Red Raiders Fall To No. 5 Texas

Saturday, September 29

Austin, Texas

6:00 PM CT

Texas Tech Athletics

2-1 , 0-1

Texas

4-0 , 1-0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Texas Tech

Texas

September 29, 2001 | Football

Box Score

Sept 29, 2001

Final Stats

By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Tech proved little more than a bump in the Texas Longhorns' road to a rematch with Oklahoma.

Ivan Williams rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns and Chris Simms added a pair of short scoring runs and a TD pass to lead No. 5 Texas to a 42-7 win over Texas Tech on Saturday night.

The Big 12 opener for both teams proved to be a tuneup for the Longhorns. Texas (4-0) meets the third-ranked and undefeated Sooners next week in Dallas in a rematch of Oklahoma's stunning 63-14 romp last year.

The crowd of 83,081 was chanting "Beat OU!" late in the fourth quarter as Texas finished off the Red Raiders (2-1).

Williams plowed through Red Raiders tacklers almost at will. Simms completed his first 10 passes of the night, including a 40-yard TD strike to Roy Williams in the second quarter.

Texas is 4-0 for the first time since 1983. The Longhorns have outscored Tech 100-14 in their last two meetings in Austin.

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach had preached loudly last week that quarterback Kliff Kingsbury, the Big 12's leading passer, should be considered among the best in the country.

Kingsbury completed 40 of 57 passes for 260 yards but couldn't back up his coach's words with touchdowns.

Nor could he match Simms' efficiency in a furious attempt to bring his team from behind. Simms was laser sharp all night, completing 21 of 26 passes for 224 yards.

Texas drove 80 yards on its first possession entirely on Simms' arm and Williams' legs.

Roy Williams caught five passes for 49 yards and Ivan Williams did the rest of the damage with four straight carries and a 2-yard touchdown run to make it 7-0.

Ivan Williams carried the load again on the Longhorns' next drive. His 30-yard run and a 7-yard bull rush through three defenders to the goal line set up Simms' 1-yard dive to make it 14-0.

Tech, which answered Texas nearly yard-for-yard in the first half, couldn't answer each touchdown. Ricky Williams put the Red Raiders on the board with a 31-yard burst up the middle of the field on a misdirection handoff on fourth-and-2.

Roy Williams made it 21-7, Texas, on his TD catch from Simms in the second. He slipped behind a defender in the middle of the field and his stop-and-go move near the 15 made four Red Raiders miss.

Tech, which converted two fourth downs in the first half, tried again but failed at a costly time.

The Red Raiders drove to the Texas 9 with under a minute left in the half. Instead of kicking a short field goal Kingsbury was stopped inches short on a quarterback draw on fourth-and-3.

Texas Tech unraveled further in the third.

Ivan Williams capped another 80-yard drive with a 1-yard run to make it 28-7. Tech then fumbled away the ensuing kickoff on their own 12 and Simms dove in from the 1 three plays later.