Texas Tech University Athletics
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2-2 , 0-2
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Kansas
2-2 , 1-1
Football Falls To Kansas In Second Overtime, 34-31
October 06, 2001 | Football
Oct 6, 2001
By MICHAEL A. LUTZ
AP Sports Writer
LUBBOCK, Texas - Freshman Johnny Beck kicked his fourth field goal in the second overtime as Kansas rallied for a 34-31 win over Texas Tech on Saturday night.
Trailing 24-13 in the third quarter, the Jayhawks (2-2, 1-1 Big 12) rallied with two scores in a span of 4:11 to send the game into overtime. Beck kicked a 44-yard field goal and Mario Kinsey threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Termaine Fulton. Reggie Duncan's run for the 2-point conversion tied the game at 24.
Kinsey put Kansas ahead in the first overtime with a 9-yard pass for a 31-24 lead. But the Red Raiders (2-2, 0-2) tied it on a 9-yard quarterback draw by B.J. Symons, who entered in the fourth quarter after starter Kliff Kingsbury sprained his right thumb.
Beck then kicked a 37-yard field goal for the go-ahead points and Marcus Rogers secured the victory for the Jayhawks by intercepting Symons' pass on Tech's second overtime possession.
Beck is 9-for-10 on field-goal attempts this season. His only miss came on a 48-yard attempt that hit the left upright in the fourth quarter.
Kingsbury pulled Tech back from a 10-0 deficit to a 17-13 halftime lead with touchdown passes of 3 yards to Cole Roberts with 30 seconds left in the first quarter and 35 yards to Wes Welker early in the second quarter.
Kingsbury's third touchdown pass came with 3:26 to go in the third quarter, a 24-yard screen pass to Ricky Williams, giving the Raiders a 24-13 lead.
Robert Treece kicked a 27-yard field goal for Kansas with 4:55 left in the first half and Beck kicked a 42-yarder with 1:57 to go.
The Jayhawks drove 78 yards on the first drive of the game and scored on Zach Dyer's 1-yard pass to Austine Nwabuisi. Reggie Duncan's 45-yard run to the Tech 25 was the big gainer.
Moments later, Carl Ivey blocked a Tech field goal attempt and Andrew Davidson ran it back 36 yards to the Tech 34 setting up Beck's 42-yard field goal.
Middle linebacker Lawrence Flugence, the Red Raiders' leading tackler, sprain his knee in the first quarter and did not return.
Team Stats
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KU 7, TT 0
KU - Nwabuisi, Austi 1 yd pass from Dyer, Zach (Beck, Johnny kick) plays, yards, TOP
KU 10, TT 0
KU - Beck, Johnny 42 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
KU 10, TT 7
TT - Roberts, C. 3 yd pass from Kingsbury, K. (Treece, R. kick) plays, yards, TOP
KU 10, TT 14
TT - Welker, Wes 35 yd pass from Kingsbury, K. (Treece, R. kick) plays, yards, TOP
KU 10, TT 17
TT - Treece, R. 27 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
KU 13, TT 17
KU - Beck, Johnny 42 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
KU 13, TT 24
TT - Williams, R. 23 yd pass from Kingsbury, K. (Treece, R. kick) plays, yards, TOP
KU 16, TT 24
KU - Beck, Johnny 44 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP
KU 24, TT 24
KU - Fulton,Termaine 5 yd pass from Kinsey, Mario (Duncan, Reggie rush) plays, yards, TOP
KU 31, TT 24
KU - Kinsey, Mario 23 yd run (Beck, Johnny kick), plays, yards, TOP
KU 31, TT 31
TT - Symons, B.J. 9 yd run (Treece, R. kick), plays, yards, TOP
KU 34, TT 31
KU - Beck, Johnny 37 yd field goal plays, yards, TOP