Texas Tech Athletics
6-5 , 3-5
Weber State
6-5 , 5-3
Texas Tech Handles Weber St., 64-21
November 20, 2010 | Football
Nov. 20, 2010
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Taylor Potts threw for three touchdowns and ran for another -- all in the first half -- to lead Texas Tech over Weber State 64-21 on Saturday.
The win made the Red Raiders (6-5) bowl eligible for an 18th straight year -- they've gotten berths the past 10 years.
"This was a good confidence builder," Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said. "We needed it. I mean, every game for us this year has been down to the wire. So our guys, you know, they needed to play a game like this. We executed, went out, made plays, ran the ball... We looked like a good football team."
Texas Tech tallied 669 total yards and 34 first downs. The running game made up more than half the total, 230 yards on 40 carries.
Potts, coming off his worst game in 19 career starts, hit Baron Batch for a 4-yard touchdown and Lyle Leong for a 7-yarder in the first quarter. Detron Lewis caught a 6-yard TD in the second quarter to put Texas Tech up 37-0. Potts finished 21 of 24 for 272 yards.
The senior quarterback threw for only 136 yards and had two interceptions in a 45-7 loss at Oklahoma last week. He had no picks Saturday.
"It's what we've been looking for all year," Potts said of Saturday's offensive effort. "Today was kind of a day everything seemed to work well. It felt like at times we had 11 guys playing at the exact same time, when in the past it felt like we were missing a couple of guys on certain plays that could help."
Red Raiders backup quarterback Stephen Sheffield, also a senior, came in just before halftime and threw a 15-yard TD to Aron Crawford to put Texas Tech up 44-0 at halftime. Batch and Ben McRoy together scored three rushing TDs.
Weber State (6-5, 5-3 Big Sky) scored in the third quarter when Cameron Higgins hit Brian Jankowski for a 6-yard touchdown to make it 47-7. In the fourth quarter, running back Vaingamalie Tafuna scored on a 3-yard run and backup quarterback Mike Hoke hit Bo Bolen for a 30-yarder to make it 64-21.
"We just didn't play well, plain and simple," Weber State coach Ron McBride said. "Offensively, they did just about everything they wanted to us."
The Wildcats lost their starting tackle Tytan Timoteo late in the first quarter when he was ejected from the game after getting a personal foul for throwing a punch.
Team Stats
WSU 0, TTU 7
TTU - Batch, Baron 4 yd pass from Potts, Taylor (Williams, Matt kick) 10 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:12
WSU 0, TTU 14
TTU - Potts, Taylor 2 yd run (Williams, Matt kick), 9 plays, 95 yards, TOP 2:55
WSU 0, TTU 21
TTU - Leong, Lyle 7 yd pass from Potts, Taylor (Williams, Matt kick) 10 plays, 78 yards, TOP 2:43
WSU 0, TTU 23
TTU - TEAM 8 yd safety
WSU 0, TTU 30
TTU - Batch, Baron 6 yd run (Williams, Matt kick), 9 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:23
WSU 0, TTU 37
TTU - Lewis, Detron 6 yd pass from Potts, Taylor (Williams, Matt kick) 10 plays, 74 yards, TOP 3:20
WSU 0, TTU 44
TTU - Crawford, Aaron 15 yd pass from Sheffield, Ste. (Williams, Matt kick) 6 plays, 61 yards, TOP 1:09
WSU 0, TTU 47
TTU - Carona, Donnie 52 yd field goal 5 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:45
WSU 7, TTU 47
WSU - Brian Jankowski 6 yd pass from Cameron Higgins (Shaun McClain kick) 7 plays, 79 yards, TOP 3:42
WSU 7, TTU 50
TTU - Williams, Matt 41 yd field goal 11 plays, 50 yards, TOP 5:00
WSU 7, TTU 57
TTU - McRoy, Ben 1 yd run (Williams, Matt kick), 7 plays, 71 yards, TOP 2:12
WSU 14, TTU 57
WSU - Vai Tafuna 3 yd run (Shaun McClain kick), 12 plays, 60 yards, TOP 4:31
WSU 14, TTU 64
TTU - McRoy, Ben 39 yd run (Williams, Matt kick), 1 plays, 39 yards, TOP 0:15
WSU 21, TTU 64
WSU - Bo Bolen 30 yd pass from Mike Hoke (Shaun McClain kick) 8 plays, 88 yards, TOP 3:29
