RUSTON, La. (AP) — Trey Watts ran for a game-high 178 yards and scored three touchdowns Saturday night and Tulsa beat Louisiana Tech 24-14. Tulsa (3-8, 2-5 Conference USA) scored first on a 6-yard run by Watts, but Louisiana Tech (4-7, 3-4) replied with a 10-yard scoring run by Blake Martin. Carl Salazar kicked a 26-yard field goal to give Tulsa a 10-7 halftime lead.
The teams traded TDs in the third quarter, an 11-yard run by Watts for Tulsa and a 4-yard pass from Ryan Higgins to Jon Greenwalt for the Bulldogs, and Watts put the game out of reach on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter. Lousiana Tech generated 531 yards of total offense to Tulsa's 478, but Tulsa won the ground game. Watts carried the ball for 37 of Tulsa's 56 running plays
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Clint Chelf passed for a career-high 370 yards and accounted for four touchdowns as Number 11 Oklahoma State took down another national-championship hopeful, rolling over 3rd ranked Baylor 49-17. Chelf, who lost the starting job earlier this season for the Cowboys, threw for three touchdown passes and ran for a score — continuing his mastery of the Bears in front of a record crowd of 60,218 in Boone Pickens Stadium.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Brennan Clay ran for a career-high 200 yards and two touchdowns, leading Number 22 Oklahoma to a 41-31 victory over Kansas State yesterday and moving Sooners coach Bob Stoops past Barry Switzer for the most wins in school history. It was the 157th victory at Oklahoma for Stoops, and it came against his former mentor. Stoops was a defensive assistant under Kansas State coach Bill Snyder from 1989 to 1995.