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Longhorns defeat Texas Tech, 59-43
11.10.2007 | Football
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Colt McCoy passed for four touchdowns, ran for two more and No. 14 Texas scored 24 points in the fourth quarter to hold on for a 59-43 win Saturday over Texas Tech.
The Longhorns (9-2, 5-2 Big 12) needed a 24-point fourth-quarter rally a week earlier to beat Oklahoma State. This time, the late scoring burst kept the Red Raiders (7-4, 3-4) from staging a comeback.
Texas had to recover two onside kicks and keep punching the ball in the end zone to relieve a pass defense that was riddled by Tech quarterback Graham Harrell for 466 yards and five touchdowns.
Tech twice cut the lead to 10 in the fourth quarter on Harrell TD passes, before McCoy hit Nate Jones for a 34-yard TD where the receiver tiptoed down the sideline and sneaked into the end zone.
Earlier in the fourth, McCoy's second TD run covered 22 yards as he twice spun around defenders and broke three tackles to get to the end zone and give the Longhorns a 45-28 lead. McCoy finished with 51 yards rushing and 269 passing.
Jamaal Charles had 167 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Longhorns despite sitting most of the second half with a sore left ankle. Texas won its fifth in a row after an 0-2 start in the Big 12.
