LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Collin Klein ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as No. 17 Kansas State came from behind to beat Texas Tech 41-34 on Saturday night.
Klein ran for 110 yards on 23 carries, scoring on three short runs and hitting Chris Harper for a 3-yard TD pass on the Wildcats (6-0, 3-0) first drive of the third quarter.
Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 100 yards early in the second quarter for the Wildcats, who are undefeated after six games for the first time since 2000.
Texas Tech (4-2, 1-2) was held to two field goals in the second half.
Seth Doege had 461 yards and a touchdown on 43-of-63 passing, but had three of his four turnovers in consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter. He also ran for a score. He had just one interception coming into the game.
After Texas Tech’s field goal late in the game to pull within 41-34, the Red Raiders recovered an onside kick when Tremain Swindall fell on the ball at their own 47. But Doege and the offense seemed to rush and failed to get a first down after running four plays.
The Wildcats, who appeared flat in the first half, came out with more energy after halftime. On Kansas State’s first possession Klein put together the Wildcats’ longest drive of the game, capping it with a fade to the corner of the end zone to Harper to lead 28-27. The TD pass was set up after Klein scrambled out of the pocket for a 25-yard gain to the 3.
Kansas State held the ball for 33:33, while Tech’s high-powered offense had it for 26:27.
Kansas State stayed close in the first half but only because of its defense and special teams. The offense mustered just 94 yards, less than half of those on the ground. Texas Tech’s defense was tough against the Wildcats run, allowing Kansas State’s 26th-ranked rushing offense just 45 yards on 18 carries in the first half.
The plan was to chew up the clock and not let Texas Tech’s offense on the field. The Red Raiders, instead, had the ball 2 minutes longer in the first half.
Doege was hot in the first half. He completed 25 of 34 passes for 296 yards, his best first-half of the season.
After Lockett’s kick return TD in the second quarter, Anthony Cantele missed the extra point to cut the deficit to 14-13. Lockett took the ball straight up the middle and into a pile of Red Raiders at about the 50. Suddenly, though, he was out front of the pile and outraced them all to the corner of the end zone.
The Wildcats blocked two field goals, setting up a touchdown with the second. Raphael Guidry blocked the kick and Nigel Malone picked it up and returned it 30 yards to the Texas Tech 46. Klein put Kansas State up 20-14 when he scored from a yard out.
The Wildcats State jumped to a 7-0 lead when Nigel Malone got his fourth interception of the season, picking off Doege’s second pass of the game and ran it 24 yards for the score. He stepped in front of Bradley Marquis as if he’d read Doege’s mind and scampered untouched into the end zone.
Doege quickly redeemed himself, finding Cornelius Douglas over the middle for a 40-yard touchdown pass to make it 7-7 midway through the first quarter.

BIG 12 CONFERENCE
At Lubbock
No. 17 KANSAS ST. 41,
TEXAS TECH 34
Kansas St.      7    13    14    7    —  41
Texas Tech    7    21     3     3    —  34
First Quarter
KSt — Malone 24 interception return (A.Cantele kick), 14:23.
TT — Douglas 40 pass from Doege (Carona kick), 9:47.
Second Quarter
TT — D.Washington 7 run (Carona kick), 14:46.
KSt — Lockett 100 kickoff return (kick failed), 14:32.
KSt — C.Klein 1 run (A.Cantele kick), 4:55.
TT — Crawford 51 run (Carona kick), 3:55.
TT — Doege 1 run (Carona kick), :35.
Third Quarter
KSt — Harper 3 pass from C.Klein (A.Cantele kick), 11:45.
TT — FG Carona 47, 2:56.
KSt — C.Klein 2 run (A.Cantele kick), :00.
Fourth Quarter
KSt — C.Klein 1 run (A.Cantele kick), 9:52.
TT — FG Carona 19, 2:32.
A — 49,744.

TEAM STATISTICS
                                   KSt    TT
First downs                    16    32
Rushes-yards          47-193    33-119
Passing                        146    461
Comp-Att-Int       12-18-0    43-63-3
Return Yards                 39    2
Punts-Avg.              5-41.2    2-46.0
Fumbles-Lost               2-0    1-1
Penalties-Yards        10-78    7-62
Time of Possession    33:33    26:27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Kansas St., C.Klein 23-110, Hubert 19-76, Pease 3-7, Lockett 1-2, Team 1-(minus 2). Texas Tech, Crawford 21-91, D.Washington 6-27, K.Williams 3-7, Doege 3-(minus 6).
PASSING — Kansas St., C.Klein 12-18-0-146. Texas Tech, Doege 43-63-3-461.
RECEIVING — Kansas St., Lockett 3-30, Hubert 3-26, Thompson 2-41, Harper 2-25, Tannahill 1-15, McDonald 1-9. Texas Tech, Torres 12-104, E.Ward 8-63, Douglas 5-99, Swindall 4-56, Crawford 4-33, James 3-34, Kennard 3-25, Fisher 1-17, B.McRoy 1-14, Zouzalik 1-14, D.Washington 1-2.