Wide receivers coach Dennis Simmons said Tuesday that Franks was in the doghouse for what he termed “a variety of reasons.’’ The sophomore receiver isn’t a starter but has been Alex Torres’ backup all year, catching 24 passes. Simmons planned ahead by working Lyle Leong at both outside receiver spots this week.

The move’s hardly unprecedented. Starting inside receiver Tramain Swindall didn’t dress for the season opener after coaches were dissatisfied with his preseason workouts. And most of the Tech receivers have been dropped on the depth chart at one time or another for lagging performance.

Backup running back Aaron Crawford also isn’t on the dress roster for this week. Crawford missed Wednesday’s practice with an unspecified injury.

Tech’s special teams could be impacted most by the absences. Franks has been a gunner on the Red Raiders’ usually solid punt-coverage unit. Crawford has made a mark this season playing on the kickoff, kickoff return and punt block/return teams.

Vintage look

Oklahoma will wear throwback uniforms Saturday in Lubbock. The Sooners’ Nike Pro Combat series uniform was designed with OU’s 1955 and 1956 national championship teams in mind.

The components will include white helmets with a crimson stripe and gray facemask, plus white jerseys and white pants.

Other features are “Sooners’’ in crimson script on the back waistband of the pants and “Sooner Magic’’ on the jersey collars and gloves.

OU is one of 11 college programs debuting the Nike Pro Combat uniforms this month.

Williams

Texas Tech cornerback Jamar Wall and linebacker Marlon Williams, both of whom missed Tuesday’s practice, returned to Wednesday’s workout. Both got hurt late in Saturday’s 24-17 loss at Oklahoma State, Wall in a violent collision with Cowboys quarterback Zac Robinson.

Williams was wearing a protective boot Tuesday.

Starting middle linebacker Brian Duncan has taken some snaps at outside linebacker this week, the Avalanche-Journal learned, in case Williams’ availability were to be limited. In that case, Sam Fehoko would play in the middle.

On Tech’s quarterback front, Taylor Potts received the majority of the snaps in the team period of Wednesday’s workout, the A-J learned, much like last week when he got the starting nod over Steven Sheffield.

Tech does not provide information on injuries, and Tech coach Mike Leach has been coy about his quarterback decision leading up to games recently.

Wall

In brief

As of Wednesday, about 300 tickets were left for next week’s Tech-Baylor game in Arlington, according to Dave Welsh, Tech’s assistant athletic director for ticket operations. … Tech FL Jacoby Franks practiced with the scout team for the second day in a row Wednesday. Since Tuesday and Wednesday are the team’s heaviest practice days, Franks’ chances on offense are likely to be limited in Saturday’s game against Oklahoma. To make up for Franks’ practice snaps, receivers coach Dennis Simmons said Lyle Leong has worked at both outside receiver positions and SE Brik Brinker has seen some more practice time. … Backup IR Cornelius Douglas was in a protective boot on Wednesday. RB Aaron Crawford, who has been a key special teams player this season, also was out Wednesday.

That was the plan anyway, but it was ruined sooner than anyone could have expected.

Jones

Sam Bradford, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, suffered a shoulder injury during the second quarter of a season-opening loss against BYU. He returned four games later for the start of Big 12 Conference play, but his college football career came to an abrupt end when he re-injured his shoulder the following week.

So the 2009 season has turned into a crash course for Jones, a redshirt freshman from Artesia, N.M., who has played in all 10 of the Sooners’ games this season.

“I think Landry has always had confidence, and whenever his opportunity came, he was going to be ready for it,” said Jones’ high school coach in Artesia, Cooper Henderson. “It was quicker than anybody expected, particularly back to the start of this season. At the same time, I think he’s really made the most of that opportunity.”

The 6-foot-4, 216-pound Jones hasn’t exactly been the second coming of Bradford, but he’s had some shining moments. He broke Bradford’s single-game school record for touchdown passes in just his second career start, throwing six in a 45-0 win against Tulsa, and he passed for five TDs and a career-high 392 yards in last week’s 65-10 win against Texas A&M.

Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones throws in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Nebraska, in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Jones’ 22 touchdown tosses for the season is tied for the Big 12 lead, and he’s thrown for nearly 2,300 yards.

