Texas Tech Wins on Bank Shot

Texas Tech kicker Tony Rogers lost his job last year on a very bad day. Saturday, he reclaimed respect with a very good one.

Relegated to backup status after last season’s opener, Rogers banked a 47-yard field goal off the left upright with 19 seconds left to give Tech a 16-13 Big 12 Conference victory over No. 20 Texas A&M; Saturday at Lubbock, Texas.

“How ‘bout that Tony Rogers?” Coach Spike Dykes said after the Red Raiders, 4-3 overall and 3-1 in the Big 12, beat the Aggies (5-2, 2-2) a third straight time. “Pretty good little ol’ reincarnation. He did a great job.”

Rogers, Tech’s kicker for two seasons until a four-miss game against Kansas State in 1996, regained his job when Jaret Greaser broke a leg at Nebraska last week. He had gone two for three leading up to the game-winner.

“I just wanted an opportunity,” said Rogers, who also extended his extra-point streak to 44. “Coach Dykes always talks about making the most of your opportunities, and I got the chance to do that today.”

The Aggies tied the score, 13-13, with 5:51 left on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Branndon Stewart to Leroy Hodge.

Tech then appeared headed for a touchdown, driving 51 in 14 plays to the A&M; 14, but a sack pushed the ball back to the 30.

Rogers used the tail-wind and a friendly upright to give Tech its third-straight fourth-quarter victory over the Aggies.

No. 14 Kansas State 26, Oklahoma 7--Michael Bishop ran for one touchdown and passed for one as No. 14 Wildcats (6-1, 3-1) notched a victory at Norman, Okla.

Bishop, a junior college transfer from Willis, Texas, was eight for 16 for 158 yards and had key third-down completions on all three touchdown drives. His one-yard sneak made it 10-0 in the second quarter and he also had a one-yard touchdown toss to Darnell McDonald with 7:20 remaining.

The Sooners (3-5, 1-3) played much of the game without leading rusher De’Mond Parker, who carried four times for minus-three yards. Parker, the nation’s No. 3 rusher at 160.9 yards a game, aggravated a strained abdominal muscle.

Colorado 47, Texas 30--John Hessler ran for a touchdown and threw for another, and Ryan Sutter scored on one of his two interceptions as the Buffaloes scored 27 points off six turnovers at Austin, Texas.

The game was close until the third quarter, when Texas quarterback James Brown, continuing a miserable season, threw two consecutive interceptions. One was returned 34 yards for a touchdown by Sutter, the other set up a 26-yard field goal by Jeremy Aldrich and put Colorado (4-3, 2-2) ahead, 34-17.

Texas dropped to 3-4, 1-3.

Iowa State 24, Baylor 17--Darren Davis, brother of the school’s all-time leading rusher Troy Davis, had a career-high 247 yards in 33 carries and scored two touchdowns at Ames, Iowa, as the Cyclones (1-6, 1-3) ended a 13-game losing streak, the second-longest in Division I-A.

Baylor (1-6, 0-4) played without leading rusher Jerod Douglas, sidelined because of a hyperextended knee, and had two touchdowns called back by penalties, including Darrell Bush’s 79-yard run.