Shannon Woods’ and Baron Batch’s welcome back onto the Texas Tech offensive stage continued Saturday night.

No. 11 Texas Tech rolled Massachusetts 56-14 at Jones AT&T Stadium with Woods and Batch getting 29 touches and turning them into 284 total yards. That’s a trend. The week before against SMU, the same pair had 301 yards.

Texas Tech running back Shannon Woods breaks loose for a touchdown ahead of Massachusetts defender Darrlyn Fenner during Tech

“I’d like to know who else in the country got 300 or close to 300,” Tech coach Mike Leach said. “Did somebody else get 300 yards out of the one position in the backfield? They might’ve, but I doubt it.”

Woods and Batch made a jovial pair in the post-game interview room. Their successes taste sweeter after their well-documented adversities – Batch from career-threatening ankle problems, Woods from being benched four games late last season and then sent home from the Gator Bowl as a disciplinary action.

“With him being hurt, he’s hungry,” Woods said, “and with me going through what I went through, I’m hungry. And we don’t ever want to see anything like that happen again. I guess that’s why we’re running so hard and play like we play, because we’ve both been through it.”

Tech (4-0) scored on six of its seven first-half possessions to lead 42-7. When Darcel McBath returned an interception for a touchdown on the third play of the second half, UMass (2-2) was officially done.

Woods’ 108 yards rushing included touchdowns from 2, 38 and 18 yards. On the 38-yarder, he made a nice cutback around the 20-yard line and gave the Red Raiders a rushing touchdown longer than 20 yards for the fourth game in a row.

They’re giving defensive coordinators a lot to think about, not to mention Leach who sends in play selections and Graham Harrell, who picks one.

“Me and Graham, we’re the same year, so I can kind of talk him into a run here and there,” Woods said jokingly.

Leach said Woods was out of the doghouse by the start of spring practice because of how hard he worked in the off-season. In August, he said Woods was playing at a career-best level.

“I don’t think my mentality for the game has ever changed,” Woods said. “I always want to be productive.”