Texas A&M
3-2 , 0-1
Texas Tech
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Aggies Fall in Wild Overtime Affair to Texas Tech, 48-47
Oct 05, 2002 | Football
October 05, 2002
Kliff Kingsbury threw his fifth touchdown pass in overtime and Robert Treece followed with the extra point as Texas Tech rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat 23rd-ranked Texas A&M 48-47 Saturday.
The Aggies' loss spoiled a stellar performance by quarterback Dustin Long, who threw seven touchdown passes to set a Big 12 record. His last score was a 3-yard strike to Terrence Thomas in the extra period that put Texas A&M ahead 47-41.
But John Pierson missed the extra point--his second one of the game--to leave the door open for the Red Raiders (4-2).
The Big 12 opener for both teams turned into a quarterback duel as Kingsbury completed 48 of 58 passes for 468 yards. He hit Nehemiah Glover for a 10-yard touchdown on Tech's overtime possession.
In addition to his critical extra point, Treece kicked two 42-yard field goals, the second of which forced overtime.
Long completed 21 of 37 passes for 367 yards to lead the Aggies (3-2). His seven TD passes broke the conference mark of six, which Kingsbury set last week in a 49-0 victory over New Mexico.
The Red Raiders were trailing 35-17 with 6:57 left in the third quarter after Long threw his fifth touchdown pass, an 82-yarder to Jamaar Taylor.
Kingsbury then rallied the Red Raiders with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Wes Welker and a 15-yarder to Taurean Henderson to pull Tech to 35-30 with 6:38 left to play.
Welker then gave Texas Tech its first lead of the game with an 88-yard punt return for a touchdown with 2:48 left to play, and Kingsbury completed a 2-point conversion pass to Anton Paige for a 38-35 lead.
Long got the lead back for the Aggies with a 9-yard TD pass to Greg Porter with 1:40 to play. Pierson missed the extra point, leaving the Aggies with a 41-38 lead, allowing the Raiders to come back and force the overtime on Treece's second field goal.
The Aggies jumped ahead quickly with Long's 78-yard touchdown pass to Bethel Johnson on A&M's first offensive play of the game.
Long also had first-half TD passes of 4 yards to Greg Porter, 9 yards to Terrence Murphy and 15 yards to Johnson for a 28-17 halftime lead.
Kingsbury completed 26 of 29 passes in the first half and had touchdown passes of 4 yards to Anton Paige and 2 yards to Carlos Francis.
Derek Farmer got his second straight 100-yard performance with 113 yards on 24 carries for the Aggies.
Texas Tech has won six of the last eight games between the two schools.
Team Stats
TTU 0, TA 7
TA - Johnson, Bethel 78 yd pass from Long, Dustin (Pierson, John kick) 1 plays, 78 yards, TOP 0:12
TTU 0, TA 14
TA - Porter, Greg 4 yd pass from Long, Dustin (Pierson, John kick) 8 plays, 36 yards, TOP 3:08
TTU 7, TA 14
TTU - Paige, Anton 4 yd pass from Kingsbury, K. (Treece, Robert kick) 10 plays, 68 yards, TOP 3:17
TTU 7, TA 21
TA - Murphy, Ter. 9 yd pass from Long, Dustin (Pierson, John kick) 11 plays, 68 yards, TOP 5:16
TTU 14, TA 21
TTU - Francis, Carlos 2 yd pass from Kingsbury, K. (Treece, Robert kick) 10 plays, 82 yards, TOP 3:38
TTU 14, TA 28
TA - Johnson, Bethel 15 yd pass from Long, Dustin (Pierson, John kick) 10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 3:13
TTU 17, TA 28
TTU - Treece, Robert 42 yd field goal 7 plays, 40 yards, TOP 1:25
TTU 17, TA 35
TA - Taylor, Jamaar 82 yd pass from Long, Dustin (Pierson, John kick) 2 plays, 84 yards, TOP 0:52
TTU 23, TA 35
TTU - Welker, Wes 21 yd pass from Kingsbury, K. (Kingsbury, K. passfailed) 12 plays, 90 yards, TOP 5:46
TTU 30, TA 35
TTU - Henderson, T. 15 yd pass from Kingsbury, K. (Treece, Robert kick) 7 plays, 67 yards, TOP 2:45
TTU 38, TA 35
TTU - Welker, Wes 88 yd punt return (Paige, Anton pass)
TTU 38, TA 41
TA - Jones, Stacy 1 yd pass from Long, Dustin (Pierson, John kickfailed) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:08
TTU 41, TA 41
TTU - Treece, Robert 42 yd field goal 7 plays, 56 yards, TOP 1:38
TTU 41, TA 47
TA - Thomas, Ter. 3 yd pass from Long, Dustin (Pierson, John kickfailed) 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:00
TTU 48, TA 47
TTU - Glover, Neh. 10 yd pass from Kingsbury, K. (Treece, Robert kick) 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:00
