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Game Notes
December 04, 2010 | Football
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• With the win, Oklahoma won its league-leading seventh Big 12 Championship, including four of the last five Big 12 titles. Oklahoma will make its 44th bowl appearance, and fifth appearance in the Fiesta Bowl.
Frank Alexander
• Frank Alexander set a career high with four tackles for loss on the night. Alexander's previous high of three came this year against Iowa State.
709 - Kenny Stills now owns the OU record for receiving yards in a season by a freshman with 709. Stills entered the game trailing Ryan Broyles at 678.
• Helu Jr. finished the night with 91 yards on 11 carries for his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season. Helu Jr. also pushed his season rushing total to 1,211 yards. His 1,211 yardage total ranks 12th in Nebraska history and is third among Nebraska seniors.
• Senior place-kicker Alex Henery connected on a 53-yard field goal in the first quarter of tonight's game to give NU a 10-0 lead. Henery's 53-yard field goal is the longest in Big 12 Championship Game history, breaking his own 52-yarder against Texas in last year's game. Henery's kick was also the longest ever by a Nebraska player away from Lincoln, surpassing his own 52-yarder at Oklahoma State earlier this season. Henery improved to 18-of-19 on field goals this season and 68-of-76 in his career.
• Henery continued his amazing postseason success. He improved to 14-of-14 in the postseason on field goal attempts. He has made three field goals of 50 yards or more in the postseason and nine of 40 yards or more.
• Henery also became Nebraska's all-time leading scorer in tonight's game. His eight points tonight give him 396 career points, surpassing the previous record of 388 by Kris Brown from 1995 to 1998. He connected on two PATs tonight, extending his perfect PAT season to 53-of-53.
• Junior linebacker Lavonte David had 17 tackles in tonight's game, his eighth double-figure tackle game of the season. The 17 tackles tied the Big 12 Championship Game record set by Dat Nguyen in the 1998 title game. David pushed his season tackle total to 145 moving him into second place on the NU single-season chart. He is four tackles from Barrett Ruud's single-season mark of 149 tackles in 2003.
• Nebraska sophomore tight end Kyler Reed caught a 5-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter for his seventh touchdown catch of the season. Reed's seven touchdowns ties the NU season record for tight ends, tying four players, most recently Gerald Armstrong in 1992. Reed's seven TD catches are tied for the seventh-most in a season for all NU players.
• Senior receiver Mike McNeill caught a 36-yard pass on 4th and 1 in the second quarter. The reception pushed McNeill past 1,000 career receiving yards, making him the 19th Nebraska player to record 1,000 career receiving yards. McNeill now has 1,039 career receiving yards. McNeill finished the night with four catches for 63 yards, his best outing since a career-high five catches for 61 yards at Oklahoma State. It was just the second time this season McNeill has had more than two receptions.
• Sophomore I-back Rex Burkhead completed a 5-yard TD pass to Kyler Reed in the second quarter. Burkhead has thrown for touchdowns on all three of his career pass attempts--all in the past two weeks.
• Nebraska rushed for 145 yards in tonight's game, marking just the third time NU has not rushed for 200 yards. The Huskers are 10-0 when rushing for 200 yards and 0-3 when not reaching the 200-yard mark.
• Junior defensive tackle Jared Crick registered an eight-yard sack in the third quarter and shared a 14-yard sack in the fourth quarter, giving him 9.0 sacks this season and 18.5 in his career. Crick has 16 tackles for loss this season, bettering his 2009 total of 15.
• Sophomore safety Courtney Osborne registered his first career interception in the second quarter of tonight's game, setting up a short touchdown that gave Nebraska a 17-0 lead. Osborne became the eighth different defensive back with an interception in 2010.
• Nebraska led 20-17 at half of tonight's game and lost a halftime lead for only the second time under Pelini . NU entered the night 23-1 under Pelini when leading at halftime and the Huskers are now 23-2 when leading at the half.
• Sooner quarterback Landry Jones accounted for 339 yards of total offense in tonight's game, ending a streak of 29 straight games without allowing an opposing player to account for 300 yards of total offense. The previous player to record 300 yards of total offense was Kansas' Todd Reesing who had 339 yards of total offense on Nov. 8, 2008.
• Nebraska held Oklahoma to just 1-of-16 on third-down conversions in the game. The Sooners did convert 2-of-4 on fourth down.
• Tonight's game captains were seniors Pierre Allen, Prince Amukamara, Alex Henery and Roy Helu Jr.
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Oklahoma Team Notes |
• With the win, Oklahoma won its league-leading seventh Big 12 Championship, including four of the last five Big 12 titles. Oklahoma will make its 44th bowl appearance, and fifth appearance in the Fiesta Bowl.
