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Game Notes: Oklahoma at Cincinnati
September 23, 2010 | Football
NORMAN, Okla. -- No. 8/9 Oklahoma, winner of its first three at home, goes on the road for the first time in 2010 when the Sooners take on Cincinnati.
OU is coming off a 27-24 triumph over previously unbeaten Air Force while the Bearcats are trying to bounce back from a 30-19 loss at North Carolina State.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. (CT) from Paul Brown Stadium, home of the NFL's Bengals.
THE SERIES
Oklahoma leads the series 1-0 after taking a 52-26 victory in Norman on Sept. 6, 2008.
THE COACHES
Oklahoma: Bob Stoops (Iowa `83) is 120-29 in his 12th season. He is 77-17 vs. the Big 12, 42-12 vs. the Big 12 South, 35-5 vs. the Big 12 North, 6-1 in the Big 12 title game, 43-12 vs. non-conference opponents, 69-2 at home, 33-14 on the road, 18-13 on neutral fields, 37-16 vs. ranked opponents, 5-6 in bowls, 1-0 vs. Cincinnati.
Cincinnati: Butch Jones (Ferris State `90) is 1-2 in his first season at UC, 28-15 in four seasons overall.
THE PROGRAM
Oklahoma's all-time record stands at 802-302-53 in 116 seasons.
Since World War II, OU leads the nation with 563 victories.
The Sooners have captured seven national championships (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000).
OU has 43 bowl appearances (No. 7 nationally) with 25 bowl victories (No. 4 nationally).
Oklahoma has 42 conference championships, including three of the last four Big 12 Conference crowns and six Big 12 titles overall (no other league member has more than three).
OU has produced 150 All-Americans and five Heisman Trophy winners.
Sooners have also won the Bednarik (1), Butkus (4), Walter Camp (4), Lombardi (3), Maxwell (2), Nagurski (2), O'Brien (3), Outland (5), Tatupu (1), Thorpe (3).
Oklahoma Football History & Tradition
LAST WEEK
Oklahoma turned back Air Force in Norman, 27-24 ...
The Sooners led 27-10 with 1:27 remaining in the third quarter before withstanding a late Falcon rally. Air Force closed the margin to 27-24 with 3:39 remaining, but OU got the one first down it needed to run out the clock.
OU held Air Force 72 yards below its NCAA-leading rushing average and 26 points below its scoring average.
RB DeMarco Murray scored three TDs, two via the rush (3, 5 yards) and another on a 17-yard pass. He rushed 26 times for 110 yards, caught five passes for 38 and returned one KO for 39 to reach 187 all purpose yards.
Ryan Broyles' streak of scoring at least one touchdown in a game ended at five consecutive contests ended, but the junior still had a big day with 10 receptions for 116 yards. It was his sixth straight 100-yard receiving game.
Travis Lewis led OU with 13 tackles.
Recap | Final Stats | Game Notes | Quotes | Archived Blog | Photos | Highlights
TIES WITH THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT
Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops returns to coach in his home state for the first time since he left Kent State for Kansas State after the 1988 season. Stoops is a native of Youngstown, which is 274 miles northeast of Cincinnati. He attended Cardinal Mooney HS.
OU offensive line coach James Patton is a native of Lafayette, Ohio, (129 miles north of Cincy). He attended Allen East HS then played collegiately at Miami (`93). He coached tight ends and H-backs at Miami in 1998.
Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson was on the Miami staff from 1992-98.
Oklahoma defensive backs coach Willie Martinez and Cincinnati's assistant defensive coordinator John Jancek were together on the Georgia staff from 2005-09.
Former OU assistant Jonathan Hayes (1999-02) is TE coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. The roster also includes former Sooners Jermaine Gresham and Roy Williams.
THE '08 OU/UC GAME
No. 4 Oklahoma led 28-20 in the third quarter then reeled off 24 unanswered points to win 52-26.
The victory was the 20th in a row at home for Oklahoma in a streak that has now grown to 33.
Statistical leaders were OU QB Sam Bradford, who won the Heisman that season, and UC WR Mardy Gilyard. The two are now teammates on the St. Louis Rams. In that game, Bradford completed 29-of-38 passes for 395 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions. Gilyard caught seven passes for 119 yards. He returned five KOs for 246 yards including one for a 97-yard touchdown.
Eighteen current Sooners played in that game, including DeMarco Murray, OU's leading rusher that day (15-88, 1 TD), and the team's top receiver, Ryan Broyles, who made his collegiate debut against the Bearcats. He finished with seven catches for 141 yards and one TD. That yardage total is the highest ever by an OU freshman.
OU AND THE BUCKEYE STATE
This is Oklahoma's first trip to Ohio since one of the most memorable games in Sooner history. On Sept. 24, 1977, the Sooners escaped Columbus with a 29-28 victory over Ohio State. Uwe Von Schamann (OOH-va von SHAW-man), after conducting the Ohio State crowd in its attempt to distract him, made a 41-yard FG in the waning seconds to account for the winning margin. OU was ranked No. 3, the Buckeyes No. 4.
