San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
Oklahoma St. stops 2-point try to take outKansas St.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Oklahoma State was missing so many offensive players to injuries this week that coach Mike Gundy joked he took most of the reps at running back, even though he’s a 53-year-old ex-quarterback who was hardly known for his wheels.
Good thing the Cowboys’ defense stuffed Kansas State.
Jason Taylor II returned a fumble 85 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, and Oklahoma State stopped the Wildcats’ 2-point try that would have tied the game with 2:08 to go, allowing the No. 14 Cowboys to escape with a 20-18 victory Saturday night that kept their Big 12 title hopes alive.
Spencer Sanders was held to just 108 yards passing without dynamic wide receiver Tylan Wallace and with running back Chuba Hubbard slowed by an injury. LD Brown helped to pick up the load, running for 110 yards, as Oklahoma State (5-1, 4-1) leaned on a defense that was trampled by Texas a week ago.
TheWildcats (4-3, 4-2) were forced to try for the tying 2-point conversion afterWill Howard’s short TD run because of their odd decision to attempt a 2-point try to stretch a 12-0 lead in the first half. Howard was incomplete on that one, and he never got a pass off on the second — he fumbled as the pocket collapsed.
IOWA STATE 38, BAYLOR 31
Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes in the second half after throwing three interceptions in the first, and No. 17 Iowa State came from behind to beat Baylor in Ames, Iowa.
The Cyclones (5-2) are 5-1 in conference play for the first time in the program’s 128-year history and are first in the Big 12 by a half-game.
Breece Hall went over 100 yards rushing for the seventh straight game, finishing with 133 and two touchdowns. He also caught a TD pass.
The Cyclones won for the first time since 2012 when committing four turnovers. Baylor (1-4) scored its first 24 points off Iowa State turnovers, the last coming when Greg Eisworth muffed a punt.
Iowa State linebacker Mike Rose sealed the victory when he intercepted Charlie Brewer’s pass in the end zone with 57 seconds left.
OKLAHOMA 62, KANSAS 9
Rhamondre Stevenson ran for 104 yards and two touchdowns as No. 19 Oklahoma (5-2, 4-2) routed winless Kansas in Norman, Okla. Stevenson, in his second game back from a suspension, also caught four passes for 60 yards.
Jalon Daniels completed 11 of 31 passes for 115 yards for the Jayhawks (0-7, 0-6), who were held to 246 total yards.
TCU 34, TEXAS TECH18
TCU quarterback Max Duggan ran for 154 yards and three touchdowns on a day when he threw for only 73 yards, and the Horned Frogs (3-3, 3-3) snapped a fivegame home losing streak in Fort Worth.
Duggan, who finished 11-of-23 passing with an interception, had a 3-yard keeper for a score in the first half. He sprinted 48 yards for a touchdown in the final minute of the third quarter, then had a game-clinching 81-yard TD on his 19th and final carry with 1:42 left.
The win also snapped a fivegame streak in the series against Texas Tech (2-5, 1-5) in which the visiting team won.