Bedlam was a beat down. Simply put.
Oklahoma jumped out to a 21-0 lead in under nine minutes of game time thanks to two long touchdown drives and an interception turned into a short field for a touchdown. The Sooners only would have needed those 21 points as they held Oklahoma State to 13 in Oklahoma’s 41-13 win over the Cowboys.
Lincoln Riley and his 2020 team threw a haymaker. Ronnie Perkins got after Spencer Sanders on the first play of the game and let him know about it. He spun him around later on a sack and even knocked him out of the game for the time being.
Spencer Rattler had a monster game, going 17 for 24 passing for 301 passing yards and had five total touchdowns. His counterpart in the backfield, Rhamondre Stevenson, rushed for 149 yards on 26 carries.
Here are the best stats from the game, via Oklahoma’s sports information director.
- OU improved to 56-7 (.889) in the Bedlam Series when at least one team is ranked in the AP Poll and to 14-1 (.933) when both teams are ranked.
- Oklahoma has now won 23 straight November games (last loss was on Nov. 8, 2014, vs. Baylor) and 26 of its last 27. Riley is 14-0 in November as head coach.
- OSU’s 13 points were its fewest in the series since 2009 (a 27-0 OU victory). The Sooners have allowed 29 points over the last two meetings vs. the Cowboys (OSU scored 16 points last season).
- The Sooners have held each of their last two opponents to a 40% or less pass completion rate (37.5% vs. OSU and 40% vs. Kansas). The last time that occurred was 2003 (allowed 37.4% vs. OSU and 28.6% vs. Texas A&M).
- OU has scored at least 28 points in a school-record 60 consecutive games. The next longest streak nationally since at least 1980 is 31 by UCF (2017-19). The next longest active streak is 20 games by Alabama (includes today).
- The Sooners tallied four sacks and seven tackles for loss in the game (with four more QB hurries). Over its last five games, the OU defense has totaled 24 sacks and 46 tackles for loss (averages of 4.8 sacks and 9.2 TFLs per game).
- Oklahoma led 21-7 after the first quarter and has outscored opponents 124-17 in the opening period this season. The Sooners have limited the eight opponents to 476 total yards on 123 plays (3.9 average) in the opening 15 minutes.
- Mikey Henderson scored his first career receiving touchdown.
- David Ugwoegbu had his first career interception.
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