Oklahoma will be back in Ohio on Sept. 16, 2017 to meet Ohio State at Columbus. That series begins on Sept. 17, 2016 in Norman.
MILESTONES
OU has 71 straight sellouts, a school record.
The last 101 Oklahoma games have been on television.
OU won its last 33 home games, the longest current streak in the nation.
STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS
OU categories that rank among the top 25 nationally ...
Team
Passing offense: 18, 288.33
Net punting: 3, 44.93
Turnover margin: 6, +1.67
Punt return defense: 2, -0.8
Kickoff return defense: 18, 17.9
First downs: 12, 25.0/game
Individual
Total offense: Landry Jones, 24, 271.33
Receptions per game: Ryan Broyles, 2, 10.33
Receiving yards per game: Ryan Broyles, 4, 127.33
Interceptions per game: Jamell Fleming, 12, .67
Punting: Tress Way, 2, 48.67
Scoring: DeMarco Murray, 5, 14.00
All purpose yards: DeMarco Murray, 9, 178.67
THE FOES ARE GOOD EXCEPT...
Oklahoma's three opponents -- Utah State (1-2), Florida State (2-1), Air Force (2-1) -- have a combined record of 5-4. Take out the losses to OU and those three teams 5-1.
WHO NEEDS A REDSHIRT?
Twelve true frosh have played with two, DB Tony Jefferson and WR Kenny Stills, drawing starts.
NON-CONS
Bob Stoops' teams are 43-12 against non-conference opponents, 37-6 in regular season non-league games and 32-1 on Owen Field.
THE SOONERS IN PRO STADIUMS
This will be OU's 26th regular season game in a venue that also serves as the home for a pro sports team.
AMBITIOUS SCHEDULING
Oklahoma has numerous marquee non-conference opponents coming up on future schedules:
Florida State (2010), at Florida State (2011)
Notre Dame (2012), at Notre Dame (2013)
Tennessee (2014), at Tennessee (2015)
Ohio State (2016), at Ohio State (2017)
LSU (2018), at LSU (2019).
Under Bob Stoops, OU has already played Louisville, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Alabama (twice), UCLA (twice), Oregon (twice), Washington (twice), South Florida, Miami (Fla.) and Cincinnati in regular season tilts.
RECORD-SETTING ATTENDANCE
Oklahoma has drawn 5,633,511 fans for Bob Stoops' 71 home games (started in 1999) and all have been sold out.
The Sooners are 69-2 on Owen Field under Stoops and have won 33 straight, a school record and the nation's longest current streak.
The current string of sellouts is the longest in school history, bettering a string of 69 from 1971-84.
The average home attendance of 85,075 in 2008 was a school record. The top nine seasons for football attendance at Oklahoma came on Stoops' watch.
The largest home crowd in school history was 85,646, on hand for the 2008 OU-Texas Tech game.
Oklahoma has exceeded its listed seating capacity of 82,112 at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in 45 consecutive home games.
Oklahoma has played before sellout crowds in 122 of the 149 games (home, away, neutral) since Stoops became the head coach. During that time, a total of 10,806,401 (average of 72,526) have watched the Sooners.
Oklahoma Sets Attendance Records at Memorial Stadium
Under Stoops, OU produced career leaders in passing and receiving, its No. 3 & No. 5 career rushers and season record holders in rushing, passing and receiving yards.
Some 57 offensive records have been set in Stoops' tenure at Oklahoma.
OU has scored in every game since Nov. 7, 1998.
OU has rushed for 200 yards 44 times under Stoops, 38 in the last six years.
Also under Stoops, OU has 149 touchdowns of 25+ yards and 302 scoring drives of 2:00 or less.
OU is the highest scoring program in college football history. In 1,156 games, the Sooners have scored 30,974 points. Michigan has 30,012 points in 1,215 games and Nebraska 30,003 in 1,221.
DEMARC-ABLE
DeMarco Murray became has become only the second player in Oklahoma history to surpass 1,000 yards in three statistical categories: He has 2,840 rushing yards, 95 receptions for 1,067 receiving yards and 1,290 return yards. His all-purpose total is 5,197. George "Buster" Rhymes (1980-84) is the only other Sooner to accomplish the feat with 1,158 rushing yards, 1,118 receiving yards and 1,237 kick return yards. Rhymes finished his career with 3,800 all-purpose yards.
For his career, Murray has 95 receptions for 1,067 yards. That yardage figure ranks No. 2 for an OU back behind 1,337 by Quentin Griffin (1999-02). Griffin also has the receptions mark for backs at 169 with Murray second.
Murray leads all OU backs in TD receptions with nine.
Murray's needs 70 rushing yards to crack OU's prestigious top-10 list for career rushing. Despite a pair of Heisman-winning QBs during the same era, three of the backs currently on that list played under Bob Stoops -- Adrian Peterson, Quentin Griffin and Chris Brown.
RYAN'S HOPE
Ryan Broyles may the OU record book for receiving ...
