Dorance Armstrong had two first-half sacks and a third was nullified by a teammate’s penalty.
Keith Loneker plays all out on every special teams play so that he can be on the scene to capitalize on a mistake. He scored KU’s first points by bringing Texas Tech punter Baughman to the end-zone turf.
Safety Bazie Bates was out of position and didn’t appear to run his fastest when trying to recover on Texas Tech’s first touchdown.
Jacob Bragg was flagged for a false start on first-and-goal from the 3. Kansas settled for a field goal.
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Game Balls
Ben Heeney’s interception and 37-yard return gave the offense great field position and it took advantage, getting its only points in a first half that ended with Texas Tech leading, 17-7. And, oh, by the way, Heeney had 21 tackles, 17 of the solo variety.
Jimmay Mundine, thriving under a quarterback who knows how to find open receivers over the middle, caught six passes for 82 yards and a touchdown. The bye week arrives at a good time for him to rest a sore back and leg.
Gassers
Dexter McDonald dropped an interception and Texas Tech went on to score one of its first-half touchdowns.
Strong-footed punter Trevor Pardula, who generally does a nice job of hurting the opponent’s field position, also has too many shanks, such as the one that gave Texas Tech great field position early in the second half and the Red Raiders turned it into a touchdown.
