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Big 12: Cyclones capitalize, take out Hawkeyes

Associated Press
Published September 11, 2005

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State capitalized on turnovers to shock No.8 Iowa 23-3 Saturday, ending Iowa's nine-game win streak.

It was Iowa State's first win over a Top 10 team under Dan McCarney, its coach since 1995, and first since 19-10 over No.7 Nebraska in 1992.

"We had to be one of the most improved teams in the country from Week 1 to Week 2 if we were going to have a chance," said McCarney, whose team needed a sack with 1:47 left to seal a 32-21 win over I-AA Illinois State. "That's the way we played."

A week after beating Ball State 56-0, the Hawkeyes did not get closer to the end zone than the Iowa State 26.

Worse, Iowa lost quarterback Drew Tate with an apparent concussion midway through the second quarter. He was hurt tackling Steve Paris after an interception but is expected to play Saturday against Northern Iowa, coach Kirk Ferentz said.

Jason Manson replaced Tate. On his third play, he fired a pass that Iowa State's Adam Carper tipped. The ball went right to LaMarcus Hicks, who ran 28 yards untouched down the left sideline to make it 16-0.

Trailing 16-3 midway through the fourth, Iowa had a chance to get back into the game, driving to a first down at the Iowa State 30. Three plays later, though, Scott Chandler fumbled after catching a pass with Hicks recovering.

Iowa State then drove 80 yards in nine plays, capped by Ryan Kock's 2-yard touchdown run.

No. 18 Oklahoma 31, Tulsa 15

NORMAN, Okla. - Adrian Peterson ran for 220 yards and three touchdowns for the Sooners, who rebounded after losing 17-10 to TCU last weekend. After Tulsa pulled ahead 9-7 in the third on Brad DeVault's third field goal, Peterson took over. He gained all 58 yards of the ensuing drive, including discarding a tackler for a 42-yarder and a 1-yarder for the go-ahead touchdown.

He started Oklahoma's next drive with a 23-yard run that included a spin move from a near stop that faked a tackler. He even rescued quarterback Rhett Bomar by diving on his fumble to keep the Sooners in position for a 29-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley.

Tulsa pulled to 17-15 on Paul Smith's 1-yard sneak with 9:10 left, but his pass on the two-point conversion failed.

On the ensuing series, the Sooners faced fourth and 1 from the Golden Hurricane 41. Peterson took a handoff, rammed through one defender, kept going as another tried to strip the ball then stiff-armed another for a touchdown. Tulsa's next drive ended on Smith's fumble.

No.21 Texas Tech 56, Fla. International 3

LUBBOCK, Texas - Cody Hodges threw for 454 yards and four touchdowns and ran for one for the Red Raiders.

Fumbles by the Golden Panthers on consecutive drives led to scores. The second came on the Tech 3. The Red Raiders needed just 2:55 to go 97 yards. Hodges threw passes of 11, 11, 8, 14 and 15 yards before he raced in from the 17 to make it 21-3.

KANSAS ST. 21, MARSHALL 19: Justin McKinney's interception with three seconds left sealed it for the visiting Wildcats. KSU, which stopped a two-point conversion early in the fourth, appeared to have it sealed when it had first and goal from the 5 with less than two minutes left. But Jermaine Moreira fumbled after a screen pass and Marshall recovered.

Jimmy Skinner hit Hiram Moore for 20 yards on fourth and 7 and, after an incompletion, Wilbur Hargrove for 32 yards to the Kansas State 21 with nine seconds left. Instead of trying a field goal, coach Mark Snyder sent in a play.

Moore said Skinner couldn't find the play on his wristband so Skinner called one Marshall runs every day in practice. Snyder said it was supposed to be a quarterback draw or screen pass. But Skinner threw downfield, and McKinney intercepted it.

NEW MEXICO 45, MISSOURI 35: Hank Baskett caught 10 passes for 209 yards and three touchdowns for the visiting Lobos. The score was tied four times before Kenny Byrd's 40-yard field goal, a career long, put New Mexico up 38-35 with 4:22 left. Gabriel Fulbright intercepted Brad Smith with 3:15 left, and Baskett's 9-yard touchdown with 2:01 left sealed it.

NEBRASKA 31, WAKE 3: The host Cornhuskers returned two interceptions for touchdowns and a fumble for another. Nebraska, which didn't have a defensive touchdown last season, led 14-0 13 minutes in on Corey McKeon's 38-yard interception return and Daniel Bullocks' 30-yard fumble return. It became 31-3 in the fourth on Stewart Bradley's 43-yard interception return.

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