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Cowboys Notch First Big 12 Win in Lubbock
September 30, 2017 | Cowboy Football
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Quarterback Mason Rudolph ran 16 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the final two minutes and No. 15 Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech 41-34 on Saturday night.
Rudolph's second rushing score after halftime followed three first-half TD tosses as the Cowboys (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) bounced back from a home loss to ninth-ranked TCU and avoided a second early conference loss in their pursuit of the revived Big 12 championship game.
Oklahoma State held the Red Raiders (3-1, 0-1) to 384 yards, about 200 yards below the third-best average in the county coming in, and stopped Texas Tech after Matt Ammendola missed an 18-yard field goal that would have given the Cowboys the lead with 5:30 remaining.
Rudolph led Oklahoma State's 79-yard drive to the decisive score. Marcell Ateman made a jump-ball catch over Octavious Morgan for 26 yards on third down. Two plays later, Rudolph faked a handoff and ran untouched to the right corner of the end zone with 1:12 remaining.
Nic Shimonek completed a 25-yard pass to Antoine Wesley at midfield before four straight incompletions that clinched the win for the Cowboys.
DaMarcus Fields returned an interception 97 yards for Texas Tech's first points, and Justin Stockton and Desmond Nisby had consecutive 1-yard runs to get the Red Raiders even at 34.
Justice Hill had a career-high 164 yards rushing for the Cowboys along with a 5-yard scoring catch. James Washington had nine catches for 127 yards and a score and now leads the nation with 627 yards receiving. Ateman had 114 yards receiving.
Rudolph was 27 of 38 for 376 yards, with first-half TD tosses to Washington, Hill and Jalen McCleskey. His first rushing score was an 8-yarder on the opening drive of the third quarter.
Shimonek was 29 of 46 for 330 yards with one touchdown and just his second interception of the season.
Oklahoma State is off next week, but will return to the field on October 14 against Baylor.
Team Stats
OSU 7, TTU 0
OSU - Washington, J. 14 yd pass from Rudolph, Mason (Ammendola, Matt kick) 7 plays, 68 yards, TOP 1:53
OSU 7, TTU 7
TTU - Fields, D. 95 yd interception (Barden, Michael kick)
OSU 7, TTU 14
TTU - Cantrell, Dylan 3 yd pass from Shimonek, Nic (Barden, Michael kick) 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:16
OSU 14, TTU 14
OSU - Hill, Justice 5 yd pass from Rudolph, Mason (Ammendola, Matt kick) 11 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:33
OSU 21, TTU 14
OSU - McCleskey,Jalen 4 yd pass from Rudolph, Mason (Ammendola, Matt kick) 10 plays, 88 yards, TOP 3:13
OSU 21, TTU 17
TTU - Barden, Michael 24 yd field goal 11 plays, 56 yards, TOP 3:49
OSU 28, TTU 17
OSU - Rudolph, Mason 8 yd run (Ammendola, Matt kick), 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:10
OSU 31, TTU 17
OSU - Ammendola, Matt 22 yd field goal 4 plays, 4 yards, TOP 1:32
OSU 31, TTU 20
TTU - Barden, Michael 26 yd field goal 9 plays, 64 yards, TOP 3:22
OSU 34, TTU 20
OSU - Ammendola, Matt 27 yd field goal 8 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:23
OSU 34, TTU 27
TTU - Stockton, J. 1 yd run (Barden, Michael kick), 8 plays, 70 yards, TOP 3:02
OSU 34, TTU 34
TTU - Nisby, Desmond 1 yd run (Barden, Michael kick), 7 plays, 51 yards, TOP 2:53
OSU 41, TTU 34
OSU - Rudolph, Mason 16 yd run (Ammendola, Matt kick), 6 plays, 79 yards, TOP 2:09