• OU is now 45-38-3 all-time against Nebraska, 38-6 against the Big 12 North and 7-1 in the Big 12 title game. Oklahoma is now 2-0 against the Cornhuskers in the Big 12 title game, the Sooners beat Nebraska 21-7 in the 2006 title game in Kansas City.
• Head Coach Bob Stoops is now 128-31 overall in his 12th season at OU. He is 84-19 against the Big 12, 7-1 in the Big 12 title game and 6-1 against Nebraska.
• OU has forced at least one turnover in 140 of Stoops' 158 games and has at least one interception in 103 of the last 138. The Sooners forced a season-high six turnovers in tonight's game.
•Eight different receivers caught a pass for Oklahoma in tonight's game, it is the eighth time this season that at least eight different receivers have a reception and the 10th that at least seven receivers have caught a pass. OU has had seven games with at least nine receivers catching a pass. The season high came against Florida State when 12 Sooners had receptions.
• The Sooners' defense broke up five passes against Nebraska to bring OU's season total to 63, a team-best since the current school record of 110 was set in 2000.
• The OU defense had a season team-high seven sacks against Nebraska. The team's previous best was four, set against both Florida State and Iowa State. OU also had a season-high 14 tackles-for-loss, the third time to reach double digits this season (Cincinnati and Missouri).
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Oklahoma Individual Notes |
Frank Alexander
• Frank Alexander set a career high with four tackles for loss on the night. Alexander's previous high of three came this year against Iowa State.
Ryan Broyles
• With his 47-yard reception in the third quarter, Ryan Broyles surpassed Mark Clayton as the OU career receiving yards leader and the single-season receiving yards leader. Broyles finished the night with three receptions for 61 yards to give the junior 3,259 career receiving yards and 1,452 on the season.
Landry Jones
• With his start tonight, Landry Jones becomes just the 10th quarterback in OU history to start at least 20 consecutive games.
• With his 49-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Stills, Jones is tied with Jason White (2004) at No. 4 for single-season touchdowns by an OU quarterback with 35. Jones trails Sam Bradford at No. 1 and No. 3 with 50 (2008) and 35 (2007), respectively, and Jason White at No. 2 with 40 (2003).
• Jones had 23 completions on the night to up his season total to 371, breaking the OU single-season completions record. Current OU quarterbacks coach, Josh Heupel previously held the record with 349 completions in 1999.
• Jones also moved to No. 2 on the OU career completions list with 632. Jones passed Jason White's 627 (1999-04) and trails Josh Heupel's 654 (1999-00).
• With his 41 attempts, Jones now has 568 attempts on the season, breaking the previous school record of 553, set by Josh Heupel, in 1999.
Cameron Kenney
• Kenney tied his career-high for receptions in a game tonight with six grabs for 65 yards, it is the third time the senior has recorded six catches in a game.
Travis Lewis
• With his interception in the second quarter, Lewis tied Sam Allen (1951-52) for the OU record for career interceptions by a linebacker with eight. It was Lewis' third interception of the season.
• Lewis also recovered two fumbles in tonight's game, the first and second of his career.
Pryce Macon
• Macon recorded a career-high five tackles for loss in the first half (-24 yards), becoming just the ninth player in Oklahoma history with at least five TFLs in a game. Macon's previous best was 2.5 tackles for loss of 11 yards against Texas Tech on Nov. 13, 2010. Cedric Jones holds the Oklahoma record with six TFLs vs. Texas Tech in 1994.
• Macon also had a career-high three sacks in the game, becoming the 22nd Sooner with at least three in a game and the first since Jeremy Beal accomplished the feat in back-to-back games against Tulsa and Miami (2009).
DeMarco Murray
• With his five receptions for 60 yards against Nebraska, Murray moved to No. 14 in the OU career receiving list with 1,572 yards. He finished with 60 yards receiving, the fifth time this season he eclipsed 50 yards.
Kenny Stills
• Stills made a 49-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter and has now scored a touchdown in three of the last four games. The 49-yarder ties for his second-longest reception this season. His career long is 59 yards against Texas Tech. Stills also had a 49-yarder against Baylor. All three were scoring strikes.
• With his three receptions for 83 yards, Stills set the Oklahoma record for receiving yards in a season by a freshman with 713 yards, previously held by Ryan Broyles with 687. Stills entered the game holding the OU record for receptions in a season by a freshman and now has 53 on the season. Stills is second in school history for touchdown receptions by a freshman with five, trailing Broyles who had six in 2008.
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By the Numbers |
709 - Kenny Stills now owns the OU record for receiving yards in a season by a freshman with 709. Stills entered the game trailing Ryan Broyles at 678.
140 - The Sooners have forced at least one turnover in 140 of Stoops' 158 games, with at least one interception in 103 of the last 138.
