RENO, Nev. — On an off night for star quarterback Graham Harrell, No. 12 Texas Tech's special teams and defense rallied to turn a close game into a 35-19 victory over Nevada last night.

Eric Morris returned a punt 86 yards for one of his two touchdowns and Harrell hooked up with Michael Crabtree for an 82-yard score in the fourth quarter for Tech (2-0). Shannon Woods also ran for two touchdowns for the Red Raiders.

Tech's defense limited Nevada to four field goals until Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick threw a 48-yard touchdown to Marko Mitchell with 10:30 remaining and the game largely out of reach.

"The day was carried by our defense," Tech coach Mike Leach said. "We had some tough periods out there, we had some tough everything. But to win this game the way we did, I'm proud of our guys."

Nevada (1-1), which had 488 yards total offense to Tech's 421, appeared to take a 15-14 lead in the third quarter on Kaepernick's 3-yard score as the officials signaled touchdown. But after the Wolf Pack lined up to try a 2-point conversion, the officials conducted a lengthy review, overturned the decision and ruled he had fumbled to Tech.

"That was a big, big play. We really dodged a bullet there," said Tech defensive end Brandon Williams, who had two of the Red Raiders' four quarterback sacks and deflected a ball into an interception when Nevada was threatening early in the game.

NO. 14 KANSAS 29, LOUISIANA TECH 0

Dezmon Briscoe broke six tackles to turn a short pass into a 48-yard touchdown, and Todd Reesing threw for a career-high 412 yards and three scores to lead the host Jayhawks (2-0) over the Bulldogs (1-1).

NO. 18 OREGON 66, UTAH STATE 24

Justin Roper completed 13 of 18 passes for 173 yards and a touchdown and also ran for a score, and LaGarrette Blount ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns as the Ducks (2-0) amassed a school-record 688 yards in romping the Aggies (0-2) at Eugene, Ore.

NO. 19 PENN STATE 45, OREGON STATE 14

Evan Royster rushed for 141 yards and three touchdowns, Daryll Clark threw two TD passes and the Nittany Lions' (2-0) defense didn't miss a beat without two suspended starters in beating the Beavers (0-2) at State College, Pa., for coach Joe Paterno's 374th career victory.

NEBRASKA 35, SAN JOSE STATE 12

Niles Paul ran back a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to start a 21-point outburst as the Cornhuskers broke open a close game at Lincoln, Neb., en route to handing the Spartans their 12th straight nonconference road loss.

IDAHO 42, IDAHO STATE 27

Nathan Enderle connected with Maurice Shaw for a 77-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the game and the host Vandals (1-1) went on to beat the Bengals (0-2) at Moscow, Idaho to end an 11-game losing streak.

CALIFORNIA 66, WASHINGTON STATE 3

Jahvid Best ran for 200 yards and three touchdowns helping the Golden Bears (2-0, 1-0 Pac-10) blast the Cougars (0-2, 0-1), spoiling coach Paul Wulff's first game back in Pullman since he was a star player in the late 1980s.