Oct. 25, 2008

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LAWRENCE, Kan. -

No. 18 Kansas could not stop No. 6 Texas Tech as the Red Raiders defeated the Jayhawks 63-21 in football on a sunny Saturday at Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium.

A sellout crowd of 50,125, saw Texas Tech score on nine of its first 11 possessions as the Red Raiders improved 8-0 overall and 4-0 in the Big 12. KU had its 13-home game winning streak snapped as it dropped to 5-3 overall and 2-2 in league play.

After holding Kansas to a three-and-out on the game's first possession, Texas Tech scored in just two plays on a 55-yard pass from senior Graham Harrell to junior Edward Britton to make the score 7-0.

Kansas answered on the ensuing drive with a 33-yard touchdown pass from junior Todd Reesing to junior Kerry Meier to tie the score at seven. The Jayhawks went 79 yards in eight plays on the drive with Reesing going 4-for-4 through the air.

With his two touchdown passes, Reesing now holds the top two Kansas single-season touchdown passes record as the Austin, Texas, junior had 33 last season. Additionally, Reesing has now thrown a TD pass in a school-record eight consecutive games. Reesing ended the day 16-for-26 through the air with two touchdowns and three interceptions.

Meier ended the game with 70 receiving yards on six receptions. He has six or more catches in seven of eight games this season and has four touchdowns on the year.

It took Texas Tech three minutes to retake the lead going 83 yards in eight plays to make the score 14-7 with 5:54 left in the first quarter. Harrell hit sophomore Michael Crabtree on a slant to go the final four yards for the score.

Kansas knotted the score at 14 on the next drive by going 72 yards in nine plays with Reesing hitting sophomore Dezmon Briscoe on a 10-yard touchdown in the back of the end zone. Briscoe ended the game with eight receptions for 55 yards to give him 20 receptions and three touchdowns in his last two games.

With the score tied at 14, Texas Tech scored 21 points on three straight possessions in the second half to take a 35-14 halftime lead. The Red Raiders scored on drives of 69, 66 and 38 yards.

Like the second quarter, Texas Tech scored 21 points in the third quarter to go up 56-14. Two of the three scores were after Red Raider interceptions by senior free safety Darcel McBath who had three interceptions for the game.

Following a Tech touchdown to make the score 63-14, Kansas went on an 80-yard scoring drive in 16 plays on a Jocques Crawford one-yard run up the middle to make the score 63-21. For Crawford it was his fourth touchdown of the season.

For the game, Harrell was 34-for-42 yards with five touchdown passes and no interceptions as the Red Raiders racked up 556 yards total offense.

Kansas will be home next week to host Kansas State on Nov. 1. The game will start at 11:30 a.m. and will be televised on Fox Sports Net.