Texas stays alive in Big 12 by beating Texas Tech

AUSTIN, Texas — Case McCoy passed for two touchdowns and ran for another and Texas kept its Big 12 title hopes alive Thursday night with a 4116 win over Texas Tech.

Joe Bergeron ran for 102 yards and a touchdown for the Longhorns (8-3, 7-1 Big 12), who end their regular season on Dec. 7 at Baylor. If Texas wins that game and Oklahoma State loses to Oklahoma, the Longhorns would win their first league championship since 2009.

Texas Tech (7-5, 4-5) ended its regular season with its fifth consecutive loss under first-year coach Kliff Kingsbury.

The Red Raiders came in with the nation’s top passing offense, but Texas sacked freshman quarterback Baker Mayfield seven times. Texas Tech’s biggest play came on a 51-yard touchdown on a fake punt by Ryan Erxleben in the first quarter.

Mike Davis caught touchdowns of 47 and 7 yards for Texas.

Malcolm Brown also rushed for 128 yards for Texas, which pounded out 281 total yards on the ground. Anthony Fera kicked field goals of 37 and 49 yards, tying the Texas record by making 15 in a row this season.

Jackson Jeffcoat had three sacks for Texas, which chased Red Raiders quarterbacks all night with a swarming pass rush. Mayfield completed 24 of 44 passes for 237 yards for the Red Raiders, who haven’t won in Austin since 1997.

A fake punt gave Texas Tech an early 7-0 lead before the Longhorns responded with Fera’s first field goal and McCoy’s long touchdown pass to Davis in the first quarter. Texas pushed the lead to 20-7 when Joe Bergeron rumbled 12 yards for a touchdown, a play set up by a 43-yard completion from Jaxon Shipley to Davis on a double-reverse pass. McCoy’s second career rushing touchdown came in the third quarter and his 7-yard TD pass to Davis in the third made it 34-10 and put the game out of reach. McCoy had three turnovers in Texas’ loss to Oklahoma State, but was mistake-free

against the Red Raiders.

Mississippi State 17, Mississippi 10 (OT)

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Dak Prescott rushed for a 3yard touchdown in overtime to lead Mississippi State past Mississippi in the Egg Bowl.

Prescott didn’t enter the game until the fourth quarter because of an injury to his non-throwing shoulder that caused him to miss the past two games. But the sophomore led the Bulldogs (6-6, 3-5 Southeastern Conference) to their tying drive in the fourth quarter and the game-winner in overtime.

Ole Miss’ overtime drive ended when Bo Wallace fumbled and Mississippi State’s Jamerson Love recovered in the end zone.

Mississippi State freshman Damian Williams, the third-string quarterback, made his first career start because of injuries to Prescott and Tyler Russell.

The Bulldogs are now bowl eligible for a fourth straight season.