2012 MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL OF TEXAS Amon G. Carter Stadium (47,879 Attendance) GAME RECAPS October 20, 2012 GAME SEVEN • Texas Tech 56, TCU 53 (3OT) SCORE BY QUARTERS Texas Tech TCU
Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,766 Attendance) October 27, 2012
GAME EIGHT • Kansas State 55, Texas Tech 24
1 2 3 4 OT OT OT FINAL 7 14 0 15 7 7 6 56 10 10 3 13 7 7 3 53
SCORE BY QUARTERS Texas Tech Texas Tech
1 2 3 4 FINAL 7 3 7 7 24 3 10 21 21 55
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Seth Doege stood in the pocket and completed the pass to Alex Torres like he has so many times in practice. There was another throw in the second overtime that was pretty sweet, too. Doege’s career-best seven touchdowns passes came in a variety of ways, and No. 18 Texas Tech needed every one of them on Saturday. Doege found Torres for an 8-yard score in the third overtime after tossing a 25-yard TD to Jakeem Grant on an unconventional play in the second extra period, helping the Red Raiders top TCU 56-53 in the first league meeting between the teams since 1995. After the Red Raiders (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) blew a 10-point lead late in regulation, Doege threw for a touchdown in each of the three overtimes. The last one came after TCU had to settle for freshman Jaden Oberkrom’s Big 12-record sixth field goal to start the final extra period. Texas Tech began the second overtime in a wildcat formation, with Doege lined up wide. Two other players touched the ball before it got to Doege in the backfield on a play they had practiced for three weeks.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Texas Tech fell 55-24 to the No. 4 Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday. Colin Klein led the Wildcats as he completed 19 of 26 passes for 233 yards and two touchdowns, and had 83 yards and two more scores on the ground. John Hubert added 64 yards and two rushing TDs, and Angelo Pease also scored for Kansas State, which came into the game trailing only Alabama and Florida in the BCS standings. Seth Doege threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns for the Red Raiders (6-2, 3-2) Texas Tech jumped out of the gates quickly in the first half. Doege took advantage of soft coverage on the opening series of the game, completing six of his first eight passes. An encroachment penalty on third down kept the drive alive, and Doege finished it off with a 32yard touchdown toss to Eric Ward. The Wildcats, meanwhile, couldn’t get anything going. Klein was sacked to end their first series, and had a pass tipped on third down to end their second. By the end of the quarter, Kansas State
TCU (5-2, 2-2), the Big 12 newcomer, has lost consecutive home games in a single season for the first time since it dropped its final two home games of 1998. Two weeks ago, the Horned Frogs lost their first Big 12 home game to Iowa State. It was the most combined points ever for Texas Tech, and the second-most for TCU. Doege completed 30 of 42 passes for 318 yards, including a 6-yard TD pass to Eric Ward in the first overtime, and Texas Tech quickly became bowl eligible a year after its first losing season since 1992. The Red Raiders were coming off an impressive 49-14 victory over then-No. 5 West Virginia. And the Red Raiders almost let this game slip away. Tech led 36-26 when Kenny Williams busted loose for a 47-yard touchdown run with 4:06 left in regulation. That came after TCU was held to a three-and-out following Doege’s 8-yard TD pass to Torres and 2-point conversion. Trevone Boykin threw a 60-yard TD pass to LaDarius Brown with 2:25 left before the Frogs failed to recover an onside kick. But they held to Tech to 1 yard before a punt, setting up a nine-play, 56-yard drive capped by Oberkrom’s 42-yard field goal with 18 seconds left. Boykin, the redshirt freshman who this month replaced second-year starter Casey Pachall, was 26 of 44 for 332 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions. TCU had the first shot in overtime, and Boykin threw an 8-yard TD pass to Josh Boyce on the fourth play. Ward’s third TD catch tied it again. He finished with six catches for 61 yards. After the wildcat score to start the second overtime, Boykin responded with a 7-yard TD pass to B.J. Catalon. Skye Dawson had 10 catches for 154 yards and a touchdown for TCU, a 19-yarder less than 2 1/2 minutes into the game. The Red Raiders were down 17-7 before two touchdowns in a span of just over 3 minutes in the second quarter. They surprised TCU with an onside kick that led to the second score in that span after a replay review overturned an official’s ruling of incomplete pass. Moore had a 33-yard touchdown catch even with defender Kevin White right with him. That was only three plays after Moore was called for offensive pass interference when he pushed off the same cornerback to make a catch, the penalty wiping out a nearly 25-yard gain to the TCU 22. Ward was initially ruled out of bounds after making a leaping 29-yard grab and then falling down on the far side of the end zone. But officials reviewed the play, which showed Ward’s right elbow had landed in the end zone before the rest of his body came down on the line for a score that made it 21-17.
had just 19 yards of offense. The defense provided a jolt late in the quarter when Meshak Williams delivered a crushing blindside hit on Doege, popping the ball loose. Jarrel Childs went the other way for what appeared to be a 74-yard TD return, but an illegal block brought the ball back to the Texas Tech 14. Kansas State had to settle for Anthony Cantele’s 34-yard field goal. Ryan Bustin matched it with a 37-yarder to cap the Red Raiders’ next possession, but Kansas State started moving the ball. Hubert capped off its ensuing drive by winning a race to the pylon after getting stood up at the line of scrimmage to make it 10-all. “When it came down to making plays to finish,” Doege said, “we just didn’t make them.” Near the end of the half, Kansas State’s quick-strike offense set up a 19-yarder by Cantele for the halftime lead. Ward had a big day for the Red Raiders as picked up 161 receiving yards and two touchdowns. “We moved the ball, made a lot of yardage, but you can’t turn it over,” Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said. “I think we gave up 17, 20 points on offense and our kicking game today.”
