Hodges Leads Texas Tech Past Kansas State

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Cody Hodges threw for 643 yards and five touchdowns to lead No. 13 Texas Tech over Kansas State 59-20 Saturday, helping the Red Raiders to their best start since 1998.<br> <br> The win sets up a showdown at No. 2 Texas next week that could ultimately determine the winner of the Big 12 South division.<br> <br> Hodges, who left the game with 4:48 remaining, completed 44 of 65 passes and threw two interceptions. He threw TD passes of 34, 20, 21, 3 and 39 yards. The major college record for yards passing in a game is 716 by Houston&#39;s David Klingler in 1990.<br> <br> The Red Raiders (6-0, 3-0) had four receivers with more than 100 yards. <br> <br> Hodges&#39; favorite receiver was Joel Filani, who set a new conference record for receiving yards in a game with 255 on 10 catches. The previous Big 12 record was 241 yards by Texas Tech&#39;s Donnie Hart against Texas in 1996.<br> <br> Last week, Filani caught 11 passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns against Nebraska. He got one TD on Saturday.<br> <br> Taurean Henderson caught 10 passes for 118 yards, Jarrett Hicks made nine catches for 105 yards, and Robert Johnson caught seven for 107 yards.<br> <br> Henderson, who ran for three touchdowns and caught two others scores, became the NCAA leader in receptions by a running back (263) on the game&#39;s third play when he caught a screen pass for 19 yards. He entered the game needing one catch to pass Long Beach State&#39;s Mark Templeton for the career record. Templeton caught 262 passes from 1984-87.<br> <br> The Wildcats (4-2, 1-2) hurt themselves in the third quarter, losing the ball on three of its first four possessions. Tech converted the two fumbles and an interception into touchdowns to take a 38-13 lead.<br> <br> On the ensuing kickoff, Yamon Figurs took the ball at the 2 and returned it untouched 98 yards to pull the Wildcats within 38-20 with 2:37 remaining in the third quarter.<br> <br> They could pull no closer.<br> <br> The Red Raiders started off slowly and Kansas State became the first team this season to score points - a field goal - against them in a first quarter. The Wildcats kept the Red Raiders out of the end zone until late in the second quarter.<br> <br> © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.