Flashback: Oklahoma State ? Texas Tech, 1988 @ Tokyo, Japan

1989 OSU Media Guide Excerpt

Oklahoma State	45
Texas Tech	42

Score By Quarters
Oklahoma State	7	10	21	7	--	45
Texas Tech	7	14	7	14	--	42

Scoring Summary
OSU	Sanders, 1 Rush (Blanchard Kick)
TT	Gray, 1 Rush (Segrist Kick)
TT	Gray, 6 Pass from Tolliver (Segrist Kick)
OSU	Sanders, 56 Rush (Blanchard Kick)
OSU	T. Richardson 44-yard pass from Jones (Sydnes kick failed)
TT	Gray, 4 Rush (Segrist Kick)
OSU	Blanchard, 43 Field Goal
OSU	Dykes, 11 Pass from Gundy (Blanchard Kick)
OSU	Dykes, 6 Pass from Gundy (Blanchard Kick)
TT	Gray, 1 Rush (Segrist Kick)
OSU	Sanders, 2 Rush (Blanchard Kick)
TT	Sprinkles, 37 Pass from Tolliver (Segrist Kick)
OSU	Sanders, 3 Rush (Blanchard Kick)
TT	Garnett, 2 Rush (Segrist Kick)

OSU-Nebraska Stats	OSU	TECH
First Downs	33	30
Rushing Yards	433	107
Passing Yards	177	446
Passing	20-29-1	28-41-2
Total Offense	610	553
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	1-1
Penalties-Yards	8-75	8-77
Punts Average	3-33.3	2-32.5

OSU Statistics
Rushing	Barry Sanders, 44-332 (4TDs)
Passing	Mike Gundy, 18-27-1
Receiving	Hart Lee Dykes, 9-112 (2 TDs)

Tokyo, Japan-
Hours-and hours and hours- after Barry Sanders won the Heisman Trophy, the junior tailback from Oklahoma State literally ran all over Texas Tech, rushing for four touchdowns and 332 on 44 carries.
And the Cowboys needed all of Sanders' brilliance, as they had to hang on for a wild 45-42 victory over Tech in the first college football game played at the Tokyo Dome and one of the longest played anywhere.
The game started and ended late, taking three hours and 37 minutes - plus 12 touchdowns, one field goal and 12 extra-point kicks - to finish.
Sanders had been announced as the Heisman Trophy winner Â– OSU's first Â– some nine hours earlier in New York.
Sanders, the eighth junior to win the Heisman, finished the regular season with an NCAA-record 2,628 yards rushing. He broke the record of 2,342 set by USC's Marcus Allen in 1981, on a 15-yard run with 2:33 left in the first quarter.
The all-offense no defense battle included a remarkable 29-minute spree Â– from 6:32 of the second quarter until 7:43 remained. During that span, the two teams scored on 11 of 12 possessions.
Though Sanders rushed 21 times for 167 yards and two touchdowns in the first half, the Cowboys trailed 21-17 at halftime, as Tech quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver had completed 15 of 22 passes for 209 yards.
OSU took a 24-21 lead just 2:25 into the second half on an 11-yard pass from Mike Gundy to Hart Lee Dykes. Four minutes later, the Cowboys made it 31-21 on another Gundy-to-Dykes strike, of 6 yards.
Texas Tech pulled to 31-28 with 2:45 left in the third quarter on a 1-yard run by James Gray.

OSU Offense:		OSU Defense::
WR	19 Jarrod Green	DE	98 David Bailey
LT	62 Mike Wolfe	DT	91 Brandon Colbert
LG	59 Chris Stanley	DT	60 Marcus Jones
C	51 John Boisvert	DT	57 Shawn Mackey
RG	73 Jason Kidder	DE	31 Devin Jones
RT	56 Byron Woodard	LB	37 Bobby Raynor
TE	93 - Vance Vice	LB	53 Sim Drain, III
WR	11 Hart Lee Dykes	CB	2/1 Melvin Gilliam/Mike Clark
QB	12 Mike Gundy	FS	3 Chris Lowery
TB	21 Barry Sanders	SS	7 Lamar McGriggs
FB	32 Garrett Limbrick	CB	5 Joe King

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Flashback: Oklahoma State ? Texas Tech, 1988 @ Tokyo, Japan

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