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Austin American-Statesman SPORTS Sunday, November 11, 2007 C15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BIG 12 CONFERENCE KANSAS 43, OKLAHOMA STATE 28 er er Bears, Soon 19 SOU it vr Vi Big 12 standings NORTH DIVISION A ff Team Big 12 All Kansas 6-0 10-0 Missouri 5-1 -9-1 Colorado 3-4 5-6 Kansas State 1 3-4 5-5 Nebraska 2-5 5-6 Iowa State 2-5 3-8 SOUTH DIVISION Team Big 12 All Oklahoma 5-1 9-1 Texas 5-2 9-2 Oklahoma State 3-3 5-5 Texas Tech 3-4 7-4 Texas 3-4 6-5 Baylor 0-7 3-8 A I 1 I -V t. fc JAtJt. 1 Brody Schmidt associated press Kansas fullback Brandon McAnderson (No. 35) struggles to move forward against Oklahoma State's Patrick Lavine (4) and Nathan Peterson (13) during the first half Saturday in Stillwater, Okla. Jayhawks top Oklahoma State, remain unbeaten for season ASSOCIATED PRESS NORMAN, Okla.

DeMarco Murray scored four touchdowns, one on a 91-yard kickoff return, as No. 4 Oklahoma beat Baylor 52-21 on Saturday. Oklahoma (9-1, 5-1 Big 12 Conference) has not lost to Baylor (3-8, 0-7) in 17 meetings between the teams. Baylor lost its seventh straight game amid reports that its coach, Guy Morriss, would be replaced at the end of the season. Oklahoma entered the game fifth in the BCS standings, and when the final score from No.

1 Ohio State's loss to Illinois appeared on the Owen Field scoreboard moments before kickoff, the crowd roared. Then the Sooners went out and presented their case for moving up in the rankings. Murray contributed two highlight-reel plays, a 25-yard first-quarter scoring run and his kickoff return, which came moments after Baylor had pulled within a touchdown late in the first half. Murray, who had 13 rushes for 95 yards, is the first Oklahoma freshman to score at least three touchdowns in one game on three separate occasions. He has 15 touchdowns this season, tying the school record for freshmen set by Adrian Peterson.

Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford threw three touchdown passes, two to Manuel Johnson, who caught four passes for 126 yards and had the first multiple-TD game of his career. While the Sooners keep an eye on the BCS standings, about the only mystery left in Baylor's season is whether or not Morriss will keep his job. Two Texas newspapers, citing anonymous sources, reported this week that he would not be back in 2008. Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw has told The Associated Press that the status of Morriss' future hasn't been determined. Nebraska 73, Kansas State 31: The embattled Cornhuskers fi- had no complaints about Callahan.

"It's his job to coach his team," Prince said. "It's my job to try and stop him." Kansas State (5-5, 3-4) hadn't given up so many points since a 75-28 defeat to Oklahoma in 1971. Nebraska's 702 yards was the most since the 1995 team had 776 against Iowa State. Iowa State 31, Colorado 28: Everyone in Jack Trice Stadium watched in confusion as the Buffaloes' Kevin Eberhart first made a 50-yard field goal that was negated, then made 55-yarder that was called off because time had run out, allowing the Cyclones to escape. "I've been in a lot bizarre games," CU coach Dan Hawkins said.

"This might be close to the top. But I can tell-, you: We snapped it before it got to zero." The wild sequence came after Iowa State (3-8, 2-5) matched its biggest comeback since a 1989 win over Missouri by scoring 31-second half points to erase Colorado's 21-0 halftime lead. Colorado (5-6, 3-4) cut the lead to three on Cody Hawkins' 9-yard touchdown pass to Scott McKnight with 2:40 left. The Buffaloes' defense held and Colorado got the ball at its own 28 with 46 seconds left and no timeouts. Hawkins drove them to the Iowa State 33, but Tyson DeVree couldn't get out of bounds on a third-down reception, so the field goal unit had to rush onto the field.

Eberhart's kick fluttered through the uprights, but Colorado was called for delay of game for snapping the ball before it was blown into play. The officials marched off 5 yards, put a second on the clock and Eberhart made the longer kick. But officials ruled time had expired before the ball was snapped. Alexander Robinson carried 29 times for 127 yards and two touchdowns for Iowa State. STATE GAMES Nicholls State starts scoring early to sweep past Texas State TY touchdowns against Kansas last season missed the second half with an injury.

