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SPORTSMonday 16 November 2015
College Roundup:
Oklahoma ends Baylor’s long home streak with 44-34 win
The Associated Press overtime victory against In-
WACO, Texas (AP) — Okla-
homa ended Baylor’s 20- diana to keep alive its Big
game home winning streak
in college football with a Ten conference title hopes,
44-34 victory on Saturday,
with wide receiver Sterling and No.1-ranked Clemson
Shepard having 14 catch-
es for 177 yards and two improved to 10-0 by beat-
touchdowns for the Soon-
ers. ing Syracuse.
The victory was a major
blow to the Bears’ playoff Oklahoma quarterback
chances. They were sixth
in the latest College Foot- Baker Mayfield complet-
ball Playoffs ranking, with
the toughest part of their ed 24 of 34 passes for 270
schedule to come.
In other results, Texas Chris- yards and three touch-
tian overcame the early
loss of quarterback Trev- downs and ran for a score
one Boykin to injury and
narrowly beat Kansas, to help the team gain con-
Michigan had a double-
trol of its destiny in the Big drive that opened a 21-3
12. The Sooners have won
five straight since a disap-
pointing loss to Texas.
Oklahoma wide receiver Sterling Shepard (3) runs with the ball Baylor will certainly drop
after making a catch as Baylor safety Calvin Hill, left, and safe-
ty Terrell Burt (13) attempt to make the stop in the second half further in the playoff rank-
of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in
Waco, Texas. Shepard had 14 catches for 177 yards and two ings before playing at un-
touchdowns and No. 12 Oklahoma beat No. 4 Baylor 44-34 on
Saturday night to end the Bears’ 20-game home winning streak beaten Oklahoma State
— and likely their playoff chances.
next Saturday.
(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Christian edged Kan-
sas 23-17 despite Boykin
departing with an ankle
injury on his second play of
the game.
Boykin turned awkwardly
on his right ankle as he
slipped while trying to cut
and was tackled. Col-
lege football’s total offense
leader didn’t return after
getting sacked on TCU’s
last offensive play of the
first quarter.
The Horned Frogs were also
without top receiver Josh
Doctson, who was limited
by a left arm and wrist inju-
ry from last week’s loss that
likely eliminated them from
the national title race.
Kansas was competitive
but couldn’t avoid a 35th
straight road loss and 13th
successive defeat overall.
Michigan held off Indiana
to win 48-41 in a contest
that would have gone to
triple overtime if Mitchell
Paige had not bobbled a
fourth-down pass at the
goal line.
Michigan quarterback
Jake Rudock forced over-
time with a touchdown
pass with 2 seconds left,
and threw two more on
back-to-back plays to lead
the Wolverines. Rudock
finished 33 of 46 with 440
yards and six touchdowns,
and Jehu Chesson, caught
10 passes for 207 yards and
four scores.
Clemson beat Syracuse
37-27 to improve to 10-0
for the first time since the
Tigers won their only na-
tional championship back
in 1981.
Quarterback DeShaun
Watson had a big day with
two touchdown passes
and 101 yards rushing and
a score for Clemson.
Ohio State shook off a slow
start to win 28-3 at Illinois
and also go to a 10-0 re-
cord.
Ezekiel Elliott ran for 181
yards and two touchdowns
for the Buckeyes, who led
7-3 for much of the first half
before Elliott picked up the
pace. Elliott accounted
for 50 of the Buckeyes’ 75
yards on a third quarter
lead.
Alabama had a comfort-
able 31-6 win against Mis-
sissippi State in the Crimson
Tide’s last major test before
facing Auburn in the Iron
Bowl game in two weeks.
Derrick Henry ran for 204
yards and two touchdowns
for Alabama, which broke
clear with three long touch-
downs in the second quar-
ter, starting with a 69-yard
punt return by Cyrus Jones.
Oklahoma State remained
in playoff contention with
a 35-31 win against Iowa
State.
Backup quarterback J.W.
Walsh threw a 7-yard touch-
down pass to Jeff Carr with
3:06 left for the Cowboys,
whose unbeaten record
looked to be over when
they trailed 24-7 before ral-
lying for a critical win.
Notre Dame’s Josh Adams
scored on a 98-yard run
— the longest scoring play
from scrimmage in team
history — as the Fighting
Irish defeated Wake Forest
28-7.
Adams, who was the
fourth-choice running back
during preseason, started
the game and ran for 141
yards for his second straight
game in double figures.q