By The Associated Press
Norman, Okla. – Adrian Peterson rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown before leaving with an ankle injury in the second quarter, putting a damper on Oklahoma’s best offensive performance of the season and a 43-21 victory over Kansas State on Saturday night.
Kejuan Jones added two touchdown runs in relief of Peterson, and Rhett Bomar ran for one score and passed for another as Oklahoma (2-2) won its Big 12 opener for the sixth straight year.
Peterson, the Heisman Trophy runner-up last year, left the game late in the second quarter and did not return. Trainers worked on his right foot. At halftime, he walked off the field on his own, but was limping noticeably.
“He should be OK,” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. “He could have played in the second half if we chose to.”
Oklahoma, playing as an unranked team for the first time since 1999, was fine without Peterson against the Wildcats.
Jones scored on a 3-yard run to give Oklahoma a 19-0 halftime lead, and the Sooners built on it with help from numerous mistakes by Kansas State (3-1, 0-1).
Bomar threw his first career touchdown pass on a 4-yard toss to Joe Jon Finley in the fourth quarter and finished with 139 yards on 12-for-22 passing.
Allen Webb threw for 177 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for Kansas State.
No. 16 Texas Tech 30,
Kansas 17
Lubbock, Texas – Cody Hodges threw for 333 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score to lead the Red Raiders (4-0, 1-0) over the Jayhawks (3-1, 0-1).
Hodges had a few rough spots. He threw an interception and fumbled four times, losing two that the Jayhawks converted into points.
Texas Tech led the nation in scoring coming into the Kansas game, having tallied 56, 80 and 63 points against two Division I-AA opponents and a Sun Belt Conference team.
Jarrett Hicks caught nine passes for 112 yards and a touchdown for the Red Raiders.
Texas A&M 16,
Baylor 13, OT
College Station, Texas – Courtney Lewis scored on a 13-yard run in overtime to lift Texas A&M (3-1, 1-0) to a come-from-behind win over Baylor (3-1, 0-1), the second straight year the rivals went to overtime.
After Baylor’s Ryan Havens kicked a 21-yard field goal in the first overtime, Texas A&M ran two plays before Lewis ran into the end zone untouched.
It was a bit of revenge for the Aggies, who lost 35-34 to Baylor in overtime last season when they were ranked 16th.
Trailing 10-7, Texas A&M converted two fourth downs on a 17-play, 86-yard drive that ended on Todd Pegram’s 25-yard field goal with less than a minute left to send the game to overtime.