The Jayhawks started pulling away just after halftime when Henry caught a slant pass from Reesing and zipped past cornerback Jacob Lacey for an 82-yard touchdown reception that was the longest play from scrimmage for Kansas this season. McAnderson's 12-yard touchdown run on the Jayhawks' next possession made it 33-14. Robinson rallied the Cowboys with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Devereaux, and a his 4-yard TD run got Oklahoma State within 33-28 with 13:08 left. Henry once again had the answer. He kept Kansas' ensuing drive going with a diving third-down catch that set up a first-and-goal, then got open running across the back of the end zone on another third down, for a 4-yard TD catch to make it 40-28.

ries with two touchdowns. Sam Houston St, 20, SE Louisiana 16: Brett Hicks threw two touchdown passes to lead Sam Houston (6-4, 4-2 Southland) to its fourth straight win, a road victory over the Lions (2-8, 1-5). Tulane 34, UTEP 19: Matt Forte rushed for a pair of touchdowns and Jeremy Williams caught two more to lead Tulane (3-7) past the visiting Miners (4-6). Cent. Arkansas 35, S.F.

Austin 23: Nathan Brown threw for 193 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bears (6-4, 5-1 Southland) over the Lumberjacks (0-10, 0-6) in Conway, Ark. Prairie View 30, Jackson State 27: Mark Spivey threw four touchdowns and Chris Adingupu intercepted a pass late to help the Panthers (6-3, 5-3 SWAC) defeat the Tigers (6-4, 6-2), giving them their first winning season in more than 30 years. Prairie View hasn't been better than .500 since 1976. The Panthers lost an NCAA-record 80 in a row in the 1990s. Louisiana College 31, Texas Lutheran 26: The Bulldogs (2-8, 2-6 American Southwest) scored 19 points in the fourth quarter but fell short of the Wildcats (5-5, 4-4) in Seguin.

Texas Lutheran's Marcus Preston caught four passes for 122 yards and two TDs. Mary Hardin-Baylor 70, Howard Payne 20: Patrick Oliver had three touchdown receptions and added a TD pass to lead the Crusaders (9-1, 8-0 American Southwest), ranked fifth in Division in, to a rout of the Yellow Jackets (1-9, 1-7) in Brownwood. Trinity 41, Austin College 13: Blake Barmore threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another TD as the Tigers (9-1, 6-1) clinched a bid to the Division HI playoffs and a share of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship by beating the Kangaroos (4-6, 2-5) in Sherman, V- Saturday's games Texas 59, Texas Tech 43 Nebraska 73, Kansas State 31 Iowa State 31, Colorado 28 Oklahoma 52, Baylor 21 Missouri 40, Texas 26 Kansas 43, Oklahoma State 28 Next week Missouri at Kansas 11:30 a.m. Iowa State at Kansas, 2:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Baylor, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. nally made a statement of their own, scoring on 11 straight possessions to annihilate the Wildcats in Lincoln, and end a five-game losing streak. Joe Ganz threw for 510 yards and seven touchdowns to set school records. Did Bill Callahan run up the score? "I didn't think about the score," he said. "We just kept playing." The Cornhuskers (5-6, 2-5) bounced back from lasfcweek's 76-39 humiliation at Kansas with their highest point total since Tom Osborne's 1997 national championship team hammered Iowa State 77-14.

It was the Huskers' first victory since they beat Iowa State on Sept. 29 and the first in four games since Osborne returned as interim athletic director. During their five-game losing streak the Huskers were outscored with a 52-10 lead, Callahan kept calling downfield pass plays, and he even went for it instead of punting on fourth-and-20 from the K-State 46. Wildcats coach Ron Prince In Navy's 74-62 win over North after snapping a 43-year losing streak to Notre Dame. The Midshipmen tied a school record by scoring at least 30 points for the eighth straight game.

