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Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Tech Red Raiders

Sooners Stink in Lubbock

  Oklahoma 27 --   Texas Tech 34

Game Time: 11/17/2007 at 7:00 PM
ABC
Location: Lubbock, TX
Attendance: 55,038
Opp Coach: Mike Leach
Weather at Game Time
Temperature: 61°F
Humidity: 39%
Pressure: 29.89 in
Visibility: 10 mile(s)
Wind: East 8 mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy

*Game notes and/or stats from soonersports.com
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot
Oklahoma 7 3 3 14 27
Texas Tech 13 14 7 0 34

Scoring Summary

First QuarterOUTTU
OU13:25Lendy Holmes 63 yd interception return (Garrett Hartley kick)70
TTU12:07Alex Trlica 51 yd field goal73
TTU06:42Alex Trlica 38 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 12 plays 55 yards in 03:35
76
TTU05:10Graham Harrell 1 yd run (Alex Trlica kick)
Drive Summary: 2 plays 61 yards in 00:15
713
Second QuarterOUTTU
TTU12:18Michael Crabtree 13 yd pass from Graham Harrell (Alex Trlica kick)
Drive Summary: 10 plays 66 yards in 04:50
720
TTU09:18Eric Morris 15 yd pass from Graham Harrell (Alex Trlica kick)
Drive Summary: 10 plays 64 yards in 02:17
727
OU00:19Garrett Hartley 20 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 12 plays 58 yards in 03:53
1027
Third QuarterOUTTU
TTU12:25Aaron Crawford 3 yd run (Alex Trlica kick)
Drive Summary: 5 plays 34 yards in 02:07
1034
OU07:04Garrett Hartley 33 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 10 plays 44 yards in 05:21
1334
Fourth QuarterOUTTU
OU07:50Manuel Johnson 65 yd pass from Joey Halzle (Garrett Hartley kick)
Drive Summary: 7 plays 91 yards in 01:42
2034
OU00:31Manuel Johnson 9 yd pass from Joey Halzle (Garrett Hartley kick)
Drive Summary: 3 plays 56 yards in 00:20
2734

Team Stats

  OU TTU
Total First Downs 17   25  
    Rushing 10   20  
    Passing 7   4  
    Penalties 0   1  
    3rd Down Plays 4 of 17   5 of 17  
    4th Down Plays 1 of 4   2 of 2  
Total Yards 408   473  
    Total Plays / Ave 79 - 5.2   89 - 5.3  
Rushing Yards 106   53  
    Plays / Ave 34 - 3.1   17 - 3.1  
    Fumbles / Lost 2 - 1   1 - 1  
Passing Yards 302   420  
    Catches/Attempts 23 of 45   47 of 72  
    Ave Yards 6.7   5.8  
    Interceptions Thrown 1   2  
Sacks by / Yards 0 - 0   2 - 17  
Interceptions / Yards 2 - 63   1 - 15  
Punts / Ave Yards 7 - 47.4   6 - 39  
Kickoff Returns / Yards 7 - 191   1 - 24  
Punt Retuns / Yards 4 - 40   6 - 49  
Penalties / Yards 8 - 78   5 - 40  
Time of Possession 26:50   33:10  

Player Stats

Rushing

Name Carr Yds TDs
DeMarco Murray19940
Chris Brown9320
Joey Halzle3-210
Allen Patrick290
Mike Knall1-80

Rushing

Name Carr Yds TDs
Aaron Crawford12471
Graham Harrell2121
Edward Britton110
Kobey Lewis1-70

Passing

Name Compl Att Yds TDs Int
Joey Halzle124129121
Sam Bradford231100

Passing

Name Compl Att Yds TDs Int
Graham Harrell477242022

Receiving

Name Catch Yds TDs
Michael Crabtree121541
Aaron Crawford11810
Danny Amendola9810
Eric Morris8561
Edward Britton3290
Grant Walker2160
Kobey Lewis230

Kick Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
DeMarco Murray476250
Juaquin Iglesias3115490

Kick Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Edward Britton124240

Punt Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Dominique Franks326120
Reggie Smith114140

Punt Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Eric Morris325250
Danny Amendola324140

Punting

Name Kicks Ave Long Yds
Mike Knall747.4600

Punting

Name Kicks Ave Long Yds
Jonathan LaCour639470

Interceptions

Name Ints Yds Long TDs
Lendy Holmes163631
Curtis Lofton1000

Interceptions

Name Ints Yds Long TDs
Chris Parker115150
Recap

AP Recap

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- First, Oklahoma lost its quarterback. The Sooners' offense left with Sam Bradford and now their national title hopes are gone, too.

