Texas Tech stuns Texas with a last-second score

Texas Tech can call itself No. 1 in the Lone Star State -- and one of the best in all the land.

Graham Harrell fired a 28-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree with one second left and No. 6 Texas Tech stunned No. 1 Texas, 39-33, Saturday night in a wild game that will shake up the national-title race.

Texas, 8-1 overall and 4-1 in the Big 12, had stormed back from a 19-0 deficit to take a 33-32 lead when Vondrell McGee scored on a four-yard run with 1:29 left in the game.

Harrell drove the Red Raiders (9-0, 5-0) to the touchdown in six plays, slinging the long pass to Crabtree, who broke the tackle of Curtis Brown near the sideline, kept his balance and scooted the last five yards for a score.

“Play 60 minutes is obviously important, you may have a second to spare,” Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach said.

Thousands of Texas Tech fans poured onto the field and had to be sent off while the play was under review.

Once the fans were chased off the field and Texas Tech kicked the extra point, the Red Raiders were penalized and forced to kick off from their seven.

When Texas couldn’t pull off a miracle kickoff return, the fans ran back on the field to celebrate the biggest win in Texas Tech history.

The victory not only gave the Red Raiders command of the Big 12 South, it puts them smack in the chase for the national title, quite a leap for a program usually left behind by conference powers Texas and Oklahoma.

Texas Tech is unlikely to shoot to the top of the rankings and the BCS standings. More likely, Alabama moves to No. 1. The question is whether the Red Raiders, on the strength of the program’s first victory against a No. 1 team, can jump over the likes of Florida, USC and unbeaten Penn State.

Harrell, who may have jumped ahead of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy in the Heisman Trophy race, finished with 474 yards passing and two touchdowns on 36-for-53 passing.

McCoy had a solid game too, throwing for 294 yards and two touchdowns. He did have a interception returned for a touchdown in the third quarter.