That stretch included previous victories of 46-43, 48-45 and 46-44, with a 59-52 loss. Giovanni Vizza of North Texas threw an NCAA freshman-record eight touchdown passes. a whether the Jayhawks deserve to be in the national title discussion, it's whether they can keep winning and get to New Orleans. Henry had the biggest game of his career in his return to his home state. The senior from Lawton had the fourth-highest receiving total in school history, and caught more than one touchdown pass in a game for the first time in his career.

Todd Reesing completed 27 of 40 passes for 308 yards and three touchdowns in another solid effort for the Jayhawks. He went without an interception for the third straight game and has thrown 179 passes since his last pick. Oklahoma State's Zac Robinson threw for 271 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, keeping the Cowboys (5-5, 3-3) in the game even as top receiver Adarius Bowman who set a Big 12 record with 300 yards receiving and four ft SRSU. MattSlocum associated press scoring record. 24 at Rice to win the division title.

Rice 43, SMU 42: Clark Fang-meier hit a 31-yard field goal with no time left to give the Owls (3-7, 3-3 Conference USA) who trailed by 15 points in the fourth quarter a victory over the Mustangs (1-9, 0-6) in Dallas. Chase Clement of Rice completed 35 of 52 passes for 364 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 124 yards on 12 car hnf fiiiSgi ft Bxk I ByJeff Latzke ASSOCIATED PRESS STILLWATER, Okla. Nothing No. 5 Kansas does should be surprising anymore. Marcus Henry had a career-high 199 yards receiving and three touchdowns, Brandon McAnderson ran for 142 yards and two scores, and the Jay-hawks stayed unbeaten with a 43-28 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday night.

Kansas (6-0 Big 12) moved to 10-0 for the first time since it finished the 1899 season with that record, and is now the only unbeaten team left in the six conferences with an automatic bid to the BCS, after top-ranked Ohio State was upset by Illinois. Kansas was fourth in last week's Bowl Championship Series standings and will move up again when the numbers come out today. The question is no longer is it a iLvuTiai 136 points set a major-college total possession. Tulsa 56, Houston 7: Paul Smith completed 15 of 28 passes for 313 yards and five touchdowns to help lead the Golden Hurricane (7-3, 5-3 Conference USA) over the Cougars (6-4, 5-2) in Tulsa, Okla. Houston came into the game needing only a win to clinch the Western Division title.

Now Tulsa needs only to win its final conference game on Nov. I ASSOCIATED PRESS THIBODAUX, La. Nicholls State scored four touchdowns in the first quarter and cruised to a 52-28 victory over Texas State on Saturday. The Colonels (6-4, 3-3 Southland Conference) outrushed Texas State (4-6, 3-3) 427 yards to 131. Nicholls State finished with 457 yards of total offense, with all but 30 coming on the ground.

Nicholls' first-quarter touchdowns included a 96-yard punt return by Ladarius Webb, which was the longest punt return in Southland Conference history. Nicholls quarterback Vincent Montgomery rushed for two touchdowns, Broderick Cole rushed for three, and Cal Jones ran for one. Texas State got on the board with a 4-yard touchdown run by Stan Zwinggi. Blake Burton added a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, Bradley George hit Alvin Canady for a 7-yard touchdown and Clint Toon threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Luke. Navy 74, North Texas 62: The Midshipmen and the Mean Green set a major-college record by combining for 136 points in Denton.

It wasn't the highest scoring game of the season, though. Weber State and Portland State racked up 141 for the all-division record two weeks ago. Weber State won 73-68 in a I-AA game. The previous record for college football's top tier of competition was 133 points in San Jose State's 70-63 win over Rice on Oct. 2, 2004.

Rice also had the highest score by a losing team in that game, a distinction the Mean Green (1-8) missed out on by a single point. "There wasn't a whole lot of defense being played on either side," Navy coach Paul Johnson said. Navy (6-4), the nation's best rushing offense, set a school record by running for 572 yards with eight rushing TDs a week 1 Texas on Saturday, the combined North Texas led 49-45 at halftime. The 94 points in the first half and 63 in the second quarter set a I-A record. "I have never been a part of a game quite like this," said North Texas coach Todd Dodge, who went 79-1 with four Texas Class 5A state high school championships at Southlake Carroll the past five seasons.

"I knew that we would have to score on nearly every.