Oklahoma State’s new scoreboard should get a workout Saturday when the high-powered Texas Tech passing attack matches up with OSU’s retooled offense.

Texas Tech true freshman Alan Bowman torched Houston Saturday as he threw for 605 yards and five touchdowns. That’s a Big 12 freshman record. And Bowman was named the Walter Camp National Player of the week as Tech (2-1) outscored the Cougars, 63-49.

The No. 15 Cowboys (3-0) got their most impressive win Saturday as they raced past Boise State (previously ranked 17th) 44-21.

Quarterback Taylor Cornelius ran for 41 yards and two touchdowns. He had 243 yards passing with one TD.

“We weren’t planning for him to run the ball like that. We have to get better at tackling and making changes on the sideline,” Boise State defensive lineman Jabril Frazier said about Cornelius.

 “I thought that Taylor Cornelius played really well,” said OSU coach Mike Gundy. “Made a lot of plays. I thought he was very effective running the football.”

Bowman is fourth in the nation in passing yardage with 1,160 yards while Cornelius is ninth with 971 yards. Tech receiver Antoine Wesley set a school record with 261 yards receiving and three touchdowns against Houston.

“It was a good game to build even more confidence going into conference as far as his progression as the QB goes,” said Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said about the Houston win. “He hangs in the pocket, he gets through his reads, and then he makes accurate throws. He missed a couple that he doesn’t miss early, but he kept battling. He’s very poised. So he’s got some intangibles. We’ve got to keep working. We’ve got a lot to work on, but he’s got some intangibles.”

Texas Tech averages 55.6 points per game – third best in the nation and only behind Alabama and Ohio State. The Cowboys are not far behind in seventh place, averaging 52.3 points per game. 

Texas Tech leads the nation in passing yards per game (448.7 yards) while OSU is No. 12 with a 333.3-yard average.

The Cowboys proved they can play defense and excel at special teams against Boise State.

OSU blocked two punts and now has 23 blocked kicks since the beginning of the 2013 season to mark the most in the nation during that span.

“Sometimes during the week you watch things and you feel like that’s going to work, and then sometime you’re like ‘I’m not real fired up about that,’” Gundy said. “And I felt really good about it all week and we didn’t do it well on Tuesday, but we got it corrected in the meeting. And when we did it again Thursday, the players understood it, they made the adjustments, angles were really good, their alignments were really good, and they hit the creases and came off the edge really good, and that’s the key with blocking punts – everybody’s got to be in the right spot.  It was a big day for (Amen Ogbongbemiga) and also for (Jarrick Bernard), a true freshman.

“ To block a punt like that is pretty cool.”

It was the first time the Cowboys have had two blocked punts in one game since Zack Craig blocked two punts against Texas Tech in 2012. The Cowboys blocked three kicks against Texas in 2016, but all were PAT attempts.

Ogbongbemiga’s block in the second quarter was OSU’s first block of the season. It was OSU’s first punt block since Devin Harper’s block at Texas Tech last season and the first career block for Ogbongbemiga. Jarrick Bernard’s block in the third quarter was also the first of his career.

OSU’s seven sacks against Boise State tied the school’s third-best total in a single game, which was most recently done against Iowa State in 2016. OSU entered the game ranked No. 3 in FBS with 4.5 team sacks per game.

“Seven sacks is a bold picture, it’s a big dream,” said OSU defensive coordinator Jim Knowles. “I knew we’d have some tools in our chest to play aggressive and create havoc.”

“It’s important for us to be able to create that pressure to try and keep momentum on our side,” said OSU defensive end Jordan Brailford. “It feels really good. Our guys practice hard every day. There’s a culture here and we don’t take any days off. We pride ourselves on going hard all the time, and that shows on gameday.”

Gundy was glad to beat a quality team like Boise State in nonconference play.

“I have a lot of respect for (Boise State) and as I said earlier in the week, I think in all three phases and in a program in general they could very well be as well coached team in the country in my opinion,” Gundy said. “That’s why I thought this was such a good series because you’re matching coaching against really good football coaches. 

“And when the game is over I will say that again from the standpoint of, their players played the game the right way. They didn’t talk trash, they come out on your sideline, they go back on the field. It’s a first-class organization and you can tell why they win games because they play the game for the right reasons and we’re trying to move forward with our guys in doing that, and I thought they played the same way today. It was a really clean game. There wasn’t any jawing, there wasn’t trash talk, any late hits. So it was a fun game to watch.”

Kickoff against Texas Tech is  6 p.m. Saturday from Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. Coverage will be provided nationally on FOX Sports 1.