Brewer’s late TD pass lifts Baylor over Oklahoma State
WACO — Charlie Brewer threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Denzel Mims with seven seconds left to give Baylor a 35-31 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Brewer didn’t play the first three quarters after spending the week in concussion protocol since Baylor’s last game. But he led the Bears (5-4, 3-3 Big 12) to consecutive touchdown drives after entering the game, including a 36-yard TD pass to Jalen Hurd with 5:43 left.
“It was time,” Baylor coach Matt Rhule said of the decision to put Brewer in the game.
Baylor’s game-winning drive started after Oklahoma State (5-4, 2-4) was stopped on fourth down, when Chris Miller sacked Taylor Cornelius for a 9-yard loss with 1:31 left.
The Bears then went 55 yards on eight plays, the winning score coming on Brewer’s TD to Mims.
“Two plays before that I overheard them talking on the sideline about throwing it to me,” Mims said. “So I knew coming into that last play I was going to get the ball. So I was like, I’ve got to go make that play. … When I did it, it was just an exciting moment.”
The win gets Baylor within one win of bowl eligibility, a year after winning only one game in Rhule’s first season.
OKLAHOMA 51 TEXAS TECH 46
Kyler Murray recovered from a pair of early interceptions that led to a two-touchdown deficit, throwing for 360 yards and three touchdowns and running for 100 yards and another score to rally the No. 7 Sooners.
Trey Sermon set career highs with 206 yards rushing and three TDs as the Sooners (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) stayed in the hunt for a return to the College Football Playoff with their 19th straight win in a true road game and 14th consecutive November victory.
The Red Raiders (5-4, 3-3) led 31-28 at halftime, but freshman quarterback Alan Bowman didn’t return in the second half of their eighth straight loss against a Top 10 team going back to 2012. Texas Tech officials didn’t immediately say why Bowman left the game.
Texas Tech punted three straight times without getting a first down after Jett Duffey replaced Bowman.
Duffey started moving the Red Raiders, and they pulled within two on his 4-yard scoring pass to Zach Austin on fourth down midway through the fourth. But Robert Barnes intercepted the 2-point conversion pass and returned it 98 yards for two points and a 44-40 OU lead.
IOWA ST. 27, KANSAS 3
Brock Purdy threw a short touchdown pass to cap a threeTD performance, and the NO. 24 Cyclones cruised to a win at Lawrence, Kansas — ISU’s fourth straight since installing their freshman quarterback.
Purdy finished with 263 yards passing in another stellar performance, and his other two TD tosses were big-play strikes to Hakeem Butler. David Montgomery ran for 67 yards and Purdy added 53 more on the ground as the Cyclones (5-3, 4-2) kept alive their hopes of playing in the Big 12 title game.
The Jayhawks’ Peyton Bender was 19 of 40 for 185 yards. Khalil Herbert added 91 yards on the ground.
The Jayhawks (3-6, 1-5) had substitution mistakes and four failed fourth downs.
TCU 14, KANSAS ST. 13
Mike Collins threw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Reagor in the third quarter and the Horned Frogs held on for a win after the Wildcats missed a potential game-tying extra point in the fourth at Fort Worth.
The Horned Frogs (4-5, 2-4 Big 12) avoided the first four-game losing streak in 18 seasons under coach Gary Patterson.
The missed PAT, a muffed punt and a botched field goal attempt put Kansas State (3-6, 1-5) in the position of having to win its three remaining games to qualify for a bowl.