The junior has 100 or more yards receiving in six straight. He had a string of five consecutive games in which he had scored a TD snapped against Air Force.
He's second in the nation in receptions per game at 10.33 and No. 4 in receiving yards per game at 127.33.
He set school records for receptions in a season, receptions in a game (13 vs. Stanford), receptions in a season (89) touchdown receptions in a season (15, tied) and receptions per game (6.61).
His Sun Bowl effort -- 13 receptions, 156 yards, three touchdowns -- was record-setting. The TD total set an OU bowl and Sun Bowl mark. The receptions total was an OU bowl record and the second-highest total in the 76-year history of the Sun Bowl.
Broyles' 24 career TD receptions is No. 3 all-time at OU.
With 102 points in 2010, he became the first WR to lead OU in scoring (stats tracked for 72 seasons).
KEEPING UP WITH JONES
When Landry Jones threw of 380 yards against Florida State, it marked the fourth 300-yard game of his career (in 12 starts). He is now No. 5 in the category at OU, just one behind Sooner running backs coach Cale Gundy. Sam Bradford and Josh Heupel, Jones' position coach, hold the record jointly at 14.
Jones led the nation's freshmen quarterbacks in passing yards (3,198) and touchdown passes (26) last season. His yardage figure also was an Oklahoma freshman record, surpassing the 3,121 by Sam Bradford in 2007.
Jones set a school record for touchdown passes in a game last season with six against Tulsa.
The soph threw for 321 yards in the first half of the Florida State game, the second-best one-half total in school history. Sam Bradford threw for 350 yards against North Texas in 2007. Jones equaled his career best for completions against the Seminoles with 30 (out of 40).
Jones has completed at least 50% of his passes in 14 of 15 career games.
DIVERSIFYING THE COMPLETIONS
After completing 16-of-17 passes to wide receivers in the opener, the Sooners completed 11-of-32 to backs and tight ends in game two. Twenty-two of OU's 75 completions are to tight ends and running backs.
After not throwing a touchdown pass to a tight end all last season, the Sooners did so twice against Florida State, thus ending an uncustomary 14-game streak. James Hanna and Trent Ratterree both had their first career TD grabs against the Seminoles.
THE LINE ON THE LINE
The injury problem on OU's offensive line left only eight scholarship linemen for last season's Sun Bowl, with two players appearing twice on the five-position depth chart. Only six linemen saw action in the game, including converted TE Eric Mensik in just his second game at tackle and All-America tackle Trent Williams (now the Washington Redskins' starting left tackle) playing center for the first time. It was the 10th different line combination of the 13-game season.
Entering the 2010 season, there are 16 scholarship offensive linemen on the Sooner roster with no repeats on the two-deep.
The current depth chart features just two seniors and the only senior starter is Mensik at right tackle. Despite the relative youth of the line, the current two-deep includes players who have combined to play in 116 games.
Two of Oklahoma's offensive linemen are converted tight ends -- T Eric Mensik and G Gabe Ikard.
Eight different players have drawn a start in the line this season. LT Jarvis Jones, LG Game Ikard and RG Brian Lepak each got their first start of the season against Air Force.
OU has forced at least one turnover in 132 of Stoops' 149 games and has at least one interception in 97 of the last 129 with multiple picks in 48 of the last 100 outings.
Oklahoma has 11 shutouts under its current head coach. Opponents failed to score more than seven points 32 times and scored less than 14 in 60 games.
WEAK FREAK
Weakside linebacker Travis Lewis has led Oklahoma in tackles in each of his first two seasons. His 109 last season were 21 more than any other player on the team. He leads the 2010 with 27 and his coming off his best total of the season, 13 against Air Force.
Lewis, with 280 tackles, is making a run at the prestigious career top-10 tackle list at OU. The record is held by the late Daryl Hunt at 530. The No. 10 spot belongs to Lee Roy Selmon at 335, 55 ahead of Lewis.
Tracking down big names is nothing new for Lewis. As a freshman in 2007, he racked up 144 tackles to break Brian Bosworth's Oklahoma freshman record of 133.
In 28 career games, Lewis has 10+ tackles 12 times.
THE REAL BEAL
Defensive end Jeremy Beal looks like a candidate to become OU's first Ted Hendricks Award winner. He has four tackles for loss and two sacks.
In `09, Beal was No. 14 nationally in TFL (1.46 per game/19 total), No. 16 in sacks (0.8 per game/ 11 total).
His 11 sacks last season rank No. 4 for a season at OU.
Beal is the only player in school history to notch two, three-sack games in the same year. He had three each against Tulsa and Miami last season.
The senior ranks No. 4 at Oklahoma for sacks in a career with 23. He is creeping up on the top-10 list for tackles for loss. He has 44, which ranks No. 6.
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Q TIPS
Quinton Carter has emerged as one of the top defensive backs in the nation. The safety has 19 tackles, an interception, a deflection and a forced fumble through three games.
