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STILLWATER – No. 25 Oklahoma State fell behind 21-0 to start the game and could never catch up as they lost to No. 12 Texas Tech, 52-27.
With the loss, the Cowboys fell to 6-4 overall on the season and 4-3 in Big 12 play.
As a team, the Cowboys outgained the Red Raiders 465 to 442, 297 yards throw the air and 168 yards on the ground. The Pokes finished with just two penalties for 25 yards, 23 first downs, but went 5-of-19 on 3rd down and 1-for-4 on 4th downs.
Quarterback Drew Mestemaker went 27-of-42 for 277 yards with one passing touchdown and two interceptions. He also had eight carries for minus-eight yards and on touchdown.
Caleb Hawkins led the Pokes on the ground with 18 carries for 91 yards and Justin Bowick and Terrence Lewis each had 78 receiving yards.
The game started just about as poorly as it could’ve as Malcolm Simmons returned a short kick from Joseph Kim 97 yards for a touchdown. On the Cowboys first offensive drive, they punted after four plays, one of which included a fumble by Mestemaker, which was recovered but a loss of seven yards. On Tech’s first offensive drive, QB Tommy Castellanos completed a 36-yard pass, which was followed by a 34-yard touchdown run by J’Koby Williams to make it a 14-0 game in less than three minutes.
Castellanos competed an eight-yard pass to Terrance Carter Jr. at the end of the first quarter to make it 21-0.
The Pokes made a real game of it in the second quarter. After a 40-yard field goal by Sam Keltner, the Pokes forced a Tech punt and forced a fumble on Castellanos, which was recovered by Jerry Lawson at the Tech 13-yard line. Mestemaker got into the end zone on a quarterback draw up the middle to make it 21-10.
Mestemaker would make it a four-point game just a few drives later as he hit Morgan McPahul from 18-yards out.
But on the ensuing drive, Castellanos hit Micah Hudson for 80 yards and the score to put Tech up 11 points, 28-17.
Keltner made it an eight-point game just ahead of half time on a 24-yard field goal, 28-20. But it was a horrible start to the third quarter for the Pokes as they punted on their first two drives, leading to a 45-yard touchdown pass from Castellanos to make it 35-20.
The Red Raiders would pour it on over the next quarter and a half while holding the Pokes scoreless until less than a minute left in the game when William Mason got into the end zone from 10 yards out to make it 52-27.
The Cowboys are back in action out on the road at Arizona State next week.
