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No. 3 Texas torches Missouri

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The Associated Press

Published: October 25, 2009

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Colt McCoy completed his first 11 passes and produced touchdowns on No. 3 Texas' first three drives, helping to put Missouri away early in a 41-7 victory on Saturday night.

McCoy matched his season best with three touchdown passes, two of them to Jordan Shipley, while Texas' defense blocked a punt for a score in a nearly flawless first half that produced a 35-7 lead.

The Longhorns (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) beat Missouri for the sixth straight time and Blaine Gabbert was held to 84 yards passing and a touchdown before getting pulled late in the third quarter.

The Tigers (4-3, 0-3) have opened conference play with three straight losses for the first time since 2002.

NO. 10 TCU 38,

NO. 16 BYU 7

PROVO, Utah - Andy Dalton passed for 241 yards and three touchdowns and TCU remained unbeaten.

The Horned Frogs (7-0, 3-0 Mountain West) continued their march to what they hope is a BCS berth with their eighth straight victory and routed the Cougars (6-2, 3-1) for the second year in a row.

NO. 12 OREGON 43,

WASHINGTON 19

SEATTLE - Jeremiah Masoli returned from a knee injury to run for two scores, Oregon blocked a punt for a touchdown and used a fake field goal to set up another TD, and the Ducks overwhelmed border rival Washington.

Oregon (6-1, 4-0 Pac-10) extended its dominance of Washington (3-5, 2-3) to six straight - longest in the history of the series - and like the previous five this one wasn't close. Oregon took advantage of Washington's mistakes and the Ducks' defense forced three turnovers, corralled Jake Locker and didn't let the Huskies into the end zone until the fourth quarter.

NO. 14 OKLAHOMA ST. 34,

BAYLOR 7

WACO, Texas - Zac Robinson completed 23 of 27 passes for 250 yards with three touchdowns as Oklahoma State stretched its winning streak to five games.

The Cowboys (6-1, 3-0 Big 12), who have won their last four games without injured running back Kendall Hunter or suspended receiver Dez Bryant, led 10-0 after their first two possessions. They made it 24-0 on Robinson's 19-yard TD to Cooper Bassett that capped an 87-yard drive to open the second half.

Baylor (3-4, 0-3), which has a 20-game losing streak to ranked teams, has scored only 24 points in its Big 12 games. The Bears are 1-3 since standout sophomore quarterback Robert Griffin tore a ligament in his right knee a month ago.

NO. 17 HOUSTON 38,

SMU 15

HOUSTON - Charles Sims ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns and Houston (6-1, 2-1 Conference USA) took advantage of the turnover-prone SMU (3-4, 2-1).

NO. 19 UTAH 23,

AIR FORCE 16

SALT LAKE CITY - Stevenson Sylvester stuffed Connor Dietz on a fourth-down quarterback keeper to preserve an overtime victory for Utah (7-0, 4-0 Mountain West).

TEXAS A&M 52,

NO. 21 TEXAS TECH 30

LUBBOCK, Texas - Cyrus Gray scored four touchdowns as Texas A&M snapped a three-game losing streak.

Texas A&M (4-3, 1-2 Big 12) hadn't won in Lubbock since 1993.

Texas Tech (5-3, 2-2) went to Seth Doege at quarterback after Taylor Potts fumbled in the third quarter.

NO. 25 OKLAHOMA 35,

NO. 24 KANSAS 13

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Chris Brown scored three touchdowns, and Oklahoma throttled Todd Reesing and the nation's second-leading offense.

The Sooners (4-3, 2-1 Big 12) intercepted Kansas' career passing leader on the Jayhawks' first three possessions. Dominique Franks set the defensive tone with an 85-yard touchdown return of the second interception of the NCAA's fifth-leading passer.

Landry Jones, starting for injured Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford, threw two TD passes and had little trouble with a Kansas defense that has been undergoing a midseason overhaul.

Kansas (5-2, 1-2) hurt itself with penalties as well as turnovers and had only two field goals until Reesing's 5-yard TD run with 4:27 left.

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