In 2009, he had 88 tackles, which ranked No. 2 on the team, to go with four interceptions (tied for the OU lead).
Has 19 special teams tackles over the 2008 and 2009 seasons and all 19 were solo.
Carter Named to AFCA Good Works Team
TAYLOR MADE
DT Adrian Taylor was out for much of the preseason recovering from a dislocated ankle suffered in the Sun Bowl. His string of 27 consecutive starts ended in the opener, but he did get snaps as a reserve (no statistics). It's worth noting that he had 37 total tackles last season, three more than NFL No. 3 overall pick Gerald McCoy, his running mate for the previous two seasons.
CORNER CONVERSATION
OU is replacing both starting corners from last season. Brian Jackson completed his eligibility while Dominique Franks came out after his junior season. Both scored touchdowns last season, Jackson on a 52-yard fumble recovery vs. Texas A&M and Franks on an 85-yard INT return at Kansas. It was one of three defensive TDs Franks scored during his career.
Jamell Fleming has started the first three games at boundary corner. He had a team-high 10 tackles, an interception and two pass deflections vs. Utah State, then had four stops, including one for loss, and another pick vs. Florida State. His 11 stops against Air Force were a career high.
Demontre Hurst has started the first three games at field corner. He had one tackle and one interception, which he returned 49 yards, in the opener. He had three tackles against Florida State and another three against Air Force, including 1.5 for six yards in losses.
Those two players tied for No. 3 on last year's team in special teams tackles with 9 each.
The pair has combined for 46 games played at Oklahoma -- 30 by Fleming and 16 by Hurst.
TAKEAWAY TRADE-OFF
Oklahoma has seven takeaways this season ... by six different players.
Only Jamell Fleming, who has an interception in each of the first two games, has more than one.
Demontre Hurst, Travis Lewis and Quinton Carter also have interceptions.
Jeremy Beal and Ronnell Lewis both have fumble recoveries.
Oklahoma's special teams under Bob Stoops ...
There have been 27 special teams touchdowns, including 21 in the last 79 regular season games. Those 21 came via five different kinds of plays -- 12 punt returns, two faked field goals, two blocked punts, four kickoff returns and a faked punt. Special teams also own one safety in that span.
Oklahoma has returned eight kickoffs and 16 punts for touchdowns.
The Sooners have blocked 24 kicks.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS
Information on returns during the Stoops era ...
Kickoff Returns -- 95 returns of 25 yards or more with eight touchdowns.
Punt Returns -- 60 returns of 15 or more yards with 16 touchdowns.
Interception Returns -- 83 returns of 10 or more yards with 21 touchdowns.
Fumble Returns -- six returns of 15 or more yards with eight touchdowns.
PUNT RETURNS SUCCESSFUL
Oklahoma ranked No. 3 nationally last season in punt returns (16.26), a figure that also coincided with Ryan Broyles' individual ranking (15.87).
The team average was the best at Oklahoma since 1974 when the average return went for 16.4 yards. What makes the average even more impressive is the fact that OU ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 last season in punt return attempts at 43, just one behind Nebraska's 44.
For the second straight year, Broyles returned a punt for a touchdown, this time an 87-yarder against Oklahoma State.
When Broyles was shelved by an injury, Dominique Franks returned 11 punts for an average of 17.0.
COVER TEAM A STONE WALL
As good as Oklahoma was at returning punts, the same could not be said of the Sooner opponents. The Sooner foes ran back just 17 punts for a paltry 30 yards. That 1.76-yard average ranked No. 2 nationally.
Oklahoma was No. 5 in net punting nationally at 40.3 yards per kick.
The longest punt return OU surrendered last season was 19 yards, which occurred on just one occasion. No other punt return during the season exceeded six yards.
The same thing is happening in 2010. Oklahoma opponents have returned five punts for -4 yards. That ranks No. 2 in the nation. The Sooners rank No. 3 nationally in net punting at 44.93 yards.
WAY GOOD AT PUNTER
P Tress Way had arguably the best season ever for an OU punter in 2009, and was just a redshirt freshman. He punted 61 times for an average of 45.7 yards with 22 of 50+ yards and 17 inside the 20.
Way's `09 average ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 and No. 3 nationally. It also was the second-best average in OU history, the best by a punter with at least 35 attempts.
He averaged a school-record 58.8 yards on six punts vs. Oklahoma St., including a 74-yarder.
Way, a soph, has 26 kicks of 50+ yards in his career. Jeff Ferguson (1998-01) set that OU record with 52.
In 2010, he ranks No. 2 nationally with an average of 48.67 on 15 punts. Way has six of 50 or more yards and with three inside the 20 yard line.
Way is also kicking off for OU. He has 19 with four touchbacks. Opponents average just 17.9 yards/ return.
O'HARA, STEVENS SHARP
Patrick O'Hara handled placekicking in the first two games, making 3-4 field goals and 9-10 PATs. A muscle strain kept him out of game three, but Jimmy Stevens, who was the kicker most of last season, responded by making both field goal attempts and all three PAT tries.
