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Back to Game List7th ANNUAL INSIGHT BOWL
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Attendance: 41,004 Stadium: Arizona Stadium Offensive Player Of The Game: Zebby Lethridge, Texas Tech Defensive Player Of The Game: Mickey Dalton, Air Force Head Coaches: Spike Dykes, Texas Tech Fisher DeBerry, Air Force Weather: Clear, 58 degrees Television: ESPN Payout Per Team: $750,000 |
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Zebby Lethridge successfully directed a no-huddle offense and Byron Hanspard set bowl records with 260 yards rushing
and four touchdowns to lead Texas Tech to a 55-41 win over Air Force in the 7th Annual Insight Bowl.
The Red Raiders worked on a no-huddle attack in practice but never showed it during the season until the Insight Bowl to offset Air Force’s potent wishbone offense.
Air Force made a game of it early in the third quarter to close a 31-13 halftime deficit to 31-28 in the first seven minutes of the third quarter on a 7-yard touchdown run by Jake Campbell and 60-yard scoring run by Danta Johnson.
But Hanspard got his third touchdown with 5:06 left in the period then ran 63 yards to set up another Tech score for a 45-28 lead. After a short field goal, Air Force quarterback Beau Morgan scored on a 1-yard run to cut the lead to 48-35, but Hanspard tacked on his fourth touchdown of the game to seal the win.
The sophomore running back had 201 of his 260 yards in the second half and had touchdown runs of 2, 11, 2 and 29 yards.
Lethridge threw for 245 yards, including the game’s first touchdown on a 38-yard strike to Stacy Mitchell, and added 85 yards and two touchdowns on the ground to earn offensive player of the game honors.
Air Force, which entered the game No. 3 in the nation in rushing offense, finished with 431 yards on the ground. Johnson added a 71-yard touchdown run and finished with 148 yards on only five carries, while Morgan added 129 yards rushing and Nakia Addison ran for 72 yards and scores of 2 and 7 yards.
After Addison tied the game in the first quarter, the Red Raiders scored 21 unanswered points on two touchdown runs by Hanspard and a quarterback sneak from Lethridge.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Air Force
21
10
7
17
-
41
Texas Tech
7
6
15
13
-
55
YARDSTICK
| AF | TT | |
| 25 | First Downs | 27 |
| 67-431 | Rushes-Yards | 39-361 |
| 83 | Passing Yards | 245 |
| 7-13-0 | Passes | 22-41-1 |
| 42 | Return Yards | 12 |
| 3-39.3 | Punts | 3-43.3 |
| 3-1 | Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 |
| 8-60 | Penalties-Yards | 9-81 |
HOW THEY SCORED
| AF | TT | |
| 0 | 7 | Stacy Mitchell 38 yard pass from Zebby Lethridge (Tony Rogers kick) |
| 7 | 7 | Nakia Addison 2 yard run (Dallas Thompson kick) |
| 7 | 14 | Byron Hanspard 2 yard run (Tony Rogers kick) |
| 7 | 21 | Byron Hanspard 11 yard run (Tony Rogers kick) |
| 7 | 28 | Zebby Lethridge 1 yard run (Tony Rogers kick) |
| 13 | 28 | Danta Johnson 71 yard run (kick failed) |
| 13 | 31 | Tony Rogers 24 yard field goal |
| 21 | 31 | Jake Campbell 7 yard run (Nakia Addison run) |
| 28 | 31 | Danta Johnson 60 yard run (Randall Roberts kick) |
| 28 | 38 | Byron Hanspard 2 yard run (Tony Rogers kick) |
| 28 | 45 | Zebby Lethridge 3 yard run (Tony Rogers kick) |
| 28 | 48 | Tony Rogers 31 yard field goal |
| 35 | 48 | Beau Morgan 1 yard run (Randall Roberts kick) |
| 35 | 55 | Byron Hanspard 29 yard run (Tony Rogers kick) |
| 41 | 55 | Nakia Addison 7 yard rush (kick failed) |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – AIR FORCE: Danta Johnson 5-148, Beau Morgan 22-129, Nakia Addison 17-72, Todd Ellers 4-29,
Jake Campbell 6-20, Craig Tanner 4-17, Thomas Brown 4-13, Tobin Ruff 3-3, Brandon Wilkerson 1-2, Steve Carr 1-(-2).
TEXAS TECH: Byron Hanspard 24-260, Zebby Lethridge 10-85, Rod Hobbs 3-14, Matt Dubuc 1-1, Todd Walker 1-1.
PASSING – AIR FORCE: Beau Morgan 5-11-0-51, Thomas Brown 2-2-0-32. TEXAS TECH: Zebby Lethridge 22-41-1-245.
RECEIVING – AIR FORCE: Jake Campbell 4-43, DeVere Ranger 2-21, Craig Hancock 1-19.
TEXAS TECH: Tony Darden 7-47, Stacy Mitchell 4-53, Matt Dubuc 4-26, Field Scovell 2-39, Byron Hanspard 2-18,
Bo Adams 2-16, Donnie Hart 1-46.
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