“He’s done a tremendous job,” said Ryan Broyles, OU’s leading receiver as a sophomore. “He’s definitely playing like a guy who’s been out there before.”
It hasn’t been all good, however. Jones’ 12 interceptions also lead the Big 12, and he’s had some shaky performances away from Norman, Okla.

He threw five picks in a 10-3 loss at Nebraska two weeks ago, and he and the Sooners came up just short in previous losses at Miami and against Texas at the Cotton Bowl. Jones has a combined seven interceptions in OU’s losses, and he hasn’t passed for more than 250 yards in any of those games.

Jones said he’s tried to stay within himself and make plays as they present themselves, and he’s also learned to take the good with the bad.

“You’ve just got to learn from it and get better by it,” he said after the Nebraska game. “Once you learn from it and remember the mistakes that you made, you kind of have to put it behind you and move on and go play the next snap.”

Jones has bounced back well from each of his lackluster performances. He threw for a combined 546 yards and six TDs in two straight wins after the loss to Texas, and a week after the Sooners failed to reach the end zone against the Cornhuskers, they racked up a season-high 65 points against the Aggies.
Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman was impressed with the way Jones responded, saying he was poised, patient and made good decisions. OU coach Bob Stoops also was pleased.

Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones, left, throws the ball as he is hit by Texas A&M defender Von Miller, right, in the third quarter of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Oklahoma won the game 65-10. (AP)

“He’s going to have to do that,” Stoops said. “In the end, he’s a young guy that’s still learning and maturing in the job, and there’s bound to be some rough spots. All quarterbacks have them. You’ve just got to have the confidence and ability to overcome it, and just push forward and keep making improvement. And he did the other night.”

According to Henderson, Jones has always possessed the physical tools, leadership qualities and work habits to succeed. He won two state championships at Artesia and left as the school’s career passing leader with 7,680 yards and 96 touchdowns, and Henderson described Jones as even keel on the field and easygoing off of it.

Jones’ inner drive also sets him apart. Henderson said Jones would often do extra work on his own, whether he was running or trying to improve his footwork, and he prompted teammates to follow his lead.

“A lot of young men will tell you they want to go to college and play ball,” said Henderson, the brother of Coronado High School football coach Butch Henderson. “Not many will actually work as hard as he did.”

Broyles said he and the rest of the Sooners have noticed some of the same things about Jones, along with his affinity for taking shots down the field and the trust he’s already developed with his receivers. Broyles said the young signal caller also has become more and more comfortable with his new role and the Sooners’ offense, which bodes well for the rest of the season and beyond.

“Landry’s still young, but you definitely can see promise,” Broyles said. “He’s definitely taking steps and strides and bettering himself for the years to come.”

College football
Who: Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma
When: 11:30 a.m. Saturday
Where: Jones AT&T Stadium
Records: Oklahoma 6-4, 4-2 in the Big 12 Conference; Tech 6-4, 3-3
Last game: Oklahoma 65, Texas A&M 10; Oklahoma State 24, Texas Tech 17
Last meeting: Oklahoma 65, Tech 21 last year in Norman, Okla.
TV: FSN (Suddenlink Cable channel 20)
Line: Oklahoma by 6½

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In their nine head-to-head meetings this decade, Stoops’ teams are 7-2. But Oklahoma is winless on its last two trips to Lubbock, meaning none of the current Sooners players has tasted victory in Jones AT&T Stadium.

“We haven’t won out there in a while, so we’re kind of looking forward to doing something out there,’’ said OU receiver-return man Ryan Broyles, who once took a recruiting trip to Lubbock. “(The crowd’s) crazy, though. I took my official visit there. They played Texas (in 2006), and they were up the whole game until the end.’’

How big a motivation does never having won in a particular city provide? Depends on whom you ask.

“Very big,’’ said Tech offensive tackle Marlon Winn, a fifth-year senior who never won in Austin or either of the Big 12 Conference cities in Oklahoma.

Last week, Tech failed to end its losing streak in Stillwater, Okla. The Red Raiders’ last win there came in 2001.

“That’s not something we even brought up or talked about throughout the week,’’ wide receivers coach Dennis Simmons said. “It wasn’t anything we harped on or talked about.

“I mean, we talk about needing a win, but we just talk about it because they’re the next opponent.’’