NEW FACES IN KEY PLACES
The Sooners will new players handling kickoff and holding chores. Tress Way is kickoff and John Nimmo is the holder. Nimmo,a senior QB, has been a regular golf partner with Sam Bradford.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. (CT) from Paul Brown Stadium, home of the NFL's Bengals.
THE SERIES
Oklahoma leads the series 1-0 after taking a 52-26 victory in Norman on Sept. 6, 2008.
THE COACHES
Oklahoma: Bob Stoops (Iowa `83) is 120-29 in his 12th season. He is 77-17 vs. the Big 12, 42-12 vs. the Big 12 South, 35-5 vs. the Big 12 North, 6-1 in the Big 12 title game, 43-12 vs. non-conference opponents, 69-2 at home, 33-14 on the road, 18-13 on neutral fields, 37-16 vs. ranked opponents, 5-6 in bowls, 1-0 vs. Cincinnati.
Cincinnati: Butch Jones (Ferris State `90) is 1-2 in his first season at UC, 28-15 in four seasons overall.  OU, Opponent & Big
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THE PROGRAM
Oklahoma's all-time record stands at 802-302-53 in 116 seasons.Since World War II, OU leads the nation with 563 victories.The Sooners have captured seven national championships (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000).OU has 43 bowl appearances (No. 7 nationally) with 25 bowl victories (No. 4 nationally).Oklahoma has 42 conference championships, including three of the last four Big 12 Conference crowns and six Big 12 titles overall (no other league member has more than three).OU has produced 150 All-Americans and five Heisman Trophy winners.Sooners have also won the Bednarik (1), Butkus (4), Walter Camp (4), Lombardi (3), Maxwell (2), Nagurski (2), O'Brien (3), Outland (5), Tatupu (1), Thorpe (3).Oklahoma Football History & TraditionLAST WEEK
Oklahoma turned back Air Force in Norman, 27-24 ...
The Sooners led 27-10 with 1:27 remaining in the third quarter before withstanding a late Falcon rally. Air Force closed the margin to 27-24 with 3:39 remaining, but OU got the one first down it needed to run out the clock.OU held Air Force 72 yards below its NCAA-leading rushing average and 26 points below its scoring average.RB DeMarco Murray scored three TDs, two via the rush (3, 5 yards) and another on a 17-yard pass. He rushed 26 times for 110 yards, caught five passes for 38 and returned one KO for 39 to reach 187 all purpose yards.Ryan Broyles' streak of scoring at least one touchdown in a game ended at five consecutive contests ended, but the junior still had a big day with 10 receptions for 116 yards. It was his sixth straight 100-yard receiving game.Travis Lewis led OU with 13 tackles.Recap | Final Stats | Game Notes | Quotes | Archived Blog | Photos | HighlightsTIES WITH THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT
Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops returns to coach in his home state for the first time since he left Kent State for Kansas State after the 1988 season. Stoops is a native of Youngstown, which is 274 miles northeast of Cincinnati. He attended Cardinal Mooney HS.OU offensive line coach James Patton is a native of Lafayette, Ohio, (129 miles north of Cincy). He attended Allen East HS then played collegiately at Miami (`93). He coached tight ends and H-backs at Miami in 1998.Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson was on the Miami staff from 1992-98. Oklahoma defensive backs coach Willie Martinez and Cincinnati's assistant defensive coordinator John Jancek were together on the Georgia staff from 2005-09.Former OU assistant Jonathan Hayes (1999-02) is TE coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. The roster also includes former Sooners Jermaine Gresham and Roy Williams.THE '08 OU/UC GAME
No. 4 Oklahoma led 28-20 in the third quarter then reeled off 24 unanswered points to win 52-26.
The victory was the 20th in a row at home for Oklahoma in a streak that has now grown to 33.Statistical leaders were OU QB Sam Bradford, who won the Heisman that season, and UC WR Mardy Gilyard. The two are now teammates on the St. Louis Rams. In that game, Bradford completed 29-of-38 passes for 395 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions. Gilyard caught seven passes for 119 yards. He returned five KOs for 246 yards including one for a 97-yard touchdown.Eighteen current Sooners played in that game, including DeMarco Murray, OU's leading rusher that day (15-88, 1 TD), and the team's top receiver, Ryan Broyles, who made his collegiate debut against the Bearcats. He finished with seven catches for 141 yards and one TD. That yardage total is the highest ever by an OU freshman.OU AND THE BUCKEYE STATE
This is Oklahoma's first trip to Ohio since one of the most memorable games in Sooner history. On Sept. 24, 1977, the Sooners escaped Columbus with a 29-28 victory over Ohio State. Uwe Von Schamann (OOH-va von SHAW-man), after conducting the Ohio State crowd in its attempt to distract him, made a 41-yard FG in the waning seconds to account for the winning margin. OU was ranked No. 3, the Buckeyes No. 4.
