Kansas State football beats Texas Tech, 38-21: Recap

LUBBOCK, Texas — Backup quarterback Avery Johnson rushed for 91 yards and a school record-tying five touchdown and the Wildcats had three second-half interceptions to beat Texas Tech, 38-21, Saturday night at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The Wildcats improved to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12. Texas Tech fell to 3-4, 2-2. It was K-State's eight straight win in the series.

Kansas State game time, TV channel and betting odds vs. Texas Tech

KICKOFF: 6 p.m.

TV: Fox Sports 1

BETTING ODDS: Texas Tech by 1.

Another Kobe Savage pick, another Avery Johnson TD

Kobe Savage's end zone interception, his second of the game and K-State's third on the second half, leads to an 80-yard scoring drive with Avery Johnson going the final 3 yards for his school record-tying fifth rushing touchdown.

The Wildcats now lead 38-21 with 4:58 left.

Johnson has rushed for 77 yards and throw for 77, while Treshaun Ward has run for 100.

END 3Q: Kansas State 31, Texas Tech 21

Kansas State comes up with a pair of interceptions late in the third quarter and takes a 31-21 lead to the fourth.

Two quick Avery Johnson TDs puts K-State up 31-21

Avery Johnson gave K-State the lead back with 2:24 left in the third quarter when, with an empty backfield on third down and 10, he ran untouched to the left side for a 30-yard touchdown. That play capped a 75-yard Wildcat drive.

On Texas Tech's next play from scrimmage, VJ Payne intercepted Jack Strong at the Raider 28-yard line and returned it to the 11. From there it took just one play for Johnson to score his fourth touchdown of the game at the 2:06 mark.

Texas Tech takes 21-17 lead with 99-yard drive

True freshman Jake Strong, who started the second half at quarterback for Texas Tech, just led the Red Raiders on a 99-yard scoring drive after K-State failed to take advantage of a short field.

Strong threw an 8-yard completion to Jerand Bradley, who made an acrobatic catch in the back of the end zone to put the Red Raiders up 21-17 with 7

The Wildcats had stopped Tech on downs at the Red Raider 45-yard line, but went three-and-out. Jack Blumer's punt was downed at the 1, but that didn't stop the Red Raiders, who moved 99 yards in 10 plays, including a 54-yard Strong run.

HALFTIME: Kansas State 17, Texas Tech 14

Kansas State was unable to get separation in the first half after leading twice by 10 points and lead just 17-14 at the break, thanks to a late 54-second Texas Tech scoring drive.

With quarterbacks Will Howard and Avery Johnson splitting time at quarterback, K-State had 227 yards total offense in the half to 192 for Texas Tech. Howard completed 6 of 8 passes for 86 yards and Johnson both of his passes, but Johnson scored both Wildcat touchdowns on runs of 2 and 5 yards.

For Texas Tech, Behren Morton completed 14 of 21 passes for 125 yards and ran for a touchdown, while Tahj Brooks carried nine times for 53 yards and a score.

Texas Tech battles back with quick scoring drive

After K-State went up by 10, Texas Tech wasted no time anwering, marching 89 yards in seven plays and taking just 54 seconds off the clock to cut it to 17-14 on Tahj Brooks' 2-yard run.

K-State extends the lead to 17-7 on Avery Johnson TD run

Kansas State used a drive share to extend its lead, moving 80 yards in seven plays to go up 17-7 on an Avery Johnson 5-yard touchdown run. Will Howard started the possession and threw a 42-yard completion to Ben Sinnott to help set up the score, and Johnson came on to finish it off.

Marathon drive gets Texas Tech on the board

Texas Tech just took 6:01 off the clock and needed four plays to go the final 2 yards, but Behren Morton gets the touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback sneak to get the Red Raiders on the board. K-State leads 10-7 with 11:53 left in the half.

The drive covered 75 yards in 14 plays.

END 1Q: Kansas State 10, Texas Tech 0

After one quarter, K-State leads Texas Tech, 10-0, on a 47-yard Chris Tennant field goal and Avery Johnson 2-yard run.

Avery Johnson leads Wildcats on scoring drive

Avery Johnson came on at quarterback for K-State and led the Wildcats on a five-play, 59-yard scoring drive, running 2 yards for the touchdown for a 10-0 lead with 2:54 left in the first.

Avery Johnson at quarterback for K-State

True freshman Avery Johnson starts K-State's third possession and promptly runs for 15 yards and completes a pass to Ben Sinnott.

Kansas State on the board with field goal

After failing to score on its first possession for the first time last week, K-State got three to open the game tonight on a 47-yard Chris Tennant field goal to make it 3-0 with 11:28 left in the first.

Kansas State gets the ball first

Texas Tech won the coin toss and deferred, giving K-State the ball to start the game.

The Wildcats scored touchdowns on the opening drive of the first four games. This time the drive stalled at the Tech 29-yard line, but covered 50 yards in eight plays and took 3:32 off the clock.

Another beautiful night for football

The weather should not be a factor in today's game. It's a perfect fall night for football.

The temperature as kickoff approaches is 66 degrees under partly cloudy skies with the wind from the north-northeast at 4 mph.

Jacob Parrish suited up for Kansas State

One of Kansas State's two injured cornerbacks appears to be cleared to play tonight against Texas Tech.

Jacob Parrish, who missed last week's game at Oklahoma State, is suited up and went through pregame warmups for the Wildcats, though Will Lee apparently will not play.

Lee, who has started all five games opposite Parrish, already had eight tackles against Oklahoma State when he went down late in the first half and did not return. Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman said Thursday that both Parrish and Lee were questionable.

If Parrish starts, Keenan Garber would be at the other corner, with Justice James the first man off the bench.

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Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.

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