Big 12 football roundup: Sooners knock off Cowboys, 47-41

? No. 14 Oklahoma 47, No. 10 Oklahoma St. 41

Landry Jones matched the school record with 468 yards passing and threw two long touchdown passes in a wild finish to the Bedlam game as Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State on Saturday night to forge a three-way tie atop the Big 12 South.

Jones threw an 86-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Kenney, then answered Justin Gilbert’s kickoff-return score for Oklahoma State (10-2, 6-2 Big 12) with a 76-yarder to James Hanna 29 seconds later as the Sooners (10-2, 6-2) survived, likely to earn a spot in the Big 12 title game.

The division will be decided based on who comes out ahead in the Bowl Championship Series standings today between the two in-state rivals and Texas A&M. Oklahoma State came in ninth, with Oklahoma 13th and A&M 17th last week.

Jimmy Stevens’ third field goal of the fourth quarter gave Oklahoma a seemingly comfortable nine-point lead with under six minutes left, but the game was just getting interesting.

Oklahoma State marched downfield to get within 33-31 on Justin Blackmon’s 15-yard touchdown catch from Brandon Weeden, then had a chance to get the ball back when Brodrick Brown — who had a highlight-reel tip for an interception earlier in the game — let another pick go through his arms.

Jones connected with Kenney on the next snap, and he zoomed across the field and down the left sideline to make it 40-31 with 3:03 remaining.

Gilbert responded with an 89-yard runback on the ensuing kickoff, but Oklahoma had more big-play tricks up its sleeve. After pitching the ball to Mossis Madu on first down, Jones found a wide-open Hanna behind the defense on a play-action pass, and he was off to another touchdown.

Dan Bailey got Oklahoma State within striking distance with a 34-yard field goal with 36 seconds left, but Ryan Broyles recovered an onside kick to allow the Sooners to drain the clock.

Kansas State 49, North Texas 41

Denton, Texas — Daniel Thomas rushed for a career-high 269 yards, and Kansas State closed the college home of “Mean” Joe Greene by rallying for a victory against North Texas.

The Wildcats (7-5) fell behind, 20-7, in the first half after Lance Dunbar rushed for 161 yards and two long touchdowns in the first quarter alone.

Dunbar finished with 270 yards and three touchdowns for the Mean Green (3-9), who are leaving 58-year-old Fouts Field and moving across Interstate 35 into a new $78 million stadium next year.

Texas Tech 35, Houston 20

Lubbock, Texas — Taylor Potts threw for 373 yards and four touchdowns to lead Texas Tech over Houston.

Potts threw completed 32 of 46 passes with an interception for the Red Raiders (7-5).