Oklahoma will be back in Ohio on Sept. 16, 2017 to meet Ohio State at Columbus. That series begins on Sept. 17, 2016 in Norman.MILESTONES
OU has 71 straight sellouts, a school record. The last 101 Oklahoma games have been on television. OU won its last 33 home games, the longest current streak in the nation. STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS
OU categories that rank among the top 25 nationally ...
Team
Passing offense: 18, 288.33
Net punting: 3, 44.93
Turnover margin: 6, +1.67
Punt return defense: 2, -0.8
Kickoff return defense: 18, 17.9
First downs: 12, 25.0/game
Individual
Total offense: Landry Jones, 24, 271.33
Receptions per game: Ryan Broyles, 2, 10.33
Receiving yards per game: Ryan Broyles, 4, 127.33
Interceptions per game: Jamell Fleming, 12, .67
Punting: Tress Way, 2, 48.67
Scoring: DeMarco Murray, 5, 14.00
All purpose yards: DeMarco Murray, 9, 178.67
THE FOES ARE GOOD EXCEPT...
Oklahoma's three opponents -- Utah State (1-2), Florida State (2-1), Air Force (2-1) -- have a combined record of 5-4. Take out the losses to OU and those three teams 5-1.
WHO NEEDS A REDSHIRT?
Twelve true frosh have played with two, DB Tony Jefferson and WR Kenny Stills, drawing starts.
NON-CONS
Bob Stoops' teams are 43-12 against non-conference opponents, 37-6 in regular season non-league games and 32-1 on Owen Field.
THE SOONERS IN PRO STADIUMS
This will be OU's 26th regular season game in a venue that also serves as the home for a pro sports team.
AMBITIOUS SCHEDULING
Oklahoma has numerous marquee non-conference opponents coming up on future schedules:
Florida State (2010), at Florida State (2011)Notre Dame (2012), at Notre Dame (2013)Tennessee (2014), at Tennessee (2015)Ohio State (2016), at Ohio State (2017) LSU (2018), at LSU (2019). Under Bob Stoops, OU has already played Louisville, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Alabama (twice), UCLA (twice), Oregon (twice), Washington (twice), South Florida, Miami (Fla.) and Cincinnati in regular season tilts.RECORD-SETTING ATTENDANCE
Oklahoma has drawn 5,633,511 fans for Bob Stoops' 71 home games (started in 1999) and all have been sold out.
The Sooners are 69-2 on Owen Field under Stoops and have won 33 straight, a school record and the nation's longest current streak. The current string of sellouts is the longest in school history, bettering a string of 69 from 1971-84. The average home attendance of 85,075 in 2008 was a school record. The top nine seasons for football attendance at Oklahoma came on Stoops' watch.The largest home crowd in school history was 85,646, on hand for the 2008 OU-Texas Tech game.Oklahoma has exceeded its listed seating capacity of 82,112 at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in 45 consecutive home games.Oklahoma has played before sellout crowds in 122 of the 149 games (home, away, neutral) since Stoops became the head coach. During that time, a total of 10,806,401 (average of 72,526) have watched the Sooners.Oklahoma Sets Attendance Records at Memorial Stadium
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Under Stoops, OU produced career leaders in passing and receiving, its No. 3 & No. 5 career rushers and season record holders in rushing, passing and receiving yards. Some 57 offensive records have been set in Stoops' tenure at Oklahoma.OU has scored in every game since Nov. 7, 1998.OU has rushed for 200 yards 44 times under Stoops, 38 in the last six years.Also under Stoops, OU has 149 touchdowns of 25+ yards and 302 scoring drives of 2:00 or less.OU is the highest scoring program in college football history. In 1,156 games, the Sooners have scored 30,974 points. Michigan has 30,012 points in 1,215 games and Nebraska 30,003 in 1,221. DEMARC-ABLE
DeMarco Murray became has become only the second player in Oklahoma history to surpass 1,000 yards in three statistical categories: He has 2,840 rushing yards, 95 receptions for 1,067 receiving yards and 1,290 return yards. His all-purpose total is 5,197. George "Buster" Rhymes (1980-84) is the only other Sooner to accomplish the feat with 1,158 rushing yards, 1,118 receiving yards and 1,237 kick return yards. Rhymes finished his career with 3,800 all-purpose yards.
For his career, Murray has 95 receptions for 1,067 yards. That yardage figure ranks No. 2 for an OU back behind 1,337 by Quentin Griffin (1999-02). Griffin also has the receptions mark for backs at 169 with Murray second. Murray leads all OU backs in TD receptions with nine.Murray's needs 70 rushing yards to crack OU's prestigious top-10 list for career rushing. Despite a pair of Heisman-winning QBs during the same era, three of the backs currently on that list played under Bob Stoops -- Adrian Peterson, Quentin Griffin and Chris Brown.RYAN'S HOPE
Ryan Broyles may the OU record book for receiving ...
