Red Raiders Win Shootout with Texas
June 21, 1999 | Football
November 14, 1998
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Rob Peters' 3-yard touchdown dive with 25 seconds left capped an 82-yard drive to give Texas Tech a 42-35 victory over No. 18 Texas Saturday night.
In the battle of running backs named Ricky Williams, Tech's junior outrushed the Texas senior 148-141. Texas' Williams, however, became the second player in Division I-A history to break the 6,000-yard mark for his career. He's 63 yards shy of breaking Tony Dorsett's rushing record with one game left.
Wane McGarrity caught a school-record four touchdown passes from Major Applewhite for the Longhorns (7-3, 5-2 Big 12), who had won six straight games. The loss clinched the Big 12 South title for No. 6 Texas A&M.
Tech (7-3, 4-3) had lost its last three games, all in the final two minutes. It was the Red Raiders' first victory over a ranked team this season and tied coach Spike Dykes with Pete Cawthon for the school record with 76 victories.
The Red Raiders were at their 18 with 2:18 left when Peters drove them for the game-winning score. Peters finished 19-for-42 for 322 yards and two touchdowns. The final drive was helped by a 15-yard facemask penalty against Texas and a 35-yard pass to Kyle Allamon.
Texas went up 28-20 with 12:51 to play on an 11-yard run by Williams. The score came on the first snap after the Longhorns recovered a fumbled punt.
Tech answered with a 14-play, 78-yard drive that ended with a 17-yard touchdown pass from Peters to Derek Dorris. Tim Baker caught a 2-point conversion to tie the game at 28 with 9:39 left.
The Red Raiders went up 35-28 with 5:02 to play when Williams froze the defense by faking a reverse and ran in from 12 yards.
The Longhorns tied the game at 35 with 2:18 left on a 12-yard touchdown reception by McGarity, who had six catches for 174 yards. His other touchdowns went for 67, 47 and 31 yards.
Applewhite fell to 6-2 as a starter despite setting a school record with his eighth straight 200-yard game. Applewhite was 10-for-24 for 242 yards with two interceptions.
Texas' Williams was only the second 100-yard rusher allowed by Tech in its last 13 games.
By CHRIS NEWTON
Associated Press Writer