With Texas Tech knocking on the door of a tie game, Texas finally came up with a big stop on fourth down. − Danny Davis Texas 31, Texas Tech 24 (4th, 10:18) Texas has won six straight games as the visitor in this series. The last three times that Texas and Texas Tech have played in Lubbock, the game has come down to a big play that was recorded in either the final minute or regulation or overtime. The Red Raiders have converted a fourth down on four of their scoring drives.
Texas Tech is now 5-for-7 on fourth down. Texas Tech had kept the five-play scoring drive alive when Smith escaped a collapsing pocket and scrambled five yards on a 4th-and-4 at the Texas 24. Donovan Smith's 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Baylor Cupp has made this a 31-31 game. Texas 31, Texas Tech 31 (4th, 7:54)Īfter trailing by as many as 14 points in the second half, Texas Tech had rallied to tie Texas. The Red Raiders will start their drive at their own 17. The Longhorns punted it away with 5:33 left, the game still tied 31-31. On third-and-3 from the Texas 42, Hudson Card rolled right and hit Jordan Whittington on the sideline, but Whittington was out of bounds.
Texas' Jerrin Thompson was flagged for a critical defensive holding penalty with two minutes left, moving the ball to Texas' 30-yard line and the first down in a 31-31 game. It was Tech's sixth fourth-down conversion of the day. They made a gutsy fourth-and-3 with just a little more than two minutes left when Donovan Smith danced around the pocket and found Miles Pryce for the first down. On Tech's drive, there were two critical plays by the Red Raiders. And then Card found Sanders for eight yards to Tech's 29. How the Longhorns got there: Starting at their 25 after the touchback, Hudson Card found Xavier Worthy for 10 yards, and then Iowa State transfer Tarik Milton made a brilliant sideline catch for 28 yards to Tech's 37. Texas Tech's Trey Wolff thought his 45-yard field goal with 21 seconds left was good enough to give the Red Raiders a 34-31 win, but Texas just went all Alabama and drove it with no timeouts to tie the game 34-34 on Bert Auburn's 48-yard kick as time expired. The Horns host West Virginia next Saturday. Texas falls to 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the Big 12. This snapped Texas' four-game winning streak over the Red Raiders, and it was Tech's first win in Lubbock since the 2008 Michael Crabtree game. Tech recovered, and then won it on Trey Wolff's 20-yard kick. More: Bohls: Holy tortillas! Could this be the end of Longhorns-Red Raiders?įollow along below for live updates throughout the contest:īijan Robinson fumbled on Texas' first drive of overtime, the ball knocked loose by a helmet to the ball. View Gallery: Texas vs Texas Tech: Here are photos from the football game
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