The junior has 100 or more yards receiving in six straight. He had a string of five consecutive games in which he had scored a TD snapped against Air Force.He's second in the nation in receptions per game at 10.33 and No. 4 in receiving yards per game at 127.33.He set school records for receptions in a season, receptions in a game (13 vs. Stanford), receptions in a season (89) touchdown receptions in a season (15, tied) and receptions per game (6.61). His Sun Bowl effort -- 13 receptions, 156 yards, three touchdowns -- was record-setting. The TD total set an OU bowl and Sun Bowl mark. The receptions total was an OU bowl record and the second-highest total in the 76-year history of the Sun Bowl. Broyles' 24 career TD receptions is No. 3 all-time at OU.With 102 points in 2010, he became the first WR to lead OU in scoring (stats tracked for 72 seasons).
KEEPING UP WITH JONES
When Landry Jones threw of 380 yards against Florida State, it marked the fourth 300-yard game of his career (in 12 starts). He is now No. 5 in the category at OU, just one behind Sooner running backs coach Cale Gundy. Sam Bradford and Josh Heupel, Jones' position coach, hold the record jointly at 14.
Jones led the nation's freshmen quarterbacks in passing yards (3,198) and touchdown passes (26) last season. His yardage figure also was an Oklahoma freshman record, surpassing the 3,121 by Sam Bradford in 2007.Jones set a school record for touchdown passes in a game last season with six against Tulsa.The soph threw for 321 yards in the first half of the Florida State game, the second-best one-half total in school history. Sam Bradford threw for 350 yards against North Texas in 2007. Jones equaled his career best for completions against the Seminoles with 30 (out of 40).Jones has completed at least 50% of his passes in 14 of 15 career games.DIVERSIFYING THE COMPLETIONS
After completing 16-of-17 passes to wide receivers in the opener, the Sooners completed 11-of-32 to backs and tight ends in game two. Twenty-two of OU's 75 completions are to tight ends and running backs.
After not throwing a touchdown pass to a tight end all last season, the Sooners did so twice against Florida State, thus ending an uncustomary 14-game streak. James Hanna and Trent Ratterree both had their first career TD grabs against the Seminoles.THE LINE ON THE LINE
The injury problem on OU's offensive line left only eight scholarship linemen for last season's Sun Bowl, with two players appearing twice on the five-position depth chart. Only six linemen saw action in the game, including converted TE Eric Mensik in just his second game at tackle and All-America tackle Trent Williams (now the Washington Redskins' starting left tackle) playing center for the first time. It was the 10th different line combination of the 13-game season.
Entering the 2010 season, there are 16 scholarship offensive linemen on the Sooner roster with no repeats on the two-deep.The current depth chart features just two seniors and the only senior starter is Mensik at right tackle. Despite the relative youth of the line, the current two-deep includes players who have combined to play in 116 games.Two of Oklahoma's offensive linemen are converted tight ends -- T Eric Mensik and G Gabe Ikard.Eight different players have drawn a start in the line this season. LT Jarvis Jones, LG Game Ikard and RG Brian Lepak each got their first start of the season against Air Force. |
DEFENSE |
OU has forced at least one turnover in 132 of Stoops' 149 games and has at least one interception in 97 of the last 129 with multiple picks in 48 of the last 100 outings.Oklahoma has 11 shutouts under its current head coach. Opponents failed to score more than seven points 32 times and scored less than 14 in 60 games.WEAK FREAK
Weakside linebacker Travis Lewis has led Oklahoma in tackles in each of his first two seasons. His 109 last season were 21 more than any other player on the team. He leads the 2010 with 27 and his coming off his best total of the season, 13 against Air Force.
Lewis, with 280 tackles, is making a run at the prestigious career top-10 tackle list at OU. The record is held by the late Daryl Hunt at 530. The No. 10 spot belongs to Lee Roy Selmon at 335, 55 ahead of Lewis. Tracking down big names is nothing new for Lewis. As a freshman in 2007, he racked up 144 tackles to break Brian Bosworth's Oklahoma freshman record of 133.In 28 career games, Lewis has 10+ tackles 12 times.THE REAL BEAL
Defensive end Jeremy Beal looks like a candidate to become OU's first Ted Hendricks Award winner. He has four tackles for loss and two sacks.
In `09, Beal was No. 14 nationally in TFL (1.46 per game/19 total), No. 16 in sacks (0.8 per game/ 11 total).His 11 sacks last season rank No. 4 for a season at OU.Beal is the only player in school history to notch two, three-sack games in the same year. He had three each against Tulsa and Miami last season.The senior ranks No. 4 at Oklahoma for sacks in a career with 23. He is creeping up on the top-10 list for tackles for loss. He has 44, which ranks No. 6.Jeremy Beal's 2010 Video Series Q TIPS
Quinton Carter has emerged as one of the top defensive backs in the nation. The safety has 19 tackles, an interception, a deflection and a forced fumble through three games.
