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Junior quarterback Nic Shimonek passed for 271 yards and four
touchdown passes after replacing Mahomes to help the Red Raiders
improve to 3-1 overall. Sophomore receiver Jonathan Giles had 12
receptions for 219 yards and two touchdowns and sophomore
receiver Keke Coutee also had two scoring catches as six Texas
Tech players caught touchdown passes.
Junior quarterback Montell Cozart and sophomore quarterback Ryan
Willis each threw one touchdown pass for the Jayhawks (1-3).
Kansas punted 10 times and was outgained 621-296.
The Jayhawks trailed by 19 points before Cozart threw an 11-yard
scoring pass to sophomore receiver Steven Sims Jr. and senior
Matthew Wyman booted a 25-yard field goal to cut a 19-point
halftime deficit to 28-19 with 7:22 left in the third quarter.
Mahomes was injured on the next drive when he landed on his
right shoulder while being tackled.
"Sounds like he could be OK, but we've got to get up there and
check him out," ESPN quoted Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury
saying in a postgame radio interview.
Shimonek entered and threw a 4-yard scoring pass to junior
receiver Dylan Cantrell and followed up with a 37-yard
catch-and-run touchdown to Coutee on the final play of the third
quarter to give the Red Raiders a 41-19 advantage.
Shimonek teamed up with Coutee on a 31-yard scoring aerial to
make it a 29-point margin with 8:41 remaining. Giles turned a
short catch into a 59-yard touchdown to make it 55-19 with 4:54
to play.
Mahomes threw all four of his touchdowns in the first half as
Texas Tech built a 28-9 lead.
Mahomes connected with Giles from 14 yards out and junior
receiver Cameron Batson on an 18-yarder to give the Red Raiders
a 14-0 lead just 5:05 into the contest. Kansas got on the board
with a safety before Mahomes tossed a 17-yard scoring pass to
senior wideout Devin Lauderdale to make it 21-2 with 7:35 left
in the half.
Willis threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman
Chase Harrell to pull the Jayhawks within 12 with 2:01
remaining. But Mahomes ended his first-half assault with a
6-yard touchdown pass to junior receiver Derrick Willies with 48
seconds left.
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