TEMPE, Ariz.\u00a0\u2014 Raleek Brown bulled in for a 1-yard touchdown with 34 seconds left and Arizona State rallied after blowing a 12-point, fourth-quarter lead to hand No. 7 Texas Tech its first loss of the season, 26-22 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Red Raiders (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) labored most of the afternoon without starting quarterback Behren Morton<\/a> (knee), finishing with 276 total yards after averaging an FBS-best 558.8 through the first six games.<\/p>\n Will Hammond<\/a> showed his mettle after failing to move Texas Tech’s offense through three quarters, orchestrating two late scoring drives. The freshman scored on a 1-yard run and, after Texas Tech’s defense held, found Reggie Virgil<\/a> on a 12-yard touchdown pass.<\/p>\n Hammond put the Red Raiders up 22-19 by running it in for the 2-point conversion \u2014 after a holding call on Arizona State on the first attempt \u2014 but left too much time on the clock.<\/p>\n The reigning Big 12 champion Sun Devils (5-2, 3-1) started the final drive from their 25 with two minutes left and quickly moved down the field. Sam Leavitt completed 5 of 7 passes for 61 yards on the drive and benefited from a pass interference call on Texas Tech’s Brice Pollack to set up Brown’s TD run.<\/p>\n The Red Raiders reached Arizona State’s 28 on its final drive, but Hammond’s desperation heave into the end zone was swatted down.<\/p>\n Texas Tech followed No. 2 Miami, No. 5 Mississippi and No. 10 LSU to become the fourth top-10 team to lose this weekend.<\/p>\n