(10-23) 00:50 PDT Norman, Okla. (AP)
Tommy Tuberville received their first landmark gain using Texas Tech inside a location where pretty much no one otherwise could.
Seth Doege threw for 441 yards and connected together with Alex Torres with some connected with his several touchdown passes, as well as Red snapped No. 3 Oklahoma's 39-game home winning streak with 41-38 victory Saturday night.
The Sooners' function ended up this greatest active streak around the actual Bowl Subdivision, plus we were looking at bidding for you to turn into merely the particular ninth team with FBS history to help earn 40 within a row with home.
"We were going to show everyone which kind of group we all really complete have. We're a new resilient team," Torres said. "We use a massive amount deal with in us. .We suspected come together what we were facing, come together to Oklahoma and also trying to play within Norman. We realized types of challenge all of us had been facing nonetheless we believed just what exactly all of us was required to do."
Doege designed up an Oklahoma security lacking about three starters, and Tuberville ripped in two away a task this Mike Leach would not execute around his 10 years in charge of this Red Raiders.
The Sooners (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) are currently 75-3 with Owen Field throughout Stoops' 13 years. The various other failures came to be able to TCU from the 2005 season opener as well as Oklahoma State while in the 2001 regular-season finale.
The reception throughout Lubbock, Texas, featured bells ringing on campus, automobile horns blaring and fireworks becoming shot off.
"It's one game, but it is a huge game to get recruiting, regarding nationwide stature. Obviously, that you do not read a lot of regarding Texas Tech ," Tuberville said.
"For some reason, I didn't seen considerably about TV. I bet the thing is that the next few days. We're going to be proud of that. When going on the highway plus beat a new No. 1 staff (in the actual coaches' poll), this can be special. That's extremely difficult that will do."
Landry Jones appeared by using 412 meters moving past in addition to all 5 touchdowns, but it really had not been plenty of to rally Oklahoma again coming from a grumpy commence plus spend less it is unbeaten season.
Doege, that nation's fourth-leading passer, experienced small difficulty leading the Red Raiders up and straight down the particular domain resistant to the banged-up Sooners. Oklahoma has been not having cornerback Jamell Fleming (knee), defensive deal with Casey Walker (left thumb) plus heart linebacker Tom Wort (concussion) nonetheless Tech possessed simply no compassion even though enjoying without having beginning jogging back again Eric Stephens (knee) and then losing heart Justin Keown within the next enjoy belonging to the game.
"It was a big-time win for us. It was an exciting nights with regard to our football team," Tuberville said, praising their beginning team to get seeking such as the veterans.
"I'm proud of Texas Tech as well as all the faithful which they have got. This team deserves that will gain soon after precisely what they have been through the last handful of weeks."
A surprise providing major winds, strong rain and also lightning showed up just before kickoff, and fans were asked for you to leave the stages as well as take shelter within the concourses. The game received started off right after a hesitate connected with 1 hour in addition to thirty-five minutes, and Texas Tech struck just about immediately.
Doege bounced returning from three fourth-quarter turnovers weekly sooner inside a damage to Kansas State to throw touchdown goes over of 44, 30 and 11 meters to Torres and increase your 31-7 lead only about only two seconds on the second half. The Red Raiders hung on from there.
After Jones' 22-yard TD pass to James Hanna cut the actual deficit for you to three, Aaron Crawford retrieved an onside cease having 69 seconds kept to help seal the particular victory. The Red Raiders emerged bouncing off the sidelines to help celebrate.
"It's special for your overall team. I'm thrilled about it," Doege said. "The most effective component to it can be experiencing how content and also thrilled my personal teammates are. We almost all became together, and we pulled it off. Everybody decided not to consider all of us could."
The succeed prevented Tech coming from losing some straight games for that first time considering that 1998 in addition to with stunning fashion . The Red Raiders came within as four-touchdown underdogs playing over a domain where, right up until last month's game next to Missouri, no one but the Sooners have experienced possibly contributed regarding twenty immediately mmorpgs spanning back to 2007.
There hadn't been in lots of squeakers, either. Oklahoma's average border involving triumph possessed already been 30 points.
"I have no idea of so it ought to be all in which surprising," Stoops said. "The teams we engage in may come inside below along with defeat us. And sometimes it's possible excessive is considered about this like it are unable to happen.
"I explained to the players that anyone whom we shall play the others in the year or so will whoop people when most of us don't play a lot better than we have today. They simply just flat out and about overcom us."
The Sooners have been out of sync, dissapointing to obtain their high-powered crime in the fast-paced tempo which gives lots of opponents trouble. They didn't get yourself a earliest affordable through the second quarter, when Tech capitalized in order to score 17 instantly points, plus didn't just click until finally it had been very late.
With that head starting to be able to dwindle, Tuberville received in to a wagering mood. Having undoubtedly cashed available as one fourth-and-1 pertaining to your touchdown, your dog went for it for a second time on the 6-yard brand plus Crawford got stuffed.
Then your dog required an additional likelihood by simply contacting for a fraudulent punt about fourth-and-4 on Tech's side involving midfield, and also upback Jackson Richards acquired jammed nearby ample into the first along which officials needed a second have a look at the particular replay.
Oklahoma capitalized to the simple discipline that will time, needing seven works to covers this 44 meters and obtain within 31-24 with Trey Millard's 3-yard TD catch to start out the fourth quarter.
Doege have an answer, though. He brought Texas Tech down for a 39-yard Donnie Carona industry objective to be able to lump the actual cause back again to be able to twelve and, once yet again Oklahoma three-and-out, Tramain Swindall got their still left 12 inches in for a new 14-yard touchdown pick up to create that guide 41-24 together with 7:38 to help play.
"When the particular motherboards were down, we made sufficient performs to get the position done," Tuberville said.
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