NORMAN, Okla.-Kyle Kempt passed for 343 yards and three touchdowns, including a 25-yarder to Allen Lazard that put Iowa State ahead with 2:19 left and Joel Lanning made plays on offense and defense to lead the Cyclones to a stunning 38-31 victory over No. 3 Oklahoma on Saturday.
The loss snapped Oklahoma's nation-leading 14-game winning streak and the Sooners' 18-game run against the Cyclones that dated to 1990. It was just Iowa State's second victory over Oklahoma since 1961, and the Cyclones (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) did it without their starting quarterback.
Kempt, the senior who had thrown just two passes in his career before Saturday, played because regular starter Jacob Park went on leave for undisclosed personal medical reasons late this week. The Cyclones remained confident, despite having lost 20 straight against ranked opponents. Iowa State's last win over a Top 25 team came against TCU in 2012. It was Iowa State's first road win over a Top 5 team.
"We came in telling our whole team you have to believe for four quarters," Lanning said. "Believe you can beat a Top 5 team in the country. That's what we did today."
Lanning, who switched from quarterback to linebacker in the offseason, played both positions Saturday. According to the Des Moines Register, he's the first Iowa State player since 1971 to get significant action both ways in a game. He ran for 35 yards, passed for 25 and had eight tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. He played 78 snaps.
"It was fun," Lanning said. "Coming into an atmosphere like this, you can't ask for anything better-especially playing both ways. It was fun. I can't say enough about my teammates and what they did to help me out. It was a lot of stuff going on for me. I didn't have my best game defensively, but we got the win."
Baker Mayfield passed for 306 yards and rushed for 57 the Sooners (4-1, 1-1). It was Lincoln Riley's first loss as head coach.
Texas Tech 65, Kansas 19
LAWRENCE, Kan.-Texas Tech piled up a whole bunch of points against Kansas on Saturday.
Nothing new there.
The Red Raiders did most of their work on the ground, though, their high-flying offense under coach Kliff Kingsbury showing remarkable balance in a 65-19 rout of the hapless Jayhawks.
That was something rather unexpected.
Desmond Nisby ran for 94 yards and four touchdowns. Justin Stockton had a career-best 161 yards and another score. And the Red Raiders (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) piled up 313 yards rushing in cruising to their 11th consecutive victory over the Jayhawks dating to an overtime loss in 2001.
"We needed to improve that area. Last week it really hurt us not being able to run the ball," said Kingsbury, whose team bounced back from an agonizing 41-34 loss to No. 15 Oklahoma State.
"When they gave us an opportunity," he added, "we were moving bodies."
Nic Shimonek still threw for 233 yards and two scores, and Justus Parker picked off two passes and returned one for a score, to keep the Red Raiders perfect in 10 tries in Lawrence.
"We knew it was very important to start fast," Stockton said. "When the offense has a chance to go down there and score, you have to put points on the board."
Neither team ever got into rhythm, thanks in large part to nine video reviews called for by Big 12 officials. Six came in the first quarter-including three in a five-play stretch-which made referee Eddy Shelton more unpopular among Kansas fans than anyone on the Texas Tech sideline.
Kansas (1-4, 0-2) trailed 35-7 midway through the second quarter before slowly clawing back, spurred on by a change in quarterback from Peyton Bender to Carter Stanley. The two shared snaps early in the game, but Bender was ineffective and Stanley's moxie seemed to energize the offense.
"Peyton looked like he was struggling a little bit with his command, and Carter looked like-when he was in there, he made a couple decent throws," Kansas coach David Beaty said.
"We just felt like he gave us the best chance at that point."
But after getting within 35-19 on Taylor Martin's touchdown run in late in the third quarter, and forcing a quick fumble, the Jayhawks gave the momentum right back. Stanley's pass was tipped and picked, and Shimonek hit Keke Coutee with a quick touchdown pass to restore order.
Coutee had eight catches for 87 yards, while Quan Shorts and Derrick Willies also had TD grabs.
Stanley finished with 110 yards passing, while Bender-who had beaten out last year's starter in fall camp-was 12 of 24 for 146 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
The Red Raiders' win streak against Kansas is their longest against a Big 12 foe, and very few of the meetings have been close. Their average margin of victory is more than 21 points, and the 65 points on Saturday surpassed their previous best against Kansas of 63 set in 2008.
"A few times this year we let teams get back in it," Kingsbury said. "That was encouraging to see, when we had a chance to finish it, we finished it."
TCU 31, West Virginia 24
FORT WORTH, Texas-Kenny Hill avoided a defender in the backfield and lunged forward through two more for a 3-yard touchdown run with 2:53 left and No. 8 TCU remained the Big 12's only undefeated team with a 31-24 victory over No. 23 West Virginia on Saturday.
Hill also threw a 45-yard touchdown pass and was on the receiving end of a 48-yard score for the Frogs (5-0, 2-0). His winning TD run came only five plays after an apparent interception was reversed on a replay review.
Will Grier threw for 366 yards and three TDs for West Virginia (3-2, 1-1), including two long catch-and-run scores in a span of about 2 1/2 minutes late in the third quarter. It was tied at 24 after Grier hooked up with David Sills V on a 64-yard scoring play and then Ka'Raun White for a
76-yarder.
TCU led 7-3 at halftime in the only game Saturday matching Top 25 teams, but the two quarterbacks who started their careers at SEC schools led their teams after
that.
After those two long West Virginia TDs, the Frogs used a little trickery to go ahead again. KaVontae Turpin took a handoff and swept to the right before stopping and throwing back to Hill, who sprinted down the left sideline for the score.