(*20*)The senior threw for 391 yards and hit Bryson Green with the game-winning landing move with simply over three minutes left, and the Eleventh-ranked Cowboys defeated No. 20 Texas 41-34 on Saturday.
(*20*)Sanders handed for 2 touchdowns and ran for 43 yards on 11 carries.
(*20*)Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy stated Sanders isn’t at full power whereas coping with undisclosed accidents, making his efficiency all of the extra spectacular.
(*20*)“When your quarterback is a very competitive player, he’s willing to give his body up, play injured, never says a word, never complains, he just keeps playing, that makes my job easier,” Gundy stated.
(*20*)Green’s 41-yard landing got here when he caught the ball on a slant, broke out of D’Shawn Jamison’s grasp simply contained in the 35 and made a transfer on Jerrin Thompson to interrupt into the open discipline.
(*20*)Oklahoma State’s Jason Taylor II intercepted two of Quinn Ewers’ passes for the Cowboys, and Kendal Daniels picked off Ewers within the last minute to finish the Longhorns’ last risk.
(*20*)Green had 5 catches for a career-high 133 yards and Dominic Richardson had three brief landing runs for Oklahoma State (6-1, 3-1 Big 12), which bounced again from a double-overtime loss to TCU the earlier week.
(*20*)Sanders struggled in opposition to TCU, finishing simply 16 of 36 passes for 245 yards with a landing and an interception.
(*20*)“Coming into this week, I focused on the mistakes that I made last week,” he stated. “That’s out of the way. We just have to make sure every play is a new play; every game is a new game. Can’t think about last week. Fix your mistakes and move forward.”
(*20*)Texas dedicated 14 penalties for 119 yards whereas Oklahoma State went and not using a penalty.
(*20*)“It’s very frustrating because for somewhere in there, we lose focus or mental intensity.” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stated. “We just didn’t operate very good, and a lot of it was self-inflicted wounds.”
(*20*)Bijan Robinson ran for 140 yards and a landing and caught a 41-yard landing move for Texas (5-3, 3-2). Ewers handed for 319 yards and two touchdowns, however he went 6-for-18 with two interceptions within the fourth quarter.
(*20*)Texas led 31-24 at halftime as each groups gained greater than 300 yards earlier than the break.
(*20*)The Longhorns gained simply 172 yards and 9 first downs within the second half.
(*20*)“Our staff and our players found a way to slow them down a little bit, tackle a little bit better, made adjustments on the counter play and covered pretty good,” Gundy stated.
(*20*)Sanders’ 10-yard landing move to Brennan Presley and the additional level tied the sport at 34 with 9:54 remaining within the fourth quarter, establishing the ultimate frantic minutes.
(*20*)Now, Texas has to take care of having surrendered a 31-17 lead.
(*20*)“It hurts to the core,” Texas linebacker DeMarvion Overshown stated. “I’m hurting, everyone in the locker room is hurting. Losing a big game on the road going into a bye week — it’s going to sting.”
(*20*)THE TAKEAWAY
(*20*)Texas: The Longhorns had been strong defensively all through the season, however Oklahoma State made quite a few spectacular performs to maneuver the ball. The Cowboys completed with 535 yards in opposition to a workforce that had allowed 347.4 yards per sport in its first seven contests.
(*20*)Oklahoma State: As within the Texas Tech win, the Cowboys improved defensively within the second half and let Sanders, their veteran quarterback, deliver it house. Sanders accomplished 9 of his last 13 passes for 107 yards and two touchdowns.
(*20*)MOVING UP
(*20*)Robinson moved up from thirteenth to tenth in profession dashing at Texas. He entered the day with 2,610 profession yards. He handed Eric Metcalf, Hodges Mitchell and Malcolm Brown. He’s inside 32 yards of D’Onta Foreman for ninth.
(*20*)FG STREAK ENDS
(*20*)Oklahoma State’s Tanner Brown had made his first 13 discipline targets this season earlier than lacking his second try of the sport, from 48 yards on the finish of the primary half. He got here again and made a 40-yarder within the third quarter.
(*20*)INJURED LONGHORN
(*20*)Sarkisian stated defensive again Anthony Cook suffered a damaged arm within the first half. Cook entered the sport with 42 tackles, two tackles for loss, two move breakups and a fumble compelled.
(*20*)UP NEXT
(*20*)Texas visits Kansas State on Nov. 5.
(*20*)Oklahoma State visits Kansas State on Oct. 29.
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