MANHATTAN, Kan. — Ryan Broyles took the ball, wiggled his way past a few defenders and greeted a corner of crimson-clad Oklahoma fans with a little touchdown skip.
After the offensive showing that had taken place to that point, it was only appropriate that Broyles punctuated the Sooners’ highest-scoring first half in school history by taking a punt back 68 yards for a score.
By the time Broyles did his touchdown jig, the fourth-ranked Sooners had already blown a 21-point lead and replaced it with an even bigger advantage — and it wasn’t even halftime yet in their 58-35 win Saturday against Kansas State.
“It was like a video game,” said Broyles, whose first career punt return TD made it 55-28 at halftime. “That’s really what it was like.”
DeMarco Murray racked up 167 total yards and four first-half touchdowns, and Sam Bradford added three touchdown passes in a wild first half in which the Sooners (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) gave up a 28-7 lead before taking control with 27 consecutive points.
Oklahoma’s 55 points were its most ever in the first half of a game and matched the school record for points in a half, set in the second half of a 76-0 shutout of the Wildcats in 1942.
Josh Freeman threw for a career-high 478 yards for K-State (4-4, 1-3), with all three of his touchdown passes coming as the Wildcats charged back to tie it at 28.
But with eight minutes left in the half, the Sooners found time to score four touchdowns.
“There wasn’t nothing said. We just knew what we had to do,” said tailback Chris Brown, who led the Sooners with a season-high 142 yards on 20 carries.
No. 8 Texas Tech 63, No. 19 Kansas 21
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Graham Harrell threw for 386 yards and five touchdowns, a swarming defense forced Todd Reesing into his worst game since high school and the Red Raiders scored 49 straight points to match their best start in 32 years.
Darcel McBath intercepted three of Reesing’s first four passes of the third quarter to snuff out any hopes for the Jayhawks.
Reesing finished 16-of-26 for 154 yards and two touchdowns in Kansas’ most lopsided home loss since a 64-0 setback to Kansas State in 2002.
Texas A&M 49, Iowa St. 35
AMES, Iowa — Jerrod Johnson threw for 381 yards and a career-high four touchdowns as the Aggies picked up their first Big 12 win under coach Mike Sherman and snapped a three- game losing streak.