But Tech linebacker Bront Bird said no upperclassman wants to go through his career shut out in a rival city. He says a pride factor comes into play.
“No one likes to have that label on them: ‘You can’t win in a certain city’ or ‘You can’t win at this stadium’ or ‘You’re not capable of that,’ or ‘You haven’t done it in the last six trips or whatever,’ ’’ Bird said. “No one likes that, and everybody would like to be able to remove that label from their team. So I am sure they’re going to be thinking the same thing.’’

Oklahoma is actually 1-4 this season outside of Norman with losses at two neutral sites, as well as at Miami (Fla.) and Nebraska. Thanks to that, OU will finish with at least four losses for the first time since 2005.

So cornerback Dominique Franks says the Sooners’ desire to do better on the road isn’t just a Lubbock issue.

“We haven’t played too well in the past in Lubbock,’’ Franks said. “We know this year also, we haven’t played too good on the road. We want to make sure we go out there and give them our best shot on Saturday.’’

Tech beat OU in 2005 on a controversial last-play touchdown by running back Taurean Henderson, who took a hand-off up the middle and landed at the goal line. Or just short of the goal line, the Sooners and their fans thought.

Two years later, Tech prevailed 34-27, knocking OU out of the running for the national-championship game. Notably, Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford was knocked out of the game with a concussion on the first series.

So the Sooners have plenty for which to make amends.

“We can’t dwell on what happened in the past and make it about the past,’’ Franks said. “We’ve just got to out there and do what we need to do to win and play to the best of our abilities.’’

Staff writer Adam Zuvanich contributed to this report.

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Texas vs. TCU at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 7, old Southwest Conference foes playing not only for in-state bragging rights but for the national championship.

It’s a scenario that seemed impossible when the season began, and as I mentioned, it’s still highly unlikely. A team from outside the six major conferences hasn’t been invited to the BCS title game since its inception in 1998, and there’s little reason to think the Horned Frogs of the Mountain West Conference can do anything to buck that trend.

But it could happen, and at this late stage of the season, that should be exciting enough for college football lovers in the Lone Star State.

Texas (10-0) and TCU (10-0) are two of only six remaining unbeaten teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision, and they rank third and fourth, respectively, in the latest BCS standings released Sunday. They trail No. 1 Florida (10-0) and No. 2 Alabama (10-0), which will face other in the Southeastern Conference title game on Dec. 5.

Here’s what needs to happen for the Longhorns and Horned Frogs to lock horns in Pasadena, Calif.:

• Texas: The ‘Horns are a shoe-in if they win out, which means beating Kansas at home on Saturday, winning at Texas A&M on Thanksgiving and beating either Kansas State or Nebraska in the Big 12 Conference championship game on Dec. 5 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

Texas will be heavily favored in each of those games, but the last two are a little dicey.

• TCU: The road for the Horned Frogs isn’t nearly as navigable. They figure to finish the regular season unbeaten – with remaining games at Wyoming (5-5) and at home against New Mexico (0-10) – which would at least secure them an invitation to a BCS bowl. But TCU needs some help to snag a spot in the title game.

Either Florida or Alabama will lose in the SEC championship game, but both might need to lose in order for the Frogs to, well, leapfrog them. The only realistic hope of the Gators and Crimson Tide losing in the regular season will be on Thanksgiving weekend, when Florida hosts Florida State and Alabama plays at Auburn.

Still, history and strength of schedule suggest a one-loss Florida or one-loss Alabama would remain ahead of TCU in the BCS standings. So the Frogs might need both teams to lose two of their next three games.

No. 5 Cincinnati (10-0) is another obstacle for TCU, which has only a slight lead on the Bearcats. If Cincy wins its last two games, including a regular-season finale at No. 9 Pittsburgh, it might jump over the Frogs in the final BCS standings.

TCU’s best chance to reach the championship game might be for the Longhorns to lose. That would be fine and dandy for the Frogs, but a cruel twist of fate for those who hope to see an all-Texas title game played in Southern California.

We’ll just have to wait and see how it unfolds, because there are no guarantees on any front. But I’ll be rooting for Florida, Alabama and Cincinnati to lose as often as possible from here on out, and I’m sure many Texans feel the same way.

