Capital City Sports Report

Oklahoma State earns 36-31 victory in Big 12 opener; Kyle Field not sellout for A&M tickets

The Oklahoma State Cowboys and those holding Texas A&M tickets learned on Saturday that there is life without All-American receiver Dez Bryant. Even without Bryant, who was ruled ineligible by the school this week for lying to the NCAA about contact he made with a former NFL player, the Cowboys earned a 36-31 victory and won for the only the second time at Kyle Field since 1983.

After a battle of field position ensued on the first four possessions for both teams , Oklahoma State, whose only loss came in week 2 against Houston, set up with the ball on the Texas A&M 49-yard line. Four plays later quarterback Zac Robinson scrambled four yards into the end zone to put the Cowboys up 7-0.

Texas A&M and quarterback Jerrod Johnson countered in the second quarter including a pair of touchdown passes from the junior quarterback, a 28-yard scoring strike to Uzoma Nwachukwu and a 15-yard to Jamie McCoy. With a two-point conversion, A&M led 15-7 before Robinson answered back guiding Okie State on a five-play, 53-yard scoring drive that ended on a Robinson pass to Hubert Anyiam from 27 yards out. A&M led 15-14 at the half.

Oklahoma State tickets holders hoped the Cowboys could reclaim the lead in the second half, and they did. A&M’s lone score of the third quarter came on a Christine Michael four-yard run that capped off a 10-play drive that covered 63 yards. But Oklahoma State scored a pair of touchdowns in the third including a 51-yard strike from Robinson to Tracy Moore. The Cowboys went into the fourth clinging to a 29-22 advantage.

After the Aggies opened the final quarter with a Randy Bullock career-long 50-yard field goal to trim the lead down to 29-25, Robinson and the Cowboys offense put together an impressive 16-play, 93-yard scoring drive that ended with a Beau Johnson one-yard run and more importantly consumed almost eight minutes of the clock.

Texas A&M added a late touchdown but it wasn’t enough as the Cowboys held on and improved their record to 4-1 and 1-0 in Big 12 play. Texas A&M falls to 2-2 and 0-1 in the Big 12.

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