SportsDirect Inc. staff
Nov 15, 2014
Oklahoma 42, Texas Tech 30:
Samaje Perine rushed for 213 yards and three touchdowns to lead the
Sooners to a come-from-behind victory over the host Red Raiders.
Cody Thomas passed for 133 yards
and a touchdown and ran for 103 yards and a score for Oklahoma (7-3,
4-3 Big 12). Durron Neal had four catches for 57 yards and a
touchdown, while K.J. Young added three receptions for 48 yards.
Patrick Mahomes was 27-of-50 for
393 yards and four touchdowns for Texas Tech (3-7, 1-6), which was
eliminated from bowl eligibility. Devin Lauderdale had five catches
for 83 yards and a score while Ian Sadler added four receptions for
89 yards and a touchdown.
Texas Tech got on the board
first, with Mahomes finding Jakeem Grant on a 6-yard scoring pass to
cap a 16-play, 87-yard drive that ate up 7:05 of the clock in the
first quarter. The Sooners tied the game on Perine's 2-yard touchdown
run with less than five minutes to play in the second quarter, but
the Red Raiders responded less than two minutes later on Mahomes'
59-yard scoring hookup with Sadler for a 14-7 halftime lead.
Tech pushed the lead to 14 on
Mahomes' 47-yard pass to Lauderdale early in the third, but Oklahoma
tied the game by the end of the period thanks to Perine's 64-yard
touchdown run and Thomas' 3-yard pass to Neal. Ryan Busin's 27-yard
field goal put the Raiders on top in the first minute of the fourth,
but the Sooners got touchdown runs from Thomas, Aaron Ripkowski and
Perine in the last 10:06 to win going away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Texas Tech RB
DeAndre Washington came in averaging 88.4 rushing yards, second best
in the Big 12, but was held to 56 yards on 12 carries. … Oklahoma
finished with 384 rushing yards, moving to 20-0 under coach Bob
Stoops when rushing for 300 or more yards. … The Sooners won their
11th straight road game against unranked Big 12 opponents.