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Game #8
Texas Tech 7, Texas 48
November 4, at Austin Texas
Attendance: 77,809

In what turned out to be the only disappointing showing of the season, the No. 23-ranked Red Raiders ran into a buzzsaw in Austin and came out on the short end of a 48-7 score to the No. 13-ranked Texas Longhorns.

The loss knocked Texas Tech out of title contention and out of the national rankings. Long-time UT observers called Texas' performance the school's best in at least five years.

Zebbie Lethridge saw his SWC record string of passes without an interception end at 211 when his third attempt was picked off in the first quarter. The 'Horns went on to score a touchdown shortly thereafter, pushing Tech behind 14-0.

The Raiders had three chances of getting back into the contest in the second quarter but came up empty. A stray snap ruined a 50-yard field goal attempt, a run came up short of a first down on a fake field goal and Shawn Hurd had the ball stripped from him after a near interception near the UT end zone.

Texas wound up scoring 28 points off four Tech turnovers.

TEAM

TEXAS TECH
TEXAS

1

2

3

4

F

0

0

0

7

7

14

14

20

0

48

STATISTICS

First Downs
Rushing
Passing
Returns
Total Offense
Passes
Punting
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties
Third-Down Conversions
Fourth Down Conversions

TT

19
45-127
197
5
76-324
31-16-2
5-41.8
3-2
7-50
7-17
0-3

UT

24
46-305
174
72
69-479
23-10-0
4-35.3
1-1
5-46
6-14
1-1

Rushers: TT-- Hanspard 24-109; Hobbs 5-28; Walker 1-15; Rogers 1-8; Ervin 1-3; Team 1-(-10); Lethridge 12-(-26). UT--Williams, R 15-113; Mitchell 11-105, 3 TD's; Brown 6-34; McGarity 2-25; Clayton 6-15; Wilson 4-13; Walton 1-2; Sumner 1-(-2).

Passing: TT-- Lethridge 12-23-2, 123; Cavazos 4-8, 74, 1TD. UT--Brown 10-23-0, 174, 2 TD's.

Receiving: TT--Mitchell 3-78; Scovell 3-51; Hart 2-27; DuBuc 1-17; Hanspard 3-13; McKenzie 1-6; Walker 2-3; Fiebiger 1-2, 1 TD. UT--Adams 2-69; McLemore 3-50, 1 TD; Mitchell 3-34; Williams 1-19; Bradley 1-2, 1 TD.

SCORING

UT--Shon Mitchell 32 run (Phil Dawson kick), 9:28, 1Q

UT--Justin McLemore 15 pass from James Brown (Dawson kick), 3:09, 1Q

UT--Mitchell 6 run (Dawson kick), 5:10, 2Q

UT--Steve Bradley 2 pass from Brown (Dawson kick), :52, 2Q

UT--Robert Crenshaw 33 fumble return (Dawson kick), 14:06, 3Q

UT--Dawson 52 field goal, 10:13, 3Q

UT--Mitchell 36 run (Dawson kick), 7:22, 3Q

UT--Dawson 32 field goal, :10, 3Q

TT--Jerod Fiebiger 2 pass from Sone Cavazos (Tony Rogers kick), 6:37, 4Q
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