Fourth Quarter

Tex—Safety, 11:20.

A—100,101.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Oklahoma St., J.Smith 7-140, Randle 17-68, Weeden 1-(minus 1), Team 2-(minus 5). Texas, Brown 19-135, Whittaker 9-36, Monroe 4-33, Ash 15-21, Shipley 2-6.

Passing—Oklahoma St., Weeden 23-41-0-218. Texas, Ash 22-40-2-139.

Receiving—Oklahoma St., Blackmon 7-74, J.Cooper 6-57, Anyiam 4-47,

Randle 2-10, T.Moore 1-11, J.Smith 1-11, Stewart 1-8, Staley 1-0. Texas, Davis 10-80, Goodwin 3-23, Shipley 3-22, Whittaker 3-(minus 4), D.White 1-7, Matthews 1-6, Monroe 1-5.

No. 21 Texas A&M 55, No. 20 Baylor 28 — Ryan Tannehill threw for 415 yards and a career-high six touchdown passes and Ryan Swope caught four of them to lead A&M.

The Bears got within six points after a touchdown run by Terrance Ganaway in third quarter, but the Aggies scored 21 straight to take a 55-28 lead with about six minutes remaining in the game.

Swope's fourth touchdown — his second 68-yard reception of the game — was the first in that span. He finished with 206 yards receiving and also had a 68-yard TD reception in the second quarter. He also scored on receptions of 8 and 5 yards.

Baylor star quarterback Robert Griffin III threw for a school-record 430 yards and three touchdowns, but the Bears had trouble running the ball and were outgained 266-50 on the ground. Griffin is the third quarterback this season to set a school record against the Aggies' worst-in-the-nation pass defense.

BayTAM

First downs2435

Rushes-yards31-5045-266

Passing430415

Comp-Att-Int28-40-125-38-1

Return Yards013

Punts-Avg. 3-43.70-0.0

Fumbles-Lost2-00-0

Penalties-Yards10-837-56

Time of Possession28:4831:12

Baylor7 7 14 0—28 Texas A&M 3 21 17 14—55

First Quarter

Bay—Wright 6 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 4:42.

TAM—FG Bullock 35, 1:24.

Second Quarter

TAM—R.Swope 68 pass from Tannehill (Bullock kick), 8:16.

Bay—T.Williams 77 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 7:59.

TAM—Michael 7 pass from Tannehill (Bullock kick), 6:21.

TAM—R.Swope 8 pass from Tannehill (Bullock kick), :33.

Third Quarter

TAM—R.Swope 5 pass from Tannehill (Bullock kick), 10:38.

Bay—T.Reese 43 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 9:57.

TAM—FG Bullock 47, 7:54.

Bay—Ganaway 4 run (A.Jones kick), 3:50.

TAM—R.Swope 68 pass from Tannehill (Bullock kick), 2:43.

Fourth Quarter

TAM—Nwachukwu 47 pass from Tannehill (Bullock kick), 9:46.

TAM—Michael 4 run (Bullock kick), 5:44.

A—87,361.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Baylor, Ganaway 16-34, R.Griffin 12-15, Martin 1-1, Salubi 2-0. Texas A&M, Michael 21-105, Tannehill 5-55, Gray 12-42, Nwachukwu 2-34, Malena 4-33, Team 1-(minus 3).

Passing—Baylor, R.Griffin 28-40-1-430. Texas A&M,

Tannehill 25-37-1-415, Gray 0-1-0-0.

Receiving—Baylor, T.Williams 8-146, Wright 7-67, Sampson 6-76, T.Reese 4-106, Najvar 2-24, Ganaway 1-11. Texas A&M, R.Swope 11-206, Fuller 5-71, Nwachukwu 4-94, Gray 2-17, Michael 2-8, Kennedy 1-19.

Missouri 52, Iowa State 17 — James Franklin accounted for five touchdowns and Henry Josey had 129 yards rushing and a score as Missouri won in its 100th homecoming game.

Michael Egnew, T.J. Moe and Wes Kemp each had a scoring reception for Missouri, which scored on its first four possessions. Much of a sellout crowd of 71,004 had dispersed by the end of the Tigers' 10th straight victory at home, and their first game at Faurot Field in a month.

It was the most lopsided setback of the year for Iowa State. A.J. Klein's 78-yard interception return for a touchdown was the lone highlight for the Cyclones, who have been outscored 54-10 in the first quarter.

ISUMo

First downs1733

Rushes-yards36-15758-294

Passing186289

Comp-Att-Int20-40-120-29-2

Return Yards7815

Punts-Avg. 6-40.83-41.3

Fumbles-Lost3-21-1

Penalties-Yards5-340-0

Time of Possession26:5233:03

Iowa St. 3 7 0 7—17 Missouri 21 10 14 7—52

First Quarter

Mo—Franklin 1 run (Ressel kick), 12:03.

Mo—Josey 1 run (Ressel kick), 9:05.

ISU—FG Guyer 26, 4:35.

Mo—Egnew 39 pass from Franklin (Ressel kick), 1:33.

Second Quarter

Mo—Lawrence 2 run (Ressel kick), 11:29.

ISU—Klein 78 interception return (Guyer kick), 10:07.

Mo—FG Ressel 23, :00.

Third Quarter

Mo—Moe 7 pass from Franklin (Ressel kick), 9:07.

Mo—Franklin 1 run (Ressel kick), 5:01.

Fourth Quarter

Mo—Kemp 6 pass from Franklin (Ressel kick), 14:43.

ISU—Woody 13 run (Guyer kick), 12:41.

A—71,004.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Iowa St., White 14-61, Jantz 10-37, Woody 5-31, Barnett 4-21, Hollis 3-7. Missouri, Josey 19-129, Franklin 11-84, Lawrence 16-78, Culver 3-4, Moore 3-3, Gr.White 1-2, Egnew 2-1, Kemp 1-(minus 1), Team 1-(minus 1), Costello 1-(minus 5).

Passing—Iowa St., Jantz 17-32-0-161, Barnett 3-8-1-25. Missouri, Franklin 20-28-2-289, Costello 0-1-0-0.

Receiving—Iowa St., White 4-32, Lenz 4-22, Horne 3-20, Darks 2-45, Reynolds 2-34, Hammerschmidt 2-24, West 2-2, Branderhorst 1-7. Missouri, Egnew 6-105, Moe 5-58, Washington 2-70, Kemp 2-12, Lawrence 2-12, Lucas 1-20, Josey 1-6, Sasser 1-6.

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