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11/08 14:49 CST Harrington's 5 field goals, Rodriguez's takeaways lead No. 9
Texas Tech past No. 8 BYU 29-7
Harrington's 5 field goals, Rodriguez's takeaways lead No. 9 Texas Tech past
No. 8 BYU 29-7
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) --- Stone Harrington kicked a school-record five field
goals and Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez had two takeaways as the No. 9
Red Raiders beat No. 8 BYU 29-7 on Saturday, holding the previously-unbeaten
Cougars to a season-low 255 total yards in a game with Big 12 and playoff
implications.
Behren Morton passed for 216 yards and threw a 9-yard touchdown to Caleb
Douglas while Cameron Dickey ran for 121 yards and a 1-yard score for Texas
Tech (9-1, 6-1 Big 12, No. 8 CFP), which played in its first top-10 matchup
since 2008.
BYU (8-1, 5-1) had never played in such a game, though the teams could meet
again in the Big 12 championship game in four weeks in Arlington, Texas.
Harrington kicked field goals of 47, 39, 34, 29 and 27 yards.
Rodriguez had an interception midway through the third period leading to
Harrington's fourth field goal, and recovered a backward pass late in the
fourth quarter that set up Harrington's final conversion.
BYU had a 10-game winning streak dating back to last season snapped. The
Cougars avoided their first shutout since 2017 when Bear Bachmeier threw a
6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Roberts midway through the fourth quarter.
The Cougars went into play averaging 36.3 points and 434 yards per game. Its
previous low offensive output this season was 332 yards in the 27-3 win over
Stanford on Sept. 6.
Both teams have home games remaining against UCF, while the Cougars also play
at No. 25 Cincinnati --- the only other league team with one loss --- after
hosting TCU next week. The Red Raiders host UCF next week before an open date
and then their regular-season finale at West Virginia.
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