In 2009, he had 88 tackles, which ranked No. 2 on the team, to go with four interceptions (tied for the OU lead).Has 19 special teams tackles over the 2008 and 2009 seasons and all 19 were solo.Carter Named to AFCA Good Works TeamTAYLOR MADE
DT Adrian Taylor was out for much of the preseason recovering from a dislocated ankle suffered in the Sun Bowl. His string of 27 consecutive starts ended in the opener, but he did get snaps as a reserve (no statistics). It's worth noting that he had 37 total tackles last season, three more than NFL No. 3 overall pick Gerald McCoy, his running mate for the previous two seasons.
CORNER CONVERSATION
OU is replacing both starting corners from last season. Brian Jackson completed his eligibility while Dominique Franks came out after his junior season. Both scored touchdowns last season, Jackson on a 52-yard fumble recovery vs. Texas A&M and Franks on an 85-yard INT return at Kansas. It was one of three defensive TDs Franks scored during his career.
Jamell Fleming has started the first three games at boundary corner. He had a team-high 10 tackles, an interception and two pass deflections vs. Utah State, then had four stops, including one for loss, and another pick vs. Florida State. His 11 stops against Air Force were a career high.Demontre Hurst has started the first three games at field corner. He had one tackle and one interception, which he returned 49 yards, in the opener. He had three tackles against Florida State and another three against Air Force, including 1.5 for six yards in losses.Those two players tied for No. 3 on last year's team in special teams tackles with 9 each.The pair has combined for 46 games played at Oklahoma -- 30 by Fleming and 16 by Hurst.TAKEAWAY TRADE-OFF
Oklahoma has seven takeaways this season ... by six different players.
Only Jamell Fleming, who has an interception in each of the first two games, has more than one. Demontre Hurst, Travis Lewis and Quinton Carter also have interceptions. Jeremy Beal and Ronnell Lewis both have fumble recoveries. |
SPECIAL TEAMS |
Oklahoma's special teams under Bob Stoops ...
There have been 27 special teams touchdowns, including 21 in the last 79 regular season games. Those 21 came via five different kinds of plays -- 12 punt returns, two faked field goals, two blocked punts, four kickoff returns and a faked punt. Special teams also own one safety in that span.Oklahoma has returned eight kickoffs and 16 punts for touchdowns. The Sooners have blocked 24 kicks.MANY HAPPY RETURNS
Information on returns during the Stoops era ...
Kickoff Returns -- 95 returns of 25 yards or more with eight touchdowns. Punt Returns -- 60 returns of 15 or more yards with 16 touchdowns. Interception Returns -- 83 returns of 10 or more yards with 21 touchdowns. Fumble Returns -- six returns of 15 or more yards with eight touchdowns.PUNT RETURNS SUCCESSFUL
Oklahoma ranked No. 3 nationally last season in punt returns (16.26), a figure that also coincided with Ryan Broyles' individual ranking (15.87).
The team average was the best at Oklahoma since 1974 when the average return went for 16.4 yards. What makes the average even more impressive is the fact that OU ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 last season in punt return attempts at 43, just one behind Nebraska's 44.For the second straight year, Broyles returned a punt for a touchdown, this time an 87-yarder against Oklahoma State.When Broyles was shelved by an injury, Dominique Franks returned 11 punts for an average of 17.0.
COVER TEAM A STONE WALL
As good as Oklahoma was at returning punts, the same could not be said of the Sooner opponents. The Sooner foes ran back just 17 punts for a paltry 30 yards. That 1.76-yard average ranked No. 2 nationally.
Oklahoma was No. 5 in net punting nationally at 40.3 yards per kick.The longest punt return OU surrendered last season was 19 yards, which occurred on just one occasion. No other punt return during the season exceeded six yards.The same thing is happening in 2010. Oklahoma opponents have returned five punts for -4 yards. That ranks No. 2 in the nation. The Sooners rank No. 3 nationally in net punting at 44.93 yards.WAY GOOD AT PUNTER
P Tress Way had arguably the best season ever for an OU punter in 2009, and was just a redshirt freshman. He punted 61 times for an average of 45.7 yards with 22 of 50+ yards and 17 inside the 20.
Way's `09 average ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 and No. 3 nationally. It also was the second-best average in OU history, the best by a punter with at least 35 attempts.He averaged a school-record 58.8 yards on six punts vs. Oklahoma St., including a 74-yarder.Way, a soph, has 26 kicks of 50+ yards in his career. Jeff Ferguson (1998-01) set that OU record with 52. In 2010, he ranks No. 2 nationally with an average of 48.67 on 15 punts. Way has six of 50 or more yards and with three inside the 20 yard line.Way is also kicking off for OU. He has 19 with four touchbacks. Opponents average just 17.9 yards/ return.O'HARA, STEVENS SHARP
Patrick O'Hara handled placekicking in the first two games, making 3-4 field goals and 9-10 PATs. A muscle strain kept him out of game three, but Jimmy Stevens, who was the kicker most of last season, responded by making both field goal attempts and all three PAT tries.
NEW FACES IN KEY PLACES
The Sooners will new players handling kickoff and holding chores. Tress Way is kickoff and John Nimmo is the holder. Nimmo,a senior QB, has been a regular golf partner with Sam Bradford.
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