In its last two games against teams from Oklahoma, the Texas Tech defense was beaten up, worn down and embarrassed. The Red Raiders were gashed for 207 rushing yards in the second half of a loss at Oklahoma State last week, and Oklahoma torched them for 625 total yards and 65 points in a blowout win last season in Norman, Okla.

On Saturday, though, Tech did the hitting, the harassing and, ultimately, the celebrating.

The Red Raiders played arguably their best defense of the season in a 41-13 win at Jones AT&T Stadium, stifling an Oklahoma offense that was coming off a 65-point performance only a week earlier. Against Tech, the Sooners had one of their least-productive performances of the year in terms of points, yards and first downs.

Texas Tech defenders Daniel Howard, left, Colby Whitlock, right, and Brandon Sharpe sack Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. Techs beat OU 41-13. (John A. Bowersmith/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

Texas Tech's LaRon Moore gets away from Oklahoma's Brian Simmons after intercepting a pass Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech beat OU 41-13. (John A. Bowersmith/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

Texas Tech's Jamar Wall breaks up a pass to Oklahoma's Adron Tennell Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech beat OU 41-13. (John A. Bowersmith/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

Texas Tech's Brandon Sharpe (92) sack's Oklahoma's Landry Jones (12) during their game Nov, 21, 2009 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Merissa Ferguson/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

“It feels great because we still have that taste, that memory of how they did us last year at their house,” said Tech cornerback Jamar Wall, referring to the Sooners’ 65-21 victory last year that ruined the Raiders’ perfect season. “Just wanting revenge, we just had that dogfight in us.”

A week after a bone-jarring collision with Oklahoma State quarterback Zac Robinson, which left Wall dazed and limited in practice this week, the senior from Plainview had one of his best games of the year. Wall recorded a career-high four pass breakups and also snagged his first interception of the season, thwarting a pass into the end zone early in the fourth quarter.

Wall, who has no recollection of the lick he laid on Robinson, said there was no way he was going to miss his last home game.

“They let me rest and see how I felt, and I felt great,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to miss this game for the world.”

Tech’s other starting cornerback, LaRon Moore, had a third-quarter interception in OU territory that helped the Raiders extend their lead to 27-6. And free safety Cody Davis continued his solid redshirt freshman season, making five tackles.

The defensive backs weren’t the only standouts in a game in which Oklahoma had its second-lowest outputs of the year with 13 points, 16 first downs and 310 total yards. The Raiders sacked OU quarterback Landry Jones three times, and they held the second-best rushing offense in the Big 12 Conference to 48 yards on 26 carries.

“That’s pretty impressive by our defense,” said Tech defensive end Brandon Sharpe, who was pretty impressive in his own right.

The 6-foot-3, 270-pound senior from Georgia registered 21/2 sacks Saturday, increasing his team-leading total to 13. Sharpe has matched Brandon Williams’ conference-leading figure from a year ago, and he needs only one more sack to match Tech’s single-season school record of 14 set by Adell Duckett in 2003.

“Brandon Sharpe has been amazing this year,” said Tech’s Ra’Jon Henley, a fellow senior defensive end. “Given the fact that we lost McKinner Dixon and Brandon Williams last year – two of the top players in the Big 12 – he’s come out and played really hard and actually matched their numbers in sacks.”

Mike Leach, who became Tech’s winningest head coach with his 83^rd career victory, said the play of the defensive line set the tone. Nose tackle Colby Whitlock was credited with 11/2 tackles for loss, including half a sack, and Henley, Sharpe and Whitlock each had quarterback hurries.

“We kind of have the motto, ‘In the D-line we trust,’ meaning that we have everything on them,” Wall said. “It starts with the D-line, then the linebackers, then us. If the D-line doesn’t have a good game, we won’t have a good game.

“They had a great game, and that made us have plays – play after play from every position.”