TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Carl Salazar hit a game-winning 34-yard field goal with no time remaining to give Tulsa a 30-27 victory over Colorado State Saturday night.
Tulsa (1-1) scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to complete the 10-point comeback. Tulsa cut the Rams lead to seven points on a 23-yard Salazar field goal with 13:12 remaining. Tulsa tied the score at the 7:01 mark when Cody Green threw a 15-yard touchdown to Derek Patterson. Tulsa went 57 yards in five plays before Salazar hit his third field goal of the night.
Green threw three touchdown passes for 212 yards to lead Tulsa. Trey Watts added 152 yards on 22 carries.
Garrett Grayson was 12 of 29 for 108 yards for Colorado State (0-2), including two touchdowns and two interceptions. Chris Nwoke ran for 97 yards and a 1-yard TD run.
OU
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Brennan Clay had career-high 170 yards rushing as Oklahoma overcame a second-half quarterback switch defeat West Virginia 16-7 on Saturday night.
The No. 16 Sooners (2-0, 1-0 Big 12) scored the game's final 16 points after trailing 7-0 in the first quarter. Freshman quarterback Trevor Knight threw a pair of third-quarter interceptions, leading to junior Blake Bell taking over in the fourth quarter.
Clay finished with 22 carries, leading an Oklahoma offense that had 316 yards rushing and topping his previous best of 157 yards rushing against Iowa State in 2012.
Paul Millard was 21-of-42 passing for 218 yards for the Mountaineers (1-1, 0-1), whose lone score came on a 75-yard touchdown run by Dreamius Smith in the first quarter.
OSU
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — New starter J.W. Walsh completed his first 10 passes, finished 24-of-27 for 326 yards and four touchdown throws as Number 13 Oklahoma State beat UT-San Antonio 56-35 yesterday. With his speedy start against a Roadrunners team entering its season of football, Walsh led the Cowboys (2-0) to touchdowns on five of six first-half possessions at the Alamodome.
ARKANSAS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Freshmen tailbacks Alex Collins and Jonathan Williams each rushed for more than 100 yards as Arkansas pulled away from Samford, 31-21, Saturday night, bringing the Razorbacks a much-needed victory in Little Rock.
But the win didn't come easy as Samford (1-1) led 21-17 in the third quarter.
Arkansas (2-0) was able to regain the lead on a drive in which Collins had a 21-yard carry. After a defensive stop, Arkansas got some breathing room with a Collins TD that brought the score to 31-21. Collins spurred the drive on with a 45-yard carry.
Fullback Kiero Small had a key fourth-down carry for a first down to the Samford 20 with 2:01 to enable Arkansas to run out the clock in Little Rock.
Arkansas lost both its Little Rock games on the final plays last season.