Texas Tech starts fast, stuns No. 3 Oklahoma

NATIONAL ROUNDUP

October 23, 2011|Associated Press

Seth Doege threw for 441 yards and connected with Alex Torres on three of his four touchdown passes, and Texas Tech snapped No. 3 Oklahoma’s 39-game home winning streak with 41-38 upset last night.

About two hours after No. 4 Wisconsin lost, a second top-five team went down on the first day of the college football season that really shook the rankings.

Doege carved up an Oklahoma defense missing three starters, guiding the Red Raiders (5-2, 2-2 Big 12) to their biggest win yet under second-year coach Tommy Tuberville.

The Sooners are now 75-3 on Owen Field in coach Bob Stoops’s 13 years. Landry Jones passed for 412 yards and five TDs, but it wasn’t enough to rally Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1) from a sluggish start.

Alabama 37, Tennessee 6 - AJ McCarron passed for 284 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score and the No. 2 Crimson Tide (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern) scored on their first five possessions after halftime to blow out the visiting Volunteers (3-4, 0-4).

Boise State 37, Air Force 26 - Kellen Moore threw three touchdowns, Doug Martin scored twice, and the defense and special teams did just enough to help the No. 5 Broncos (7-0, 2-0 Mountain West) hold off the visiting Falcons (3-4, 0-3).

Moore was precise as usual, going 23 of 29 for 265 yards. The victory was the 45th of his career and put him in a tie with former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy for the most wins by a college quarterback. His second TD pass, a 19-yarder to Matt Miller, gave him 122 for his career and pushed him past former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer for fourth best all-time.

Oklahoma St. 45, Missouri 24 - Joseph Randle scored four touchdowns as the No. 6 Cowboys (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) remained unbeaten and ended the Tigers’ 10-game home winning streak.

Shaun Lewis had an interception and a fumble recovery, with both turnovers leading to scores as the Cowboys pulled away from Missouri (3-4, 1-3) despite injuries to both starting receivers, Justin Blackmon (shoulder) and Hubert Anyiam (foot).

Stanford 65, Washington 21 - Stepfan Taylor, Tyler Gaffney, and Anthony Wilkerson powered the No. 7 Cardinal to a school-record 446 yards rushing to blow past the visiting No. 22 Huskies.

The running backs gave Heisman Trophy hopeful Andrew Luck some rest as Stanford (7-0, 5-0 Pac-12) extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 15 games. Taylor ran for 138 yards, Gaffney 117 yards, and Wilkerson 93 yards to break the previous team mark of 439 in a victory over Oregon State in 1981.

Luck threw for 169 yards and two TDs and completed 16 of 21 passes but was overshadowed by an underrated rushing atack.

Chris Polk ran for scores from 46 and 61 yards in the first half for Washington (5-2, 4-1).

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