Texas Tech denied TDs, victory over Texas
LUBBOCK, Texas — Seth Doege led Texas Tech into the red zone numerous times against Texas on Saturday.
Problem was the No. 18 Red Raiders didn’t get much out of those visits, and Doege had a simple explanation after the No. 23 Longhorns’ 31-22 victory.
“Penalties,” said the senior quarterback, who got just one touchdown against the Longhorns. “I don’t think I have to explain much of it. Every time that we didn’t get points, the majority of the time it was penalties that kept us from it.”
Texas Tech Coach Tommy Tuberville said the timing of those penalties didn’t work in the Red Raiders’ favor.
“It absolutely took us out of it,” he said. “Hopefully we can play better for the next three games and get into a good bowl game. It’s just hard to play so well at times and then play so poorly at times and have inopportune penalties. It absolutely took us out of it.”
David Ash threw for three touchdowns and 264 yards to lead Texas and freshman Johnathan Gray got his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game with 106 yards on 20 carries.
Mike Davis had a careerhigh 165 yards and a careerbest 2 touchdowns on 4 catches, one a 75-yarder from Ash in the second quarter for the Longhorns (7-2, 4-2 Big 12). It was the third consecutive victory for Texas, which remains alive in the Big 12 race.
Doege completed 26 of 44 passes for 329 yards for Texas Tech (6-3, 3-3).
In other Big 12 games, Landry Jones threw for 405 yards and a season-high four touchdowns and No. 12 Oklahoma (6-2, 4-1) won 35-20 over host Iowa State (5-4, 2-4). ... Corey Fuller caught a 25-yard touchdown pass and Trevone Boykin threw to Josh Boyce for the twopoint conversion, lifting TCU (6-3, 3-3) to a 39-38 double-overtime victory over No. 21 West Virginia (5-3, 2-3). ... Nick Florence threw for 367 yards and three touchdowns, running back Lache Seastrunk had 194 total yards and Baylor (44, 1-4) won 41-14 over visiting Kansas (1-8, 0-6). Florence was 26 of 42 and surpassed 3,000 yards passing for the season. James Sims had 126 rushing yards for Kansas.
CONFERENCE USA
East Carolina rolls
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Shane Carden threw for 305 yards and four touchdowns to lead East Carolina to a 48-28 victory over Houston on Saturday afternoon.
Vintavious Cooper rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown for the Pirates (6-4, 5-1 Conference USA).
The victory makes East Carolina bowl-eligible for the sixth time in the past seven seasons.
Carden’s 31 completions and 43 passes are both career highs. He has thrown 16 touchdown passes against seven interceptions this season. Danny Webster caught six of Carden’s passes, three of them for touchdowns.
The Pirates outgained the Cougars (4-5, 3-2) 245 to 28 yards rushing, which contributed to their nearly 30-minute advantage in time of possession. Houston ran the ball only 11 times.
Houston’s David Piland threw 51 passes, completing only 22, including 4 for touchdowns. He and Carden threw one interception each.
In other Conference USA games, Rakeem Cato threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns to lead host Marshall (4-5, 3-2) to a 38-28 victory over Memphis (18, 1-4). Cato completed 34 of 44 passes, including 22 of 29 in the first half, and has thrown for 3,290 yards this season. ... Luke Turner put Rice (4-6, 2-4) ahead to stay with his first of two fourth-quarter touchdowns and the Owls outlasted host Tulane 49-47. Tulane (2-7, 2-3) gained all its 476 offensive yards by passing, netting 0 yards on 14 rushes. ... Darrin Reaves rushed for a season-high 218 yards and two touchdowns and AlabamaBirmingham (2-7, 1-4) erased a 16point halftime deficit in a 27-19 victory over host Southern Mississippi (0-9, 0-6). ... Latavius Murray rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass as host Central Florida (7-2, 5-0) rolled to a 42-17 victory over
SMU (4-5, 3-2).