Font ResizeJones was making his fifth career start and first since Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford announced his career with the Sooners was over because of a shoulder injury.
The redshirt freshman completed 26 of 37 passes as Oklahoma (5-3, 3-1 Big 12) jumped to a quick 21-0 lead and hung on while Kansas State (5-4, 3-2) twice closed to within five points in the second half.
Two of Murray`s touchdowns came in the fourth quarter, on a 6-yard reception and a 3-yard run, allowing the Sooners to hang onto the lead.
Oklahoma stopped Kansas State on downs at the K-State 41 with 4:10 left and Oklahoma`s Quinton Carter intercepted a pass from Grant Gregory at the Sooners 2 with 42 seconds left.
Oklahoma 42, Kansas St. 30
Kansas St. 0 9 14 7--30
Oklahoma 21 7 0 14 -- 42
First Quarter
Okl -- Broyles 15 pass from L.Jones (Way kick), 13:47.
Okl -- D.Miller 23 pass from L.Jones (Way kick), 11:41.
Okl -- Broyles 2 pass from L.Jones (Way kick), 4:40.
Second Quarter
KSt -- K.Valentine 2 run (kick blocked), 8:25.
Okl -- Murray 1 run (Way kick), 5:37.
KSt -- FG Cherry 31, 1:23.
Third Quarter
KSt -- K.Valentine 14 run (Mastrud pass from Dan.Thomas), 8:31.
KSt -- Dan.Thomas 2 run (kick blocked), 4:35.
Fourth Quarter
Okl -- Murray 6 pass from L.Jones (Way kick), 11:32.
KSt -- Banks 98 kickoff return (Cherry kick), 11:18.
Okl -- Murray 3 run (Way kick), 6:27.
A -- 84,021.
KSt Okl
First downs 20 23
Rushes-yards 29-149 35-164
Passing 215 294
Comp-Att-Int 20-31-1 26-37-0
Return Yards 0 27
Punts-Avg. 3-43.7 2-43.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-42 9-91
Time of Possession 31:30 28:30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING -- Kansas St., Dan.Thomas 16-88, Gregory 9-46, K.Valentine 4-15. Oklahoma, C.Brown 15-83, Murray 15-62, Broyles 2-23, Team 1-(minus 1), L.Jones 2-(minus 3).
PASSING -- Kansas St., Gregory 19-30-1-174, Dan.Thomas 1-1-0-41. Oklahoma, L.Jones 26-37-0-294.
RECEIVING -- Kansas St., Banks 9-156, Snipes 5-53, K.Valentine 5-(minus 2), Mastrud 1-8. Oklahoma, D.Miller 9-94, Broyles 8-91, Tennell 4-62, Murray 4-28, Hanna 1-19.
Nebraska 20, Baylor 10
WACO, Texas -- Freshman Cody Green led Nebraska to points on its first three drives in his first college start as the Cornhuskers ended a two-game losing streak, beating Baylor.
Justin Blatchford returned a blocked punt for a touchdown, Dontrayevous Robinson added a rushing score and Jared Crick had five sacks to help Nebraska (5-3, 2-2 Big 12) beat Baylor (3-5, 0-4) for the 10th-straight time.
Green was 12 of 21 for 128 yards passing to stake Nebraska to a 20-0 lead. The Huskers had scored a just 17 combined points in recent home losses to Texas Tech and Iowa State, and they matched a school record with eight turnovers against the latter.
Nebraska 10 10 0 0--20
Baylor 0 0 10 0--10
First Quarter
Neb -- Blatchford 25 blocked punt return (Henery kick), 13:31.
Neb -- FG Henery 45, 5:43.
Second Quarter
Neb -- FG Henery 22, 12:16.
Neb -- Robinson 1 run (Henery kick), 9:28.
Third Quarter
Bay -- FG Parks 41, 9:22.
Bay -- Odom 45 interception return (Parks kick), 3:27.
A -- 31,702.
Neb Bay
First downs 11 18
Rushes-yards 38-145 32-54
Passing 128 222
Comp-Att-Int 12-21-1 19-38-2
Return Yards 52 146
Punts-Avg. 7-42.1 6-29.2
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 6-65 4-25
Time of Possession 29:52 30:08
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING -- Nebraska, Robinson 13-61, C.Green 8-43, Helu 7-24, Ward 7-16, A.Jones 2-4, Team 1-(minus 3). Baylor, Finley 8-19, Wright 4-15, Ganaway 2-10, Florence 16-8, Salubi 2-2.
PASSING -- Nebraska, C.Green 12-21-1-128. Baylor, Florence 19-38-2-222.
RECEIVING -- Nebraska, Robinson 3-22, Cooper 3-12, Paul 2-54, Reed 1-22, Kinnie 1-10, Damkroger 1-5, Helu 1-3. Baylor, Gettis 7-124, Wright 4-49, E.Smith 2-21, Finley 2-14, Salubi 2-(minus 5), B.Taylor 1-12, Akers 1-7.
Texas Tech 42,
Kansas 21
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Baron Batch rushed for 123 yards and four touchdowns to help Texas Tech beat Kansas.
The Red Raiders scored 28 consecutive points in the fourth quarter to hand the Jayhawks their third consecutive loss. Batch had three of his four scores in the period.
Dezmon Briscoe had nine receptions for 110 yards and a touchdown for Kansas (5-3, 1-3 Big 12), which lost four of its five fumbles. Todd Reesing completed 20 of 35 passes for 181 yards, his worst outing since he got 162 yards last year against Kansas St.
Kansas 7 7 7 0--21
Texas Tech 0 14 0 28--42
First Quarter
Kan -- Onyegbule 3 fumble return (Branstetter kick), 8:13.
Second Quarter
TT -- Lewis 61 pass from Doege (Mat.Williams kick), 14:22.
TT -- Batch 2 run (Mat.Williams kick), 3:05.
Kan -- Opurum 2 run (Branstetter kick), :47.
Third Quarter
Kan -- Briscoe 6 pass from Reesing (Branstetter kick), :05.
Fourth Quarter
TT -- Batch 1 run (Mat.Williams kick), 11:06.
TT -- Batch 17 run (Mat.Williams kick), 8:49.
TT -- Moore 31 fumble return (Mat.Williams kick), 7:10.
TT -- Batch 11 run (Mat.Williams kick), 2:05.
A -- 47,291.
Kan TT
First downs 19 20
Rushes-yards 33-71 32-105
Passing 187 253
Comp-Att-Int 21-37-0 25-47-1
Return Yards 40 30
Punts-Avg. 8-47.9 7-39.7
Fumbles-Lost 5-4 4-2
Penalties-Yards 4-24 8-85
Time of Possession 31:32 28:28
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING -- Kansas, Sharp 10-50, Pick 4-21, Opurum 6-11, Reesing 13-(minus 11). Texas Tech, Batch 17-123, Stephens 6-17, Jeffers 1-6, Hale 1-5, Team 1-0, Doege 6-(minus 46).
PASSING -- Kansas, Reesing 20-35-0-181, Pick 1-2-0-6. Texas Tech, Doege 14-28-0-159, Potts 11-19-1-94.
RECEIVING -- Kansas, Briscoe 9-110, Sharp 4-15, Meier 3-32, J.Wilson 2-20, Opurum 2-8, McDougald 1-2. Texas Tech, Lewis 5-87, Batch 5-13, Franks 4-38, Leong 3-29, Swindall 3-12, Torres 2-45, James 2-17, Douglas 1-12.
