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Oklahoma Sooners vs Texas Tech Red Raiders

  Texas Tech 15 --   Oklahoma 60

Game Time: 11/23/2002 at 6:00 PM
TBS
Location: Norman, OK
Attendance: 75,553
Opp Coach: Mike Leach
Weather at Game Time
Temperature: 53°F
Humidity: 64%
Pressure: 28.6 in
Visibility: 10 mile(s)
Wind: SSE 9 mph
Conditions: Fair
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot
Texas Tech 0 0 7 8 15
Oklahoma 16 9 21 14 60

Scoring Summary

First QuarterTTUOU
OU11:15Kejuan Jones 10 yd run (Trey DiCarlo kick)07
OU09:45Quentin Griffin 62 yd run (Trey DiCarlo kick)014
OU03:09TEAM safety016
Second QuarterTTUOU
OU07:30Kejuan Jones 3 yd run (Trey DiCarlo kick)023
OU00:33TEAM safety025
Third QuarterTTUOU
OU13:25Will Peoples 0 yd blocked punt return (Trey DiCarlo kick)032
OU05:59Quentin Griffin 1 yd run (Trey DiCarlo kick)039
OU02:29Quentin Griffin 4 yd run (Trey DiCarlo kick)046
TTU02:12Vincent Meeks 98 yd kick return (Robert Treece kick)746
Fourth QuarterTTUOU
OU10:33Trent Smith 4 yd pass from Nate Hybl (Trey DiCarlo kick)753
TTU08:46Carlos Francis 67 yd pass from K Kingsbury (Mickey Peters 2 pt conv)1553
OU03:13Brandon Jones 7 yd pass from Paul Thompson (Trey DiCarlo kick)1560

Team Stats

  TTU OU
Total First Downs 10   25  
    Rushing 4   19  
    Passing 4   6  
    Penalties 2   0  
    3rd Down Plays 4 of 13   11 of 18  
    4th Down Plays 0 of 3   1 of 2  
Total Yards 236   478  
    Total Plays / Ave 58 - 4.1   89 - 5.4  
Rushing Yards 12   329  
    Plays / Ave 19 - 0.6   61 - 5.4  
    Fumbles / Lost 2 - 1   1 - 0  
Passing Yards 224   149  
    Catches/Attempts 17 of 39   17 of 28  
    Ave Yards 5.7   5.3  
    Interceptions Thrown 2   2  
Sacks by / Yards 0 - 0   7 - 38  
Interceptions / Yards 2 - -2   2 - 2  
Punts / Ave Yards 5 - 24.4   3 - 32  
Kickoff Returns / Yards 8 - 157   3 - 31  
Punt Retuns / Yards 1 - 3   2 - 38  
Penalties / Yards 4 - 20   6 - 49  
Time of Possession 20:44   39:16  

Player Stats

Rushing

Name Carr Yds TDs
K Kingsbury7-290
Taurean Henderson6170
Wes Welker3150
B J Symons290
Carlos Francis100

Passing

Name Compl Att Yds TDs Int
K Kingsbury153518711
B J Symons243700

Passing

Name Compl Att Yds TDs Int
Nate Hybl142312711
Paul Thompson342211

Receiving

Name Catch Yds TDs
Taurean Henderson4360
Carlos Francis3991
Wes Welker3380
Nehemiah Glover2190
Foy Munlin2110
Mickey Peters190
P Hartfield180
Clay McGuire140

Kick Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Vincent Meeks5145981
Ivory McCann216100
Thomas Bachman1-4-40

Kick Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Curtis Fagan120200
Antonio Perkins1660
Russell Dennison1550

Punt Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Wes Welker1330

Punt Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Brandon Shelby120200
Antonio Perkins118180

Punting

Name Kicks Ave Long Yds
C Greathouse430.5490

Punting

Name Kicks Ave Long Yds
Blake Ferguson332460

Interceptions

Name Ints Yds Long TDs
Ricky Sailor2-200

Interceptions

Name Ints Yds Long TDs
Antonio Perkins1220
Derrick Strait1000
Recap

AP Recap

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma left no doubt about who's best in the Big 12 South.

The Sooners (No. 5 ESPN/USA Today, No. 4 AP) controlled the ball with Quentin Griffin and harassed Kliff Kingsbury from start to finish in Saturday night's 60-15 victory over Texas Tech (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today, No. 24 AP).

Griffin ran for 207 yards and three touchdowns -- his seventh straight 100-yard game and third 200-yard game of the season -- as Oklahoma (10-1, 6-1) won the South Division title.

Kingsbury came in averaging 371 yards passing a game, but he was just 15-of-35 for a season-low 187 yards -- 67 of those on a fourth-quarter touchdown. Oklahoma's defense forced two safeties, sacked Kingsbury six times and intercepted him twice.

"Everyone's talked for three weeks about how they've scored 50, 60 points, and we hold them to one touchdown, really a meaningless one at the end of the game,'' coach Bob Stoops said. "Just another spectacular performance by the defense.''

The Sooners finish the regular season next week against Oklahoma State, then play No. 16 Colorado for the conference title on Dec. 7. Oklahoma beat Colorado 27-11 on Nov. 2, and the winner of next month's game gets a berth in a BCS game.

Texas Tech (8-5, 5-3) had won three straight games to get in position to play for the South title. But the Red Raiders had no answers for Griffin, or Oklahoma's defense, in their worst loss of the season.

"That's the best defense I've seen in four years,'' Kingsbury said. "They just beat us in all phases of the game.''

Oklahoma's defense had been subpar in the past two weeks, allowing four TD passes in a loss to Texas A&M and then playing only so-so against Baylor. But the unit was back in form Saturday, holding the Red Raiders 24 points and nearly 270 yards below their average.

"It's all about making him throw the short pass, rallying to it and tackling good and putting pressure on the quarterback,'' linebacker Teddy Lehman said. "We did all that today.''

Kingsbury's worst game this year had been a 268-yard effort in a loss to Colorado on Oct. 26. He is 0-3 against Oklahoma since beating them as a freshman in 1999, and the Red Raiders haven't scored more than 15 in any of those three games.

The Red Raiders had 12 yards and no first downs in the first quarter. They crossed midfield only once in the first half and were outgained 263-64. For the game, Oklahoma had a 478-236 edge in total offense.

Griffin's highlight-reel 62-yard touchdown run on the second possession gave Oklahoma a 14-0 lead and made it clear the Red Raiders were in for a long night.

The Sooners drove 70 yards in 10 plays for their first touchdown, a short run by Kejuan Jones. After Tech was forced to punt, Griffin broke a tackle at the line, ran through another at midfield, stumbled but kept his balance, then raced down the sideline, cutting back near the 5-yard line to elude a defender and get to the end zone.

"It's another one of those runs we'll watch tomorrow on tape and replay it about eight times and shake our head,'' Stoops said.

Kingsbury was sacked in the end zone late in the first quarter, making it 16-0. Jones scored on a 3-yard run midway through the second, capping an 11-play drive in which the Sooners ran 10 times. Then a holding call against Tech in the end zone resulted in another safety and a 25-0 halftime lead.

Brandon Shelby blocked a punt on Tech's first possession of the third quarter, and Will Peoples recovered it in the end zone for a 32-0 lead. Two short TD runs by Griffin pushed the lead to 46-0 before Vincent Meeks scored for Tech on a 98-yard kickoff return.

"They played with great tempo early,'' said Tech coach Mike Leach. "They didn't really have any secrets. We kind of started playing on our heels and stayed on our heels.''






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