Lubbock, Texas ? Taurean Henderson ran for 109 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 16 Texas Tech beat Texas A&M, 56-17, Saturday night for its sixth straight home victory over the Aggies. It took a half for Tech’s passing game to click, and, surprisingly, the Red Raiders rushed as many times as they passed (19), sputtering through the first two quarters.

Quarterback Cody Hodges, who likes to spread his passes around to as many as seven receivers, threw to only three for just 82 yards in the first half.

When the Red Raiders (8-1 overall, 5-1 Big 12 Conference) began to click in the third quarter, they used the pass to get close and scored touchdowns on six of their seven possessions in the second half – four on rushes.

Henderson carried the ball 20 times and ran for TDs of 19, four, four and one yards. With his last touchdown, he tied for third place on the NCAA career list for points (408) by non-kickers with Brock Forsey of Boise State.

Hodges was 29-of-44 for 408 yards and two touchdowns, and he ran for another score. He threw one interception.

A&M (5-4, 3-3) appeared to be in contention until the start of the second half. On the Aggies’ first possession, Tech safety Dwayne Slay hit running back Jorvorskie Lane and forced a fumble at the A&M 37. Antonio Huffman recovered the ball, and nine plays later, Hodges ran it in to put Tech up, 21-10.

On their next possession, the Red Raiders marched 58 yards before Henderson’s first TD extended Tech’s lead to 28-10.