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Fournette, LSU run over Red Raiders in Texas Bowl, 56-27
Fournette had two dashing touchdowns of two yards, ran for TDs of 43 & four yards & took a screen pass 44 yards for an additional score.
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Earlier in the season, the Red Raiders played one of the nation’s most hard three-game stretches that included a win at previously ranked Arkansas and back-to-back losses to consecutive top-5 ranked teams in No. 3 TCU (55-52 loss at home) and No. 5 Baylor (63-35 loss at AT&T Stadium in Arlington). Patrick Mahomes threw for 370 yards and 4 touchdowns for Texas Tech, still was under heavy pressure all night & was sacked six times & scrambled away from in all probability 10 more. Sure, Mahomes got his yards as you’d expect from such a prolific offense, but LSU held Tech to 27 rushing yards after spending most of the game in the negatives. The 6-1, 230-pound Fournette also set an LSU record for rushing touchdowns.
LSU running back Leonard Fournette (7) avoids Texas Tech defensive back Jah’Shawn Johnson (7) and defensive lineman Zach Barnes (12) during the first half of the Texas Bowl NCAA college football game Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in Houston. Texas Tech’s real chance at beating LSU rests on the Red Raiders, improbably, figuring out a way to improve dramatically on defense, but even then the Tech offense had better hope it is connecting from beyond the 3-point arc and can put up a basketball-like total.
Seventeen seconds after allowing a Texas Tech score, LSU extended its lead to 14-6.
Sometimes, a big bowl win can erase the negativity of a disappointing year and provide momentum and confidence moving into the following season. By maintaining possession with Fournette, the Tigers should prevent the Red Raiders offense from being on the field. He finished with 1,741 rushing yards on the year for 18 touchdowns and 1,950 total yards of offense. On second down from the 13, Harris completed an 11-yard pass to Dupre to setup first-and-goal at the 2.
44 yard TD catch and run by Leonard Fournette! His 36-yard effort pushed Texas Tech to its 10, where Mahomes started a nine-play, 90-yard scoring drive that ended with a 46-yard touchdown catch by Grant. It’s the first meeting between the Tigers (8-3) and Red Raiders (7-5) since 1957. Harris hit 13-of-24 throws for 254 yards with a touchdown and a pick, and as a team the Tigers rushed 40 times for 384 yards and seven touchdowns.
Tigers’ Fournette ran for a 2-yard TD. LSU’s single season rushing leader also broke a Texas Bowl record with 212 yards rushing on 29 carries and wound up with 256 all-purpose yards.
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Texas Tech was slated to practice at Houston Baptist University, but it was rescheduled to Sunday morning at the Texans’ indoor practice facility. Goff became the conference’s all-time leader in passing touchdowns (42), and passing yards (4,719). No one is going to be impressed by beating a mid-level Big 12 team. Tre’Davious White returned a 53 yard punt 16 yards to the Texas Tech 42.