2011 RED RAIDER FOOTBALL Jones AT&TStdium (58,416 Attendance) October 8, 2011
GAME FIVE • Texas A&M 45, Texas Tech 40 SCORE BY QUARTERS Texas A&M Texas Tech
1 10 7
2 21 13
3 7 10
4 7 10
SCORING SUMMARY No. of Total Team Plays Yards TAMU 7 83 TTU 13 58 TAMU 8 52 TTU 6 14 TAMU 7 73 TTU 9 70 TAMU 5 60 TTU 9 80 TAMU 11 63 TTU 9 32 TAMU 0 0 TTU 14 80 TAMU 6 35 TTU 10 37 TTU 9 91
Drive Type of Score Time Score Qtr/Time 1:56 TD 1st/13:04 3:33 TD 1st/9:31 3:10 FG 1st/9:21 2:53 FG 2nd/14:19 2:23 TD 2nd/11:54 2:33 FG 2nd/9:21 2:05 TD 2nd/7:16 3:24 TD 2nd/3:52 3:28 TD 2nd/:24 2:47 FG 3rd/9:10 0:00 TD 3rd/4:33 3:16 TD 3rd/1:17 1:43 TD 4th/11:59 2:25 FG 4th/9:34 2:24 TD 4th/:31
GAME SIX • Kansas State 41, Texas Tech 34
FINAL 45 40
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman brought out some film from the last couple of seasons this past week to remind his players how it feels to win. The No. 24 Aggies had lost two straight after holding double-digits leads at halftime when they came into Lubbock. They led again at halftime, 30-21 against Texas Tech on Saturday night. This time the Aggies prevailed. “It seems like it’s been forever since we’ve had this feeling,” Sherman said after the 45-40 win. “We went back down memory lane a little bit and relieved some of those feelings. And we had that same feeling in there today.” Ryan Tannehill ran for two touchdowns and threw for another for the Aggies. “That feeling in the locker room makes it all worth it,” Tannehill said. “You’re in there with your closest brothers, and you’re having a good time. To me that’s the best feeling you have.” Texas A&M finally put together four quarters, despite being outscored 20-14 in the second half. The Aggies (3-2, 1-1) ran for 205 yards on 46 carries. Seth Doege threw for three touchdowns and 391 yards to lead Texas Tech (4-1, 1-1). Eric Stephens Jr. injured his knee late in the third quarter and had 122 yards on 22 carries. “We hate to lose Eric Stephens,” Tuberville said. “It doesn’t look good.” Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael each ran for a score for Texas A&M. Tannehill found Michael Lamothe early in the fourth quarter for a 5-yard TD to put the Aggies up 45-30. Sherman said he weighted his game plan toward the run. There were 46 rushing plays and 16 passes. “I didn’t want this to be a throw-fest out there,” Sherman said. “I wanted to have some balance in running the football. It worked for us so we stayed with it.” Tannehill’s pass to Lamothe proved crucial. Doege came back and found Alex Torres on a 20-yard TD pass with 31 seconds remaining in the game to pull within 45-40. “We gave ourselves a chance at the end but made too many mistakes,” Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said. “We couldn’t stop their run. We played much better but didn’t get anything going offensively in the third quarter.” The game’s momentum turned on a blocked field goal by the Aggies in the third quarter. Terrence Frederick put A&M up 38-23 when he picked up the ball and ran 63 yards untouched along the near sideline for the touchdown. Dustin Harris was the Aggie who got his hand on the 50-yard attempt by Donnie Carona. That score took the air out of the Red Raiders and their fans. A roughing the kicker penalty on the Aggies earlier in the third quarter gave Texas Tech another shot at scoring. The Red Raiders got only a field goal, though, to pull within 31-23. Steven Terrell appeared to have be pushed into Red Raiders punter Ryan Erxleben on fourth-and-10 from Texas Tech’s 35. Doege found a wide open Torres for a 22-yard gain and then was sacked for a 7-yard loss. Donnie Carona finished the drive with a 49-yard field goal - his second from that distance as the Red Raiders had to settle for 3-pointers throughout the game. TEAM STATISTICS TTU First Downs ...............................................................34 Net Yards Rushing .....................................................132 Net Yards Passing......................................................391 Completions-Attempts-Int ..........................................44-66-0 Total Offense Yards ...................................................523 Fumbles: Number-Lost................................................2-0 Penalties: Number-Yards ............................................9-70 Kickoffs-Yards ...........................................................8-534 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD..................................2-17-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD.................................4-137-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD....................................0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ................................0-0-0 Possession Time ........................................................33:36 Third-Down Conversions ............................................12 of 24 Fourth-Down Conversions ..........................................2 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ..........................................6 of 6 Sacks By: Number-Yards ............................................1-3
Jones AT&TStdium (49,744) Attendance) October 15, 2011
TAMU 23 205 188 16-26-0 393 1-0 9-100 8-523 1-19-0 6-143-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 26:24 7 of 14 0 of 1 6 of 6 3-20
Drive Scoring Start Play T17 Ryan Tannehill 19-yard rush H42 Adam James 2-yard reception T20 Randy Bullock 45-yard field goal T46 Donnie Carona 49-yard field goal T27 Cyrus Gray 16-yard rush H20 Donnie Carona 27-yard field goal T40 Christine Michael 17-yard rush H20 Eric Stephens 4 yard rush T37 Ryan Tannehill 10-yard rush H35 Donnie Carona 49-yard field goal T35 Terrence Fredrick 67-yard blocked fg return H20 Eric Ward 5-yard reception H35 Michael Lamothe 5-yard reception H49 Donnie Carona 30 yard field goal H09 Alex Torres 20-yard reception