TEAM STATISTICS TTU TCU First Downs........................................................................... 21 28 Net Yards Rushing................................................................. 71 184 Net Yards Passing.................................................................. 318 332 Completions-Attempts-Int.................................................... 30-42-0 26-47-2 Total Offense Yards................................................................ 389 516 Fumbles: Number-Lost.......................................................... 0-0 2-1 Penalties: Number-Yards....................................................... 9-90 8-62 Kickoffs-Yards........................................................................ 5-299 8-512 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD............................................ 0-0-0 5-61-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD............................................ 2-26-0 4-50-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.............................................. 2-15-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time.................................................................... 27:43 32:17 Third-Down Conversions....................................................... 5 of 13 5 of 17 Fourth-Down Conversions..................................................... 0 of 0 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances..................................................... 4-4 7-7 Sacks By: Number-Yards........................................................ 2-12 3-21 SCORING SUMMARY TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY TCU 1st 12:37 Dawson, Skye 19 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone TTU 1st 04:55 Ward, Eric 5 yd pass from Doege, Seth TCU 1st 00:49 Oberkrom, Jaden 32 yd field goal TCU 2nd 08:13 Tucker, Matthew 4 yd run TTU 2nd 06:37 Moore, Darrin 33 yd pass from Doege, Seth TTU 2nd 03:28 Ward, Eric 29 yd pass from Doege, Seth TCU 2nd 00:22 Oberkrom, Jaden 41 yd field goal TCU 3rd 04:09 Oberkrom, Jaden 32 yd field goal TCU 4th 14:49 Oberkrom, Jaden 45 yd field goal TTU 4th 06:40 Torres, Alex 8 yd pass from Doege, Seth TTU 4th 04:06 Williams, Kenny 47 yd run TCU 4th 02:25 Brown, LaDarius 60 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone TCU 4th 00:18 Oberkrom, Jaden 42 yd field goal TCU OT 15:00 Boyce, Josh 8 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone TTU OT 15:00 Ward, Eric 6 yd pass from Doege, Seth TTU OT 15:00 Grant, Jakeem 25 yd pass from Doege, Seth TCU OT 15:00 Catalon, B.J. 7 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone TCU OT 15:00 Oberkrom, Jaden 38 yd field goal TTU OT 15:00 Torres, Alex 8 yd pass from Doege, Seth WWW.TEXASTECH.COM
PLAYS-YARDS 5-75 6-33 8-60 8-31 4-70 7-51 11-52 7-45 8-27 10-80 4-62 6-74 9-56 4-25 4-25 1-25 4-25 4-4 4-25
TEAM STATISTICS TTU KSU First Downs........................................................................... 26 30 Net Yards Rushing................................................................. 111 193 Net Yards Passing.................................................................. 331 233 Completions-Attempts-Int.................................................... 35-50-1 19-27-0 Total Offense Yards................................................................ 442 426 Fumbles: Number-Lost.......................................................... 2-2 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards....................................................... 6-80 5-45 Kickoffs-Yards........................................................................ 5-260 10-614 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD............................................ 0-0-0 0-0-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD............................................ 7-116-0 4-59-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.............................................. 0-0-0 1-37-1 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.......................................... 0-0-0 2-75-0 Possession Time.................................................................... 29:26 30:34 Third-Down Conversions....................................................... 6 of 13 6 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions..................................................... 1 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances..................................................... 3-3 6-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards........................................................ 1-7 2-8 DRIVE TIME 2:23 2:47 4:06 4:43 1:36 3:04 2:57 3:41 2:39 3:51 1:27 1:36 1:02 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00
SCORING SUMMARY TEAM QTR TIME TTU 1st 11:46 KS 1st 00:15 TTU 2nd 12:37 KS 2nd 08:45 KS 2nd 01:35 KS 3rd 11:31 KS 3rd 10:32 TTU 3rd 06:18 KS 3rd 04:29 KS 4th 12:48 KS 4th 11:47 KS 4th 07:37 TTU 4th 02:33
SCORING PLAY Ward, Eric 32 yd pass from Doege, Seth Cantele, A. 34 yd field goal Bustin, Ryan 37 yd field goal Hubert, John 4 yd run Cantele, A. 19 yd field goal Thompson, T. 21 yd pass from Klein, Collin Klein, Collin 16 yd run Foster, SaDale 8 yd run Klein, Collin 22 yd run Hubert, John 15 yd run Brown, Arthur 37 yd interception return Pease, Angelo 7 yd pass from Klein, Collin Ward, Eric 4 yd pass from Doege, Seth
PLAYS-YARDS 9-75 4--3 9-58 8-59 8-65 7-75 2-20 11-75 5-74 11-70
DRIVE TIME 3:14 1:34 2:38 3:52 3:24 3:29 0:43 4:14 1:49 5:04
5-35 12-80
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