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Texas Tech Rolls Past Kansas, 65-19
October 07, 2017 | Football
The Red Raiders rushed for 313 yards in Saturday's win in Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Desmond Nisby had four touchdowns rushing, Justin Stockton ran for 161 yards with a score and Texas Tech's high-flying offense pummeled Kansas on the ground in a 65-19 blowout Saturday.
Nic Shimonek still threw for 233 yards and two scores, and Justus Parker picked a pass and returned his own forced fumble for a score, as the Red Raiders (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) beat Kansas for the 11th straight time.
Texas Tech has never lost to the Jayhawks (1-4, 0-2) in 10 tries in Lawrence.
Kansas trailed 35-7 midway through the second quarter before slowly clawing its way back, spurred on by a change in quarterback from Peyton Bender to Carter Stanley. The two had shared snaps early in the game, but Bender was ineffective and Stanley's moxie seemed to energize the offense.
But after getting within 35-19 on Taylor Martin's touchdown run in late in the third quarter, and forcing a quick fumble, the Jayhawks gave the momentum right back. Stanley's pass was tipped and picked, and Shimonek hit Keke Coutee with a quick touchdown pass to restore order.
Coutee had eight catches for 87 yards, while Quan Shorts and Derrick Willies also had TD grabs.
Stanley finished with 110 yards passing, while Bender -- who had beaten out last year's starter in fall camp -- was 12 of 24 for 146 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
The Red Raiders' win streak against Kansas is their longest against a Big 12 foe, and very few of the meetings have been close. Their average margin of victory is more than 21 points.
THE TAKEAWAY
Texas Tech has always been known for offense, but coach Kliff Kingsbury showed off the balanced of his Red Raiders this year. Nisby finished with 93 yards rushing. Tre King added 40 and Texas Tech piled up 313 yards while averaging 6 per carry. It was the most rushing yards in a game for the Red Raiders since Sept. 15, 2012, against New Mexico (325).Â
Kansas couldn't overcome a litany of mistakes: The Jayhawks were twice stuffed on fourth-and-1 in the first quarter, their two picks came at inopportune times, their defense missed a slew of tackles and running back Khalil Herbert -- who had 291 yards rushing two weeks ago against West Virginia -- only had 10 carries for 65 yards before departing with an injury in the third quarter.
UP NEXT
Texas Tech plays the second of three October road games Saturday at No. 23 West Virginia.
Kansas heads to Iowa State on Saturday for the first of back-to-back road games.
Team Stats
TTU 7, KU 0
TTU - Stockton, J. 13 yd run (Barden, Michael kick), 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:17
TTU 14, KU 0
TTU - Nisby, Desmond 47 yd run (Barden, Michael kick), 3 plays, 55 yards, TOP 0:50
TTU 21, KU 0
TTU - Shorts, Quan 37 yd pass from Shimonek, Nic (Barden, Michael kick) 3 plays, 58 yards, TOP 1:05
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TTU 21, KU 7
KU - Booker,J. 18 yd pass from Bender,Peyton (Rui,Gabriel kick) 6 plays, 28 yards, TOP 1:53
TTU 28, KU 7
TTU - Nisby, Desmond 8 yd run (Barden, Michael kick), 3 plays, 21 yards, TOP 0:38
TTU 35, KU 7
TTU - Nisby, Desmond 1 yd run (Barden, Michael kick), 9 plays, 53 yards, TOP 3:25
TTU 35, KU 10
KU - Rui,Gabriel 21 yd field goal 5 plays, 42 yards, TOP 0:31
TTU 35, KU 13
KU - Rui,Gabriel 41 yd field goal 10 plays, 42 yards, TOP 3:53
TTU 35, KU 19
KU - Martin,Taylor 2 yd run (Moos,Cole rushfailed), 7 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:39
TTU 42, KU 19
TTU - Parker, Justus 20 yd fumble recovery (Barden, Michael kick)
TTU 48, KU 19
TTU - Coutee, Keke 40 yd pass from Shimonek, Nic (Cluck, Matthew kickfailed) 2 plays, 60 yards, TOP 0:20
TTU 55, KU 19
TTU - Nisby, Desmond 15 yd run (Cluck, Matthew kick), 5 plays, 58 yards, TOP 2:00
TTU 58, KU 19
TTU - Cluck, Matthew 26 yd field goal 5 plays, 13 yards, TOP 2:41
TTU 65, KU 19
TTU - Willies, D. 32 yd pass from Carter, McLane (Cluck, Matthew kick) 7 plays, 68 yards, TOP 3:13
