This Date in College Football Belt History – September 3

The Texas Tech Red Raiders of coach Spike Dykes hosted the 15^th ranked Oklahoma Sooners of coach Gary Gibbs in both teams’ 1992 opener.  Oklahoma’s QB Cale Gundy threw for 341 yards with 2 touchdowns & rushed for another score leading the Sooners to a 34-9 victory to claim their first Belt championship.  Oklahoma’s RB Earnest Williams scored on a 4-yard touchdown run & Texas Tech’s QB Robert Hall scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the 1^st quarter before Gundy took over.  Gundy connected with RB Kenyon Rasheed on a 7-yard touchdown pass but the extra-point attempt was blocked & returned by Red Raiders’ LB Ben Kirkpatrick for 2 points making the score Oklahoma 13 Texas Tech 9.  Gundy then connected with Williams for a 13-yard touchdown pass as Oklahoma took a 20-9 lead at halftime.  Neither team scored in the 3^rd quarter & Gundy took it in himself on a 1-yard touchdown run early in the 4^th quarter to effective seal the win.  Oklahoma’s LB Aubrey Beavers capped the scoring when he returned an interception from Hall 5 yards for a touchdown.  The 341 yards Gundy passed for set an Oklahoma school record for yardage in a single game.  Texas Tech’s RB Byron Morris rushed for 103 yards in the losing effort.  The Red Raiders finished the season 5-6 while the Sooners finished 5-4-2.  Texas Tech would play for The Belt again in 1997.

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