OU 34, KU 19 Game Notes

GAME NOTES

• With the 34-19 win over Kansas, head coach Bob Stoops now has 155 career wins, putting him three away from breaking Oklahoma's all-time record held by Barry Switzer.

• Dating back to 2004, the Sooners have won 21 consecutive games immediately following a regular season loss.

• Oklahoma is 9-0 vs. Kansas under Stoops, including a 4-0 mark in Lawrence.

• The Sooners are 15-0 in games immediately following the Red River Rivalry under Stoops, including 7-0 vs. Kansas.

• Oklahoma is 124-6 under Stoops when scoring 30+ points, including 13 straight wins and an 8-0 mark vs. Kansas.

• OU has won 30 straight games when allowing 21 points or fewer dating back to 2009.

• Oklahoma led Kansas 18-13 at halftime. The Sooners are 137-9 all-time under Bob Stoops when leading at halftime, including a 5-0 mark this season.

• The Sooners have won 38 consecutive games when leading at halftime.

• Oklahoma rushed for 235 yards, improving to 59-1 under Stoops when rushing for 200+ yards, including 31 straight wins.

• Kansas passed for only 16 yards, the lowest total allowed by OU since Arkansas threw for 13 yards in the Cotton Bowl (1/1/2002).

• The Oklahoma defense held Kansas to just one first down in the second half.

• The blocked punt by Matt Dimon was the first by Oklahoma since Corey Nelson did it against Texas A&M (11/6/10).

• The resulting safety off the blocked punt was the first recorded by OU since last year against Texas (10/13/12).

• DE Jordan Wade recorded a blocked extra point for the second week in a row. It was returned 98 yards by Aaron Colvin for a two-point defensive PAT.

• WR Durron Neal and DE P.L. Lindley both made the first starts of their respective careers.

BLAKE BELL
• QB Blake Bell threw for 131 yards on 15-25 passing with two touchdowns and one interception. It was his third career game with two or more touchdown passes.

• Bell now has eight career touchdown passes, all of which have come this season.

• Bell also rushed for 53 yards on 10 carries, including a season-long 27-yarder which surpassed a 17-yarder he had vs. TCU (10/5).

LACOLTAN BESTER
• WR Lacoltan Bester threw a 49-yard TD pass to fellow WR Sterling Shepard in the second quarter.

• It was the first TD pass by a non-QB since Mark Bradley threw a 17-yard TD pass to Mark Clayton vs. Oklahoma State (11/1/03).

• Bester was a quarterback at Kemper County High School. As a senior he completed 133-272 passes for 2,059 yards and 24 touchdowns.

STERLING SHEPARD
• WR Sterling Shepard finished with a game-high seven catches for 82 yards and two touchdowns.

• It was Shepard's second career two-touchdown game, also doing it against Tulsa (9/14/13).

JAZ REYNOLDS
• WR Jaz Reynolds caught a 16-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, his first of the season and the sixth of his career.

• His last TD reception came against Texas A&M (11/5/11).

TREY MILLARD
• FB Trey Millard finished the game with three rushes for a season-high 34 yards, including a season-long 33-yard rush in the third quarter. He also added two receptions for 11 yards.

DAMIEN WILLIAMS
• RB Damien Williams rushed 15 times for a team-high 56 yards and one touchdown. It was his third rushing touchdown of the year and 14th of his career.

CHARLES TAPPER
• DE Charles Tapper had career-high 3.0 TFL and matched his career high in both tackles (6) and sacks (2.0).

• The 3.0 tackles for loss by Tapper were the most by an OU player since Frank Alexander had 3.5 at Baylor (11/19/11).

AARON COLVIN
• DB Aaron Colvin had a team-high eight tackles, which is one off his season high of nine set last week against Texas (10/12/13). He also had 1.5 tackles for loss and one pass breakup

ERIC STRIKER
• LB Eric Striker recorded the first sack of his career in the first quarter. He finished with six tackles, one off his career high set last week against Texas (10/12/13).

P.L. LINDLEY
• DE P.L. Lindley had five tackles to establish a career high. He had recorded two tackles on three previous occasions, most recently against Texas last week (10/12/13).

Players Mentioned

Blake Bell

Blake Bell

Lacoltan Bester

Aaron Colvin

Matt Dimon

P.L. Lindley

P.L. Lindley

Trey Millard

Durron Neal

Durron Neal

Corey Nelson

Jaz Reynolds

Sterling Shepard

Eric Striker

Charles Tapper

Jordan Wade

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