Red Raiders Can't Repeat Upset of No. 6 Texas

Saturday, September 18

Lubbock, Texas

7:00 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

2-1 , 0-1

Texas

3-0 , 1-0

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Texas	14	0	3	7	24
Texas Tech	7	7	0	0	14

Texas Tech cornerback Jarvis Phillips breaks up the pass intended for Texas wide receiver Malcolm Williams.

Red Raiders Can't Repeat Upset of No. 6 Texas

September 18, 2010 | Football

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Sept. 18, 2010

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Garrett Gilbert threw for two touchdowns and 227 yards to lead No. 6 Texas past Texas Tech 24-14 in a sloppy victory for the Longhorns on Saturday night.

Texas put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter after draining more than nine minutes off the clock. The 22-play drive included a risky and successful fake punt on fourth-and-1 on its own 29.

Gilbert capped the march with a 1-yard pass to Barrett Matthews to give the Horns a 24-14 lead with 9:26 left. Gilbert finished 21 of 36 with three interceptions

The game included seven turnovers, four by the Longhorns (3-0, 1-0) and three by the Red Raiders (2-1, 0-1).

Texas got a field goal and a touchdown off two Texas Tech turnovers. Red Raiders cornerback Jarvis Phillips intercepted Gilbert twice and returned one 87 yards for a score.

Taylor Potts finished 21 of 35 for 159 yards, with a touchdown and two interceptions for Tech.

Potts left the game briefly with what appeared to be an injury to his right hand. Backup Steven Sheffield came into the game for one series and was sacked for a 13-yard loss on his third snap.

In the opening drive of the third quarter Curtis Brown intercepted a pass from Potts at the Texas 14 and it appeared he would scamper for a touchdown. But Baron Batch caught up with Brown and tackled him at the Texas Tech 14. The Longhorns got only a field goal, though.

On the long drive that put Texas up 24-14, they got help from Will Ford on a third-and-13 from the Red Raiders 27. Greg Smith dropped a pass from Gilbert but Ford was called for a taunting penalty to give Texas a first down and another shot to get a score. A few plays later Gilbert hit Matthews with a lob pass for the touchdown.

James Kirkendoll had six catches for 122 yards for Texas.

Texas coach Mack Brown wanted more points early - the Longhorns had scored only a field in opening quarters of first two games - and he got them. In the first 7:30 minutes Texas had two touchdowns.

On Texas Tech's first play from scrimmage, the snap went over the head of Potts and was recovered by Jackson Jeffcoat at the Red Raiders 7. On the next play Fozzy Whittaker rushed it in, stretching his arm across the goal line to put the Horns up 7-0.

Texas Tech couldn't get a first down and when Texas got the ball to Gilbert he led the Longhorns on 79-yard scoring drive, including a 33-yard pass to Kirkendoll. Gilbert rolled out to his right and hit Mike Davis for a 7-yard score to put Texas up 14-0.

Three Texas turnovers, all interceptions within a minute's span, seemed to bring the Texas Tech defense to life.

Gilbert had the Longhorns at the Red Raiders 20 when Scott Smith intercepted him at the 13. On the next play Potts got his second turnover when Blake Gideon, who in 2008 dropped a sure interception right before Michael Crabtree caught the game-winning pass to lift Texas Tech over the then-topped-ranked Longhorns 39-33, plucked the ball at UT's 43 and returned it 22 yards.

Four plays later with the Longhorns threatening again at the Red Raiders 19, Smith tipped the ball and cornerback Phillips Jarvis grabbed it and scooted 87 yards along the near sideline to pull the Red Raiders within 14-7 with 1:39 left in the first quarter.

The Longhorns looked shaky on their next drive and were forced to punt. Batch's 25-yard run put the Red Raiders on UT's 43 and a few plays later Potts threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to the corner of the end zone and his high school teammate, Lyle Leong, pulled it in to tie the game at 14-14 early in the second quarter.