63 - The OU defense has now broken up 63 passes this season, a team-high since the current record for passes broken up was set at 110 in 2000.
35 - Landry Jones is now tied with Jason White (2004) for single-season touchdowns by an OU quarterback with 35, after throwing a 49-yard TD to Kenny Stills in the first half.
8 - Travis Lewis is now tied with Sam Allen (1951-52) for career interceptions by a linebacker at OU with eight. The interception was Lewis' third of the season, he also has the first fumble recoveries (2) of his career in tonight's game.
7 - Oklahoma won its league-leading seventh Big 12 Championship after the 23-20 victory over Nebraska. OU now has 43 conference titles.
5 - Stills is now second in school history in touchdowns in a single season by an OU freshman with five after his 49-yard TD reception in the first half, he trails Ryan Broyles who had six touchdowns in 2008.
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Nebraska Team Notes |
• Helu Jr. finished the night with 91 yards on 11 carries for his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season. Helu Jr. also pushed his season rushing total to 1,211 yards. His 1,211 yardage total ranks 12th in Nebraska history and is third among Nebraska seniors.
• Senior place-kicker Alex Henery connected on a 53-yard field goal in the first quarter of tonight's game to give NU a 10-0 lead. Henery's 53-yard field goal is the longest in Big 12 Championship Game history, breaking his own 52-yarder against Texas in last year's game. Henery's kick was also the longest ever by a Nebraska player away from Lincoln, surpassing his own 52-yarder at Oklahoma State earlier this season. Henery improved to 18-of-19 on field goals this season and 68-of-76 in his career.
• Henery continued his amazing postseason success. He improved to 14-of-14 in the postseason on field goal attempts. He has made three field goals of 50 yards or more in the postseason and nine of 40 yards or more.
• Henery also became Nebraska's all-time leading scorer in tonight's game. His eight points tonight give him 396 career points, surpassing the previous record of 388 by Kris Brown from 1995 to 1998. He connected on two PATs tonight, extending his perfect PAT season to 53-of-53.
• Junior linebacker Lavonte David had 17 tackles in tonight's game, his eighth double-figure tackle game of the season. The 17 tackles tied the Big 12 Championship Game record set by Dat Nguyen in the 1998 title game. David pushed his season tackle total to 145 moving him into second place on the NU single-season chart. He is four tackles from Barrett Ruud's single-season mark of 149 tackles in 2003.
• Nebraska sophomore tight end Kyler Reed caught a 5-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter for his seventh touchdown catch of the season. Reed's seven touchdowns ties the NU season record for tight ends, tying four players, most recently Gerald Armstrong in 1992. Reed's seven TD catches are tied for the seventh-most in a season for all NU players.
• Senior receiver Mike McNeill caught a 36-yard pass on 4th and 1 in the second quarter. The reception pushed McNeill past 1,000 career receiving yards, making him the 19th Nebraska player to record 1,000 career receiving yards. McNeill now has 1,039 career receiving yards. McNeill finished the night with four catches for 63 yards, his best outing since a career-high five catches for 61 yards at Oklahoma State. It was just the second time this season McNeill has had more than two receptions.
• Sophomore I-back Rex Burkhead completed a 5-yard TD pass to Kyler Reed in the second quarter. Burkhead has thrown for touchdowns on all three of his career pass attempts--all in the past two weeks.
• Nebraska rushed for 145 yards in tonight's game, marking just the third time NU has not rushed for 200 yards. The Huskers are 10-0 when rushing for 200 yards and 0-3 when not reaching the 200-yard mark.
• Junior defensive tackle Jared Crick registered an eight-yard sack in the third quarter and shared a 14-yard sack in the fourth quarter, giving him 9.0 sacks this season and 18.5 in his career. Crick has 16 tackles for loss this season, bettering his 2009 total of 15.
• Sophomore safety Courtney Osborne registered his first career interception in the second quarter of tonight's game, setting up a short touchdown that gave Nebraska a 17-0 lead. Osborne became the eighth different defensive back with an interception in 2010.
• Nebraska led 20-17 at half of tonight's game and lost a halftime lead for only the second time under Pelini . NU entered the night 23-1 under Pelini when leading at halftime and the Huskers are now 23-2 when leading at the half.
• Sooner quarterback Landry Jones accounted for 339 yards of total offense in tonight's game, ending a streak of 29 straight games without allowing an opposing player to account for 300 yards of total offense. The previous player to record 300 yards of total offense was Kansas' Todd Reesing who had 339 yards of total offense on Nov. 8, 2008.
• Nebraska held Oklahoma to just 1-of-16 on third-down conversions in the game. The Sooners did convert 2-of-4 on fourth down.
• Tonight's game captains were seniors Pierre Allen, Prince Amukamara, Alex Henery and Roy Helu Jr.
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