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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sooners in the NFL: Week 12
November 29, 2004 | Football
SoonerSports.com will provide regular updates on former OU football players who are now representing the crimson and cream in the pros. This weekly feature will recur throughout the season, updating each Monday.
Are You Ready for Some Football?
The Green Bay Packers host the St. Louis Rams in a matchup of explosive offenses.
Brett Favre will make his 200th consecutive start as the Packers' quarterback extending his own record. The next highest total of consecutive starts for a quarterback in the NFL is 116.
Former OU linebacker Torrance Marshall (1999-2000) will likely serve his reserve role on special teams.
The kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CST.
Peyton Manning threw six touchdown passes, leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 41-9 rout of the Detroit Lions.
Manning set an NFL record by throwing at least four TD passes in five-straight games and inched closer to Dan Marino's single-season record of 48 touchdown passes. Manning has 41.
Three former Sooners started for the Lions tight end Stephen Alexander (1994-97), right offensive tackle Stockar McDougle (1998-99) and linebacker Teddy Lehman (2000-03).
Alexander was one of Joey Harrington's favorite targets again this week, catching a season-high five passes for 58 yards, including a 30-yard strike at the 6:17 mark in the second quarter.
Lehman, who has started ever game in his rookie season, collected three tackles.
The Lions host the Arizona Cardinals next Sunday, Dec. 5.
He made the right move.
Testaverde overcame a shaky start to quarterback the Cowboys to a 21-7 victory of the Chicago Bears.
Rookie running back Julius Jones had a career-game, running for 150 yards and two touchdowns.
Former Sooner Roy Williams (1999-2001) made two tackles and was part of a secondary that held the Bears' passing game to 15-of-31 for 132 yards and two interceptions.
Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris (2001-03) had five tackles, including three for loss and one for no gain.
Chargers at Chiefs
The Drew Bress to Antonio Gates train ran at full steam for another week as the pair hooked up for more big plays again in
Gates caught seven passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns of 11 and 18 yards as he and Brees exploited the Chiefs' weak secondary.
Former OU defensive back William Bartee (1998-99) made six tackles and was credited with 0.5 sacks when he and teammate Scott Fujita tackled Brees on a third-and-10 late in the fourth quarter.
Jimmy Wilkerson (2000-02) came off the bench to make one tackle from his defensive end position.
Next Sunday,
David Carr threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns and Domanick Davis rushed for a season-high 129 yards and a score to rally the Houston Texans from an 18-point deficit in a 31-21 win against the Tennessee Titans.
Former OU All-American Rocky Calmus (1998-2001) started at linebacker for the second-straight week after returning from leg and back injuries. Calmus had five tackles.
Andre Woolfolk's (1999-2002) season ended Monday, Nov. 22, when doctors were unsuccessful in putting the defensive back's dislocated wrist back in place properly. Woolfolk underwent surgery and was placed on injured reserved by the Titans. He had 49 tackles and one interception this season.
The Titans next travel to
Peppers returned an interception 46 yards for a score and Colbert caught a 40-yard pass for the game winning touchdown.
The Buccaneers next play host to the Atlanta Falcons.
In a battle of 1-9 teams,
Randy McMichael caught a 15-yard touchdown pass with 10:35 to play, and the 49ers fumbled five times in the fourth quarter, leaving
49ers' reserve linebacker Brandon Moore (1997-2001) made two tackles.
Quincy Carter returned from a head injury early in the game to throw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss as the New York Jets beat the Cardinals 13-3.
The Jets host the Houston Texans next Sunday.
The Patriots defeated the Ravens 24-3, scoring on a fumble recovery and holding the Ravens to 124 yards of total offense.
Adam Vinatieri added three field goals, extending his streak to 21-in-a-row.
Kelly Gregg (1995-98) started on the Ravens' defensive line and logged five tackles.
The Balimore Ravens host the Cincinnati Bengals next Sunday.
Injury Bugged
Oakland Raider Travian Smith (1994-97) missed his seventh consecutive contest recuperating from a knee injury.
The Broncos placed the Quentin Griffin (1999-2002) on injured reserve Wednesday, Oct. 27, after suffering a torn right anterior cruciate ligament during the second-half kickoff of a 23-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Former OU tight end Trent Smith (1999-2002) was placed on the injured reserve list by the Baltimore Ravens Aug. 31 and will miss his second consecutive season after, again, breaking his leg in a preseason game. Smith broke the leg in the Ravens' first preseason game versus the Atlanta Falcons.
New York Giants' and former OU defensive tackle Martin Chase (1994-97) was also placed on the IR with a knee injury and will sit out the 2004 season.
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