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Posted on Sun, Oct. 25, 2009

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Cyclones win at Nebraska for first time since '77

By Associated Press

Nebraska matched a school record by committing eight turnovers, including four inside the Iowa State 5, and the Cyclones posted a 9-7 upset Saturday for their first victory in Lincoln since 1977.

"I feel really blessed to get this win, and I know that's the way the rest of the team feels," defensive tackle Nate Frere said. "Whacky game, but that's how it goes sometimes."

Whacky, indeed.

Iowa State was without its top two offensive playmakers because of injury, and other players were physically ill before the game and during halftime because of a stomach bug.

The 18 1/2-point-underdog Cyclones (5-3, 2-2) ended a 15-game Big 12 losing streak in games played away from Ames, Iowa, and now have their most wins since going 7-5 in 2005. They need just one more win to become bowl eligible.

After close losses to Kansas State and Kansas, the Cyclones have beaten Baylor and Nebraska (4-3, 1-2) in consecutive weeks and become a factor in the Big 12 North.

"When you don't win in a stadium on the road since 1977, it's big," Paul Rhoads said. "This is a program that has as much tradition as anybody in college football. This is a program that was in the Top 25 a week ago. It's a big win."

Nebraska hadn't been so careless with the ball since another eight-turnover day against Iowa State in 1972.

"Eight turnovers?" Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said incredulously. "We could have gotten run out of the stadium. I don't know if I've ever been around that in my coaching career."

The Cyclones took no chances offensively.

Jerome Tiller filled in for regular starting quarterback Austen Arnaud (injured throwing hand) and Jeremiah Schwartz for Big 12 rushing leader Alexander Robinson (sore groin).

ISUNeb

Firstdowns1115

Rushes-yards48-13728-114

Passing102248

Comp-Att-Int9-19-020-37-3

ReturnYards3511

Punts-Avg. 9-40.04-40.3

Fumbles-Lost1-07-5

Penalties-Yards8-723-25

Time of Possession33:4026:20

Iowa St. 3600—9 Nebraska7000—7

First Quarter

ISU—FG Mahoney 52, 13:24.

Neb—Robinson 3 run (Henery kick), 3:26.

Second Quarter

ISU—Ja.Williams 47 pass from Tiller (kick blocked), 6:53.

A—85,938.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Iowa St., Tiller 19-65, Schwartz 22-50, Brandtner 1-20, Lenz 1-8, Team 5-(minus 6). Nebraska, Robinson 15-77, Helu 5-24, Mendoza 2-8, Lee 6-5.

Passing—Iowa St., Tiller 9-19-0-102. Nebraska, Lee 20-37-3-248.

Receiving—Iowa St., Lenz 3-32, Hamilton 3-17, Ja.Williams 2-49, Catlett 1-4. Nebraska, Paul 6-143, Kinnie 3-27, Gilleylen 3-18, Helu 3-13, McNeill 2-22, Me.Holt 2-17, Mendoza 1-8.

No. 3 Texas 41, Missouri 7 — Colt McCoy completed his first 11 passes and produced touchdowns on Texas' first three drives, helping to put Missouri away early at Columbia, Mo.

The Longhorns (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) beat Missouri for the sixth straight time and Blaine Gabbert was held to 84 yards passing and a touchdown before getting pulled late in the third quarter.

TexMo

Firstdowns2611

Rushes-yards43-13129-74

Passing26999

Comp-Att-Int26-34-112-24-2

ReturnYards1913

Punts-Avg. 3-39.38-34.9

Fumbles-Lost1-00-0

Penalties-Yards3-205-60

Time of Possession35:0224:58

Texas21143 3 — 41 Missouri070 0 — 7

First Quarter

Tex—Shipley 8 pass from McCoy (Lawrence kick), 11:24.

Tex—Whittaker 11 run (Lawrence kick), 5:19.

Tex—Chiles 34 pass from McCoy (Lawrence kick), :41.

Second Quarter

Mo—Perry 11 pass from Gabbert (Ressel kick), 5:53.

Tex—Shipley 13 pass from McCoy (Lawrence kick), 1:49.

Tex—M.Williams 0 blocked punt return (Lawrence kick), :45.

Third Quarter

Tex—FG Lawrence 39, 3:46.

Fourth Quarter

Tex—FG Lawrence 44, 9:37.

A—71,004.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Texas, Whittaker 9-36, C.Johnson 7-28, Monroe 2-18, Hills 6-17, McGee 3-15, McCoy 11-13, Cobb 1-3, Newton 1-3, Gilbert 3-(minus 2). Missouri, Lawrence 7-37, D.Washington 11-35, D.Moore 6-29, Costello 1-0, Gabbert 4-(minus 27).

Passing—Texas, McCoy 26-31-1-269, Gilbert 0-3-0-0. Missouri, Gabbert 8-16-0-84, Costello 3-6-2-25, D.Washington 1-1-0-(minus 10), Alexander 0-1-0-0.

