Jayhawks collapse in fourth quarter 42-21

Two offensive teams desperate for a victory met on the south plains of Texas Saturday afternoon.  Hard to believe it was a defensive battle for three quarters.

Kansas had five first half sacks and two resulted in touchdowns.  The first came on a Jeff Wheeler sack of Seth Doege.  Doege was stripped of the ball and Max Onyegbule  ran it in for the TD.

Second play of the 2nd quarter Detron Lewis got behind the Kansas secondary and was wide open for a 59 yard TD pass from Doege to tie the game at 7-7. 

With 3:15 to go in the half Colby Whitlock sacked Todd Reesing forcing a fumble and Richard Jones recovered taking it to the Kansas 2.  Running back Barron Batch plowed in to make it 14-7.

With a minute to go in the half Jake Laptad recorded the 5th sack of the half for KU stripping Doege of the football.  Lubbock Smith recovered and took it to the Red Raider 2 and Toben Opurum then scored on a two yard run to tie the game 14 all.

Taylor Potts took over at QB for Tech in the second half and Tech picked up the tempo offensively driving into scoring position before Bradley McDougald intercepted a tipped pass at the 15 and returned it to the Tech 47.

Late in the third quarter Kansas drove 81 yards in 10 plays and Reesing broke free of a potential sack and hit a wide open Dezmon Briscoe for a 6 yard score and a 21-14 KU lead.

But the 4th quarter was all Tech and Barron Batch.

Batch ripped off a 44 yard run and later scored from the one on fourth and goal to tie the game at 21 all.

Tech then recovered a Kerry Meier fumble on the Kansas 23.  A third down draw play Batch left an open field for a 17 yard romp for a score and a 28-21 Tech lead.

On a fourth and one from their own 31, Reesing fumbled the snap and LaRon Moore returned it for a TD and suddenly it was 35-21.

Coach Mark Mangino then benched Reesing for freshman Kale Pick causing head scratching from almost everyone including Reesing.

After holding Tech to minus 32 yards rushing in the first half the Red Raiders ended up with 105 for the game and Batch had 123 on the ground. final score 42 - 21 as Kansas falls to 1-3 in the conference and travels to Manhattan to face Kansas State next week.