STILLWATER, Okla. — David Ash threw three touchdown passes to Jaxon Shipley and Joe Bergeron scored on a 2-yard run with 29 seconds left to lift No. 12 Texas to a 41-36 victory against Oklahoma State on Saturday night.
Ash directed the Longhorns (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) on a 75-yard scoring drive after the Cowboys (2-2, 0-1) had taken the lead on Quinn Sharp’s 23-yard field goal with 2:34 to play.
Ash connected with tight end D.J. Grant for a 29-yard pickup on fourth-and-4 to keep the drive going, and then Mike Davis out leaped Justin Gilbert on a 32-yard pass to set up Bergeron’s winning touchdown.
Ash finished with 304 yards passing. He also threw his first interception of the season.
J.W. Walsh started in place of injured Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt and threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns.
Joseph Randle added a career-high 199 yards rushing and two touchdowns for the Cowboys, who hung a banner marking last season’s Big 12 championship in the east end zone but started their defense of it by coming up short in a fourth quarter that featured four lead changes.
The Longhorns, who had lost at home to Oklahoma State each of the past two seasons, moved to 7-0 in Stillwater under Coach Mack Brown.
Sports, Pages 35 on 09/30/2012