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Oklahoma State's Perrish Cox, right, intercepts a Steven Sheffield pass intended for Texas Tech's Adam James, left, during the first half of Saturday's game at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. Cox was named Big 12 defensive player of the week Monday. (Geoffrey Mcallister / Avalanche-Journal)

Texas Tech running back Harrison Jeffers has disappeared from the offense at different times this season. Lately, he’s been in one of those stretches, and Tech coach Mike Leach suggested Monday it’s for lack of consistent effort.

“Some of that’s kind of up to Harrison,” Leach said. “When Harrison plays hard, he has a tendency to get into the lineup. When Harrison jogs around, he tends to not be in the lineup. So we’ll see how that goes.”

In the last three games, Jeffers has had only seven touches: five carries and two pass receptions. Right before that, in a three-game winning streak against New Mexico, Kansas State and Nebraska, the speedy redshirt freshman had 32 touches (17 runs, 15 catches).

Ridin’ and eatin’

Tech coach Mike Leach used an old coaches’ term to describe the play of his wide receiver corps in Saturday’s loss at Oklahoma State.

The Red Raiders were guilty of several dropped passes.

“We had a bunch of receivers just eat, ride and warm up this last week,” Leach said, “and they need to take it upon themselves to improve. This business that I’m going to pretend it’s otherwise, that’s just not the case. So I’ll address that with them – and have, and will do it repeatedly.”

Bad memory

Oklahoma didn’t merely interrupt Tech’s perfect season last year; the Sooners did so with authority, slamming the Red Raiders 65-21.

Tech linebacker Bront Bird reminded his teammates of the scene during Sunday’s workout.

“I think Bront mentioned last night we were thinking about the 80-year-old women in their wheelchairs doing the jump, jump in the stadium, and we just picture that in our head,” offensive tackle Marlon Winn said.

At a low point for the Red Raiders, when Oklahoma took a 42-7 lead late in the first half, the public address played House of Pain’s “Jump Around.” Participation seemed close to 100 percent from what Tech players could tell.

“I don’t know what their stadium holds – 80,000 or more,” Bird said. “When that came on, every single person in the stadium was jumping around. It was definitely kind of demoralizing, to say the least. Hopefully, that never happens again.

“I hate that song, by the way.”

Tech coach Mike Leach has long considered revenge to be a pointless motivation and said so again Monday.

“We need to forget it,” Leach said, “because all that counts is the next game. Nothing in that game’s got any impact on this game. There’s not one play we made or they made that counts for this game, so any reflection on that is a complete waste of time.”

Nevertheless, Tech players remember it as not one of their finer days. The Red Raiders were 10-0 beforehand, and the loss ended their dreams of playing for a national championship.

“The most spoiled milk in the world, it kind of tasted like that in your mouth, and it was just an awful feeling,” Winn said. “I think everybody refers to that when we are getting ready to prepare for them this week.”

In brief

Freshman receiver Austin Zouzalik’s 26-yard punt return set up a Tech touchdown Saturday. On Sunday, Zouzalik won his teammates’ vote to be captain of special teams this week. Running back Baron Batch, tackle Marlon Winn, defensive end Daniel Howard and linebacker Bront Bird also won captains’ designations in the weekly team voting. … Tech is 0-3 against Big 12 South Division opponents, and this is the deepest the Red Raiders have gone in a season with an oh-for against the South since the Big 12 formed in 1996. … Oklahoma State CB Perrish Cox on Monday was named the Big 12 defensive player of the week for his performance against Tech: two interceptions, three pass breakups and four tackles, including one for a loss.

Now that’s a shoe

Linebacker Bront Bird and tackle Marlon Winn had some fun Monday describing the orthopedic shoe that quarterback Steven Sheffield was fitted with to protect his surgically repaired left foot.

“To go out there on a broken foot, that says a lot about a guy,” Bird said. “His shoe looked like a clown shoe. It was like a size 16 with all kinds of padding inside and stuff like that. So he is hobbling around.”

Winn, who is 6-foot-6 and more than 300 pounds, said his shoes aren’t as big as the special one Sheffield wore in last week’s practices and game. Nor as sophisticated.

“The amount of work and craftsmanship that went into that thing is awesome,” Winn said. “You have to see it in person, but the only way that I can explain it is ‘awesome.”’

There was that game last November in Lubbock when the Red Raiders took possession needing to go 62 yards in 89 seconds to beat Texas, and they did it. Graham Harrell hit nearly every pass — five out of six.

