Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. Baylor

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November 8 | 11 a.m. | Norman

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Sooners Seek to Avenge 2013 Loss at Baylor, Register 12th Straight Home Victory vs. Bears

- Oklahoma posted a 59-14 win at ISU (11/1), while Baylor is coming off a 60-14 victory vs. Kansas (11/1).

- The Sooners are 21-2 all-time vs. the Bears, including a 13-2 mark under Bob Stoops. OU is 11-0 vs. Baylor at Owen Field.

- OU's .913 win pct. vs. Baylor is its second-best among current Big 12 foes, trailing only a 72-5-2 (