Graham Harrell and Texas Tech knocked OU out of the national championship chase Saturday night with a 34-27 victory.

Harrell threw for 420 yards and two touchdowns for the Red Raiders (8-4, 4-4 Big 12) and for the 11th time this season a top-five team lost to an unranked team.

Bradford, the nation's leading passer, came out with an apparent concussion with the Sooners up 7-3 after their second possession of the game.

"Then we got all kinds of personal fouls and penalties, just bad football, and you can't play like that and win on the road, or even at home, " Sooners coach Bob Stoops said.

Texas Tech scored 24 straight points after Bradford went out and by the time the Sooners got anything going on offense in the fourth quarter, it was too late.

"There were huge contributions by defense, huge contributions by special teams and huge contributions by offense," Tech coach Mike Leach said. "I think it was a game won together. I thought on this day, that the Tech defense was the biggest factor in the game."

Tech fans stormed the field after the win, the second straight in Lubbock for Leach over Stoops, his former boss at OU.

"It's unbelievable," said Harrell, who completed 47 of his career-high 72 passes. "We came out and executed. Coach Leach told us if we executed we could move the ball. That's exactly what we did."

The Red Raiders had never beaten a team as highly ranked and Leach had never scored more against Stoops.

With Oregon losing on Thursday, the Sooners (9-2, 5-2 Big 12), who were fourth in the latest BCS standings, appeared to be in good shape to play for a national title if they could win out.

But just like the Ducks, the Sooners couldn't overcome an early injury to their quarterback.

Who benefits from the Sooners' slip and the Ducks' fall? Ohio State can start thinking national title again as it watches other contenders play out the rest of the season. The Buckeyes are in the clubhouse at 11-1 after beating Michigan 14-3 early Saturday. West Virginia also has fewer teams to jump over, too.

Stoops said he didn't know how serious the injury is to Bradford, who appeared to get hurt trying to make a tackle after a turnover.

"I'm not sure whether it was a trainer or one of the players who said, 'Wait a second, he's not where he needs to be," Stoops said. "That's when they grabbed him and looked at him."

Backup Joey Halzle, who had attempted just nine passes coming into the game, struggled to lead the Sooners. He went 21-for-41 for 291 yards. He threw for two touchdowns and had one interception.

"You can't play these guys one-handed," Stoops said. "Your backup never has the number of snaps the other guy has. But Joey (Halzle) did a good job in that regard of hanging in there and continuing to play."

Oklahoma offense came up feeble on all fronts, falling short of its season averages in rushing and scoring. OU came in averaging 191 yards rushing and 45 points, but scored only two offensive TDs, the defense got another, and ran for 106 yards.

The loss put OU in a tie with No. 12 Texas for the Big 12 South title, but the Sooners can still clinch a spot in the conference championship game with a victory next week against Oklahoma State.

If the Sooners can get back to the title game, they'll face the winner of Kansas-Missouri. Who would've guessed the unbeaten Jayhawks and Tigers (10-1) would be the last two Big 12 teams in the national title race?

The Sooners scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to make it 34-27, but Texas Tech recovered an onside kick with less than half a minute left and the upset was complete.

"The difference in the first half and the second is the offense is moving the ball some," Stoops said. "We didn't play well in the first half as a team. The second half we did better."

Harrell rushed for Tech's first touchdown. On the play before he scored, Harrell completed a 60-yard pass to his favorite receiver, Michael Crabtree. That pass allowed him to join five other quarterbacks -- two from Tech -- who've thrown for at least 5,000 yards in a season.

Tech broke it open in the second and third quarters. Harrell hit Crabtree early in the second quarter on a 13-yard TD to put Tech up 20-7. Three minutes later, Harrell hit Eric Morris from 15 yards out to give the Red Raiders a 27-7 lead.

In the third quarter, Aaron Crawford gave Tech a 34-10 with a 3-yard run.

Crabtree finished with 12 catches for 154 yards. It was the redshirt freshman's 10th game of 100 yards or more.

The Sooners went up 7-0 when Lendy Holmes intercepted a pass and returned it 67 yards for a touchdown.

It was unclear when Bradford was hurt, but he took a hard hit as he tried to make a tackle after Allen Patrick fumbled on OU's first play from scrimmage. Bradford got up slowly.

Bradford sat alone on the bench until about 10 minutes remained in the first half when he walked with trainers up a ramp leading out of the stadium and stood near the top for a few minutes.

He then got on the back of a golf cart and was taken away from the stadium area.






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