Receiving—Texas, Shipley 7-108, M.Williams 5-53, Goodwin 4-24, Whittaker 3-18, Chiles 2-45, Kirkendoll 2-11, Buckner 2-1, G.Smith 1-9. Missouri, Alexander 6-74, J.Jackson 2-13, Perry 1-11, Kemp 1-7, D.Washington 1-4, Gabbert 1-(minus 10).

No. 14 Oklahoma St. 34, Baylor 7 — Zac Robinson completed 23 of 27 passes for 250 yards with three touchdowns and Oklahoma State stretched its winning streak to five games in Waco, Texas.

Keith Toston ran for 109 yards and a 1-yard TD on his 15 carries, and Butler product Beau Johnson added 93 yards on 22 carries.

Ok StBay

Firstdowns2515

Rushes-yards43-19519-43

Passing250241

Comp-Att-Int23-27-024-39-1

ReturnYards20

Punts-Avg. 3-45.35-41.0

Fumbles-Lost1-00-0

Penalties-Yards5-538-48

Time of Possession38:2521:35

Oklahoma St. 107107— 34 Baylor0007 — 7

First Quarter

OkSt—FG D.Bailey 24, 9:43.

OkSt—Youman 22 pass from Z.Robinson (D.Bailey kick), 6:18.

Second Quarter

OkSt—Fooks 16 pass from Z.Robinson (D.Bailey kick), 5:12.

Third Quarter

OkSt—Bassett 19 pass from Z.Robinson (D.Bailey kick), 9:38.

OkSt—FG D.Bailey 33, :00.

Fourth Quarter

OkSt—Toston 1 run (D.Bailey kick), 9:39.

Bay—Gettis 17 pass from Florence (Parks kick), 7:17.

A—38,117.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Oklahoma St., Toston 15-109, B.Johnson 22-93, T.Miller 3-8, Z.Robinson 3-(minus 15). Baylor, Finley 10-31, Florence 3-10, Wright 2-2, Ganaway 1-1, Salubi 2-1, Szymanski 1-(minus 2).

Passing—Oklahoma St., Z.Robinson 23-27-0-250. Baylor, Florence 21-35-1-235, Szymanski 3-4-0-6.

Receiving—Oklahoma St., Anyiam 9-83, Toston 4-31, Bassett 2-28, Youman 2-23, Conner 2-15, T.Moore 1-29, Blackmon 1-22, Fooks 1-16, B.Johnson 1-3. Baylor, E.Smith 6-33, Akers 5-62, Gettis 4-62, Wright 3-28, Salubi 3-27, Sampson 2-27, B.Taylor 1-2.

Texas A&M 52, No. 21 Texas Tech 30 — Cyrus Gray scored four touchdowns to lead Texas A&M past No. 21 Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas, snapping a three-game losing streak for the Aggies.

Texas A&M (4-3, 1-2 Big 12) hadn't won in Lubbock since 1993.

TAMTT

Firstdowns3427

Rushes-yards59-32122-64

Passing238456

Comp-Att-Int19-28-043-61-2

ReturnYards431

Punts-Avg. 4-38.33-43.3

Fumbles-Lost2-14-3

Penalties-Yards7-6210-90

Time of Possession31:4128:19

Texas A&M72110 14 — 52 Texas Tech1408 8 — 30

First Quarter

TT—Torres 56 pass from Potts (Mat.Williams kick), 12:52.

TAM—Gray 12 pass from J.Johnson (Bullock kick), 8:19.

TT—Britton 26 pass from Potts (Mat.Williams kick), :30.

Second Quarter

TAM—Gray 3 run (Bullock kick), 13:41.

TAM—Michael 1 run (Bullock kick), 6:50.

TAM—Gray 1 run (Bullock kick), 1:22.

Third Quarter

TAM—Michael 44 run (Bullock kick), 12:56.

TAM—FG Bullock 22, 6:19.

TT—Stephens 7 run (Britton pass from Doege), 1:59.

Fourth Quarter

TAM—J.Johnson 21 run (Bullock kick), 8:38.

TT—Batch 1 run (Lewis pass from Doege), 5:13.

TAM—Gray 7 run (Bullock kick), 1:08.

A—57,733.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing—Texas A&M, Gray 25-131, Michael 22-121, J.Johnson 10-71, Team 2-(minus 2). Texas Tech, Batch 11-58, Jeffers 3-8, Stephens 1-7, Doege 3-4, Lewis 1-3, Potts 3-(minus 16).

Passing—Texas A&M, J.Johnson 19-28-0-238. Texas Tech, Potts 25-36-2-310, Doege 18-25-0-146.

Receiving—Texas A&M, Nwachukwu 4-79, Gray 4-41, J.McCoy 4-39, Tannehill 2-30, B.Jackson 2-27, Morrow 2-10, Fuller 1-12. Texas Tech, Batch 9-62, Torres 8-128, Lewis 6-53, Swindall 5-45, Britton 3-55, Franks 3-29, Zouzalik 2-32, James 2-28, Leong 2-15, Jeffers 2-7, Stephens 1-2.