He connected on a couple to Lewis, one to Baron Batch, one to Ed Britton and then the haymaker to Mike Crabtree, the signature play in a memorable season.

He didn’t have a timeout, but everything was so efficient, he didn’t need them.

Texas Tech's Sam Fehoko, center, gets in on the tackle against Oklahoma State quarterback Zac Robinson during the second half of their game Saturday, Nov, 14, 2009 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

So Saturday night, when Jamar Wall got the Red Raiders the ball back with a hit fit for an Advil commercial and the offense lined up at its 12 trailing Oklahoma State by a touchdown, Lewis thought, ‘We can do this.’

“Of course,’’ he said. “That drive reminded me of that Texas drive. We scored in like a minute, 29 (seconds). I felt pretty good on that last drive, but it didn’t turn out like we planned.’’

That was true of the drive, which ended on downs, the game, which ended with Oklahoma State winning 24-17, and the season, which now has Tech sitting at 6-4 with two games left. In fairness, the August forecast here — based on massive personnel losses and some testy road games — was for a 7-5 season. The Red Raiders are going to be right around there, maybe one better.

That made Saturday’s loss no less aggravating.

The Red Raiders were bitten by that old saw — the three interminably long drives allowed in the second half. On one, they used a timeout early in the third quarter to try to interrupt a 19-play drive. It might have helped; Tech forced the Cowboys to settle for a field goal. In any event, even one timeout might have come in handy on Tech’s last possession, though Mike Leach didn’t see it that way.

“You guys are in love with them timeouts,’’ Leach said. “Any of you that think it would have made all the difference, you’re out of your minds.
We were doing a good job of getting it out of bounds, moving along, on the ball quick. That wasn’t a big issue. Oklahoma State was a bigger problem than having or not having timeouts.’’

Last year, on the last drive against Texas, Harrell threw every pass on target, even one that bounced off Britton’s hands. But the Red Raiders caught a break. A Texas safety whiffed it, too. This time around, the rhythm and confidence to make it happen were lacking. Tech’s best chance to send it to overtime went awry when Taylor Potts tried to hook up with Britton on a deep ball down the middle and overshot him by inches. The drive and the game ended when Tramain Swindall missed a fourth-down pass that was on target.

Potts had started, then sat for the equivalent of two quarters, then been sent back in in the fourth quarter.

Why switch at that point?

“Just basically had too many flat spots,’’ Leach said. “I’m just tired of flat spots. That’s not just quarterback play. That’s line and receivers and all that other business.’’

Saturday was the Raiders’ lowest point output in 28 games, since a 41-10 loss at Missouri in 2007. Frankly, because it was Tech’s fourth time under 30 in the last 13 games, it didn’t occur to me to check until someone asked.

The defense noticed, though. Those 17 points made them play every series under pressure, and it was too much.

Defensively, the Raiders did everything possible in the first half, getting three sacks and holding the Cowboys’ Big 12-leading rushing attack to 36 yards. Contrast that with the second half, when OSU put together drives of 19, 15 and 11 plays, the first two to take the lead and the third to run out much of what was left of the clock.

OSU quarterback Zac Robinson ran as if he were auditioning for the next time the wishbone comes around. Defensive end Daniel Howard blamed himself for losing containment. Defensive tackle Richard Jones said the Cowboys picked up the pace, making it tough on pre-snap alignment.

Whatever the reason, the offense had plenty of time to just watch and wait.

“I was getting cold the whole time,’’ Lewis said. “I was just trying to jump around and keep my body warm.’’

It wasn’t that long ago that most of the jumping around the Raiders did was to celebrate. Big plays. Big victories.

This wasn’t one of those nights or, for that matter, one of those seasons.

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First Quarter

Oklahoma State-Anyiam 25 pass from Robinson (Bailey kick), 0:54.

Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards, 6:59. OSU 7, Tech 0.

SECOND QUARTER

Texas Tech-FG Mat. Williams 34, 9:58.

Drive: 8 plays, 24 yards, 2:38. OSU 7, Tech 3.

Texas Tech – Torres 12 pass from Sheffield (Mat. Williams kick), 3:05.

Drive: 6 plays, 32 yards, 2:17. Tech 10, OSU 7.

THIRD QUARTER

Oklahoma State-FG Bailey 26, 6:52.

Drive: 19 plays, 73 yards, 8:08. Tech 10, OSU 10.

FOURTH QUARTER

Oklahoma State-Toston 1 run (Bailey kick), 12:57.

Drive: 15 plays, 66 yards, 6:03. OSU 17, Tech 10.

Oklahoma State-Lavine 21 interception return (Bailey kick), 8:06. OSU 24, Tech 10.

Texas Tech-Britton 24 pass from Potts (Mat. Williams kick), 6:59.

Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 1:07. OSU 24, Tech 17.

Attendance: 52,811.

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TEAM STATISTICS

TECH OSU

First downs 23 23

By rushing 3 17

By passing 19 4

By penalty 1 2

Rushes-yards 14-50 60-243

Passing yards 307 90

Passes attempted 58 21

Passes completed 35 9

Had intercepted 3 0

Total offensive plays 72 81

Total net yards 357 333

Avg. gain per play 5.0 4.1

Return yards 72 121

Punt returns 2-30 3-31

Interception returns 0-0 3-21

Kickoff returns 2-42 4-69

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-11

Penalties-Yards 12-84 7-45

Punts-Avg. 4-43.0 6-41.0

Time of possession 22:40 37:20

Third-down efficiency 4-13 9-18

Fourth-down efficiency 0-1 1-1

Sacks by-Yards 3-10 1-19

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

TEXAS TECH

Rushing

Player A G L Net TD LP

Batch 10 48 0 48 0 13

Stephens 2 18 0 18 0 13

Jeffers 1 3 0 3 0 3

Sheffield 1 0 19 -19 0 0

TOTALS 14 69 19 50 0 13

Passing

Player A C I Yds. TD LP

Potts 35 19 1 190 1 24

Sheffield 23 16 2 117 1 20

TOTALS 58 35 3 307 2 24

Receiving

Player No. Yds. TD LP

Batch 7 7 0 8

Lewis 6 75 0 20

Swindall 6 65 0 19

Britton 4 63 1 24

Torres 4 39 1 13

James 3 24 0 15

Leong 2 12 0 7

Stephens 1 11 0 11

Franks 1 9 0 9

Zouzalik 1 2 0 2

TOTALS 35 307 2 24

Punting

Player No. Yds. Avg. Lg

Erxleben 4 172 43.0 46

TOTALS 4 172 43.0 46

Kickoff Returns

Player No. Yds. Avg. LP

Stephens 2 42 21.0 22

TOTALS 2 42 21.0 22

OKLAHOMA STATE

Rushing

Player A G L Net TD LP

Robinson 109 19 10 99 0 22

Totson 22 76 0 76 1 10

Hunter 17 77 9 68 0 25

Johnson 1 2 0 2 2 0

TOTALS 60 264 21 243 1 25

Passing

Player A C I Yds. TD LP

Robinson 21 9 0 90 1 27

TOTALS 21 9 0 90 1 27

Receiving

Player No. Yds. TD LP

Anyiam 3 39 1 25

Hunter 2 28 0 27

Conner 2 13 0 7

Fooks 1 8 0 8

Cooper 1 2 0 2

TOTALS 9 90 1 27

Punting

Player No. Yds. Avg. Lg

Sharp 6 246 41.0 58

TOTALS 6 246 41.0 58

Kickoff Returns

Player No. Yds. Avg. LP

Cox 4 69 17.2 24

TOTALS 4 69 17.2 24

Punt Returns

Player No. Yds. Avg. LP

Cox 3 31 10.0 17

TOTALS 3 31 10.0 17

Sept. 12: Rice beat Tulane, 28-20

Sept. 19: Texas beat Baylor, 47-14

Sept. 26: Houston lost to UCF, 37-32

Oct. 3: UNM lost to Brigham Young, 24-19

Oct. 10: Kansas State lost to Missouri, 38-12

Oct. 17: Nebraska beat Kansas, 31-17

Oct. 24: Texas A&M lost to Oklahoma, 65-10

Oct. 31: Kansas lost to Nebraska, 31-17

Nov. 14: Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech, 24-17

Nov. 21: Oklahoma beat Texas A&M, 65-10

Nov. 28: Baylor lost to Texas, 47-14