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Texas Tech Rallies To Defeat Oklahoma State, 30-24
November 18, 2006 | Football
Nov. 18, 2006
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Graham Harrell threw for 353 yards and two touchdowns to lead Texas Tech past Oklahoma State 30-24 on Saturday.
Tech rallied from an early 17-0 deficit, scoring on five straight possessions to take a 27-17 lead late in the third quarter. The Cowboys had a chance in the final minute but Bobby Reid threw an incompletion into the end zone as time expired.
Harrell, who completed 28-of-44 passes, threw TD passes of 24 and 8 yards. Shannon Woods ran it in from 1 yard out and Alex Trlica kicked field goals of 28, 19 and 23 yards.
The Red Raiders (7-5, 4-4 Big 12) comeback was aided by poor field position for the Cowboys, whose first four possessions of the second half started inside their own 10-yard line. On the fourth drive, Oklahoma State (6-5, 3-4) drove 93 yards to close within 27-24.
Tech didn't get on track until late in the first half. The Red Raiders drew some boos from their fans when they ran the ball on third-and-goal from the Cowboys 7-yard line and Shannon Woods lost 4 yards. Tech settled for a field goal to close within 17-3.
On their final possession of the first half, Harrell and the Red Raiders started clicking down the field. Harrell completed 5-of-6 passes for 54 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown pass to Johnson to whittle the deficit to 17-10 at halftime.
After a successful opening drive, Oklahoma State scored late in the first quarter on a turnover. Jeremy Nethon forced Tech's Danny Amendola to fumble a punt return. Six plays later, Cowboys quarterback Bobby Reid ran 16 yards for a touchdown to put OSU up 14-10.
Reid completed 11-of-31 passes for 145 yards and one touchdown.
Team Stats
OSU 7, TTU 0
OSU - Savage,Dantrell 25 yd run (Ricks,Jason kick), 9 plays, 54 yards, TOP 2:53
OSU 14, TTU 0
OSU - Reid,Bobby 16 yd run (Ricks,Jason kick), 6 plays, 44 yards, TOP 3:25
OSU 17, TTU 0
OSU - Ricks,Jason 47 yd field goal 12 plays, 48 yards, TOP 3:38
OSU 17, TTU 3
TTU - Trlica, Alex 28 yd field goal 12 plays, 69 yards, TOP 5:32
OSU 17, TTU 10
TTU - Johnson, Robert 8 yd pass from Harrell, Graham (Trlica, Alex kick) 7 plays, 57 yards, TOP 1:11
OSU 17, TTU 17
TTU - Johnson, Robert 24 yd pass from Harrell, Graham (Trlica, Alex kick) 2 plays, 38 yards, TOP 0:48
OSU 17, TTU 24
TTU - Woods, Shannon 1 yd run (Trlica, Alex kick), 5 plays, 76 yards, TOP 1:26
OSU 17, TTU 27
TTU - Trlica, Alex 19 yd field goal 8 plays, 53 yards, TOP 1:24
OSU 24, TTU 27
OSU - Bowman,Adarius 34 yd pass from Reid,Bobby (Ricks,Jason kick) 13 plays, 93 yards, TOP 5:35
OSU 24, TTU 30
TTU - Trlica, Alex 23 yd field goal 5 plays, 50 yards, TOP 1:30