SCORE BY QUARTERS Kansas State Texas Tech
1 7 7
2 13 21
3 14 3
4 7 3
FINAL 41 34
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Collin Klein ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as No. 17 Kansas State came from behind to beat Texas Tech 41-34 on Saturday night. Klein ran for 110 yards on 23 carries, scoring on three short runs and hitting Chris Harper for a 3-yard TD pass on the Wildcats (6-0, 3-0) first drive of the third quarter. Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 100 yards early in the second quarter for the Wildcats, who are undefeated after six games for the first time since 2000. Texas Tech (4-2, 1-2) was held to two field goals in the second half. Red Raiders coach Tommy Tubereville said the Wildcats were true to form. “They don’t do anything special,” he said. “They took advantage of their opportunities and we didn’t take advantage of ours. We had too many missed opportunities.” Seth Doege had 461 yards and a touchdown on 43-of-63 passing, but had three of his four turnovers in consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter. He also ran for a score. He had just one interception coming into the game. “I want them all back,” Doege said. “All of them were pretty stupid on my part. As a quarterback one of our jobs is to protect the ball and I did a poor job of that tonight.” After Texas Tech’s field goal late in the game to pull within 41-34, the Red Raiders recovered an onside kick when Tremain Swindall fell on the ball at their own 47. But Doege and the offense seemed to rush and failed to get a first down after running four plays. The Wildcats, who appeared flat in the first half, came out with more energy after halftime. On Kansas State’s first possession Klein put together the Wildcats’ longest drive of the game, capping it with a fade to the corner of the end zone to Harper to lead 28-27. The TD pass was set up after Klein scrambled out of the pocket for a 25-yard gain to the 3. Kansas State held the ball for 33:33, while Tech’s high-powered offense had it for 26:27. Kansas State stayed close in the first half but only because of its defense and special teams. The offense mustered just 94 yards, less than half of those on the ground. Texas Tech’s defense was tough against the Wildcats run, allowing Kansas State’s 26th-ranked rushing offense just 45 yards on 18 carries in the first half. The plan was to chew up the clock and not let Texas Tech’s offense on the field. The Red Raiders, instead, had the ball 2 minutes longer in the first half. Doege was hot in the first half. He completed 25 of 34 passes for 296 yards, his best first-half of the season. After Lockett’s kick return TD in the second quarter, Anthony Cantele missed the extra point to cut the deficit to 14-13. Lockett took the ball straight up the middle and into a pile of Red Raiders at about the 50. Suddenly, though, he was out front of the pile and outraced them all to the corner of the end zone. The Wildcats blocked two field goals, setting up a touchdown with the second. Raphael Guidry blocked the kick and Nigel Malone picked it up and returned it 30 yards to the Texas Tech 46. Klein put Kansas State up 20-14 when he scored from a yard out.
TEAM STATISTICS TTU First Downs ...............................................................32 Net Yards Rushing .....................................................119 Net Yards Passing......................................................461 Completions-Attempts-Int ..........................................43-63-3 Total Offense Yards ...................................................580 Fumbles: Number-Lost................................................1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards ............................................7-62 Kickoffs-Yards ...........................................................6-418 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD..................................2-2-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD.................................4-72-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD....................................0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ................................0-0-0 Possession Time ........................................................26:27 Third-Down Conversions ............................................6 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions ..........................................0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ..........................................3 of 4 Sacks By: Number-Yards ............................................1-2 SCORING SUMMARY No. of Total Team Plays Yards KSU 1 24 TTU 5 65 TTU 10 87 KSU 1 100 KSU 9 46 TTU 4 72 TTU 9 55 KSU 8 77 TTU 15 62 KSU 6 73 KSU 3 22 TTU 12 79
Drive Type of Score Time Score Qtr/Time 0:00 TD 1st/14:23 2:03 TD 1st/9:47 2:41 TD 2nd/14:46 0:00 TD 2nd/14:32 4:49 TD 2nd/4:55 1:00 TD 2nd/3:55 1:53 TD 2nd/:35 3:15 TD 3rd/11:45 3:11 FG 3rd/2:56 2:56 TD 3rd/0:00 1:00 TD 4th/9:52 2:41 FG 4th/2:32
Drive Start KS24 T35 T13 KS00 T46 T28 T45 KS23 T08 KS27 T22 T20
KSU 16 193 146 12-18-0 339 2-0 10-78 7-475 1-2-0 3-148-1 3-37-1 0-0-0 33:33 7 of 14 0 of 1 4-5 1-7 Scoring Play Nigel Malone 24-yard INT return Cornelius Douglas 40-yard reception DeAndre Washington 7-yard run Tyler Lockett 100-yard kickoff return Collin Klein 1-yard run Aaron Crawford 51-yard run Seth Doege 1-yard run Chris Harper 3-yard reception Donnie Carona 47-yard field goal Collin Klein 2-yard run Collin Klein1-yard run Donnie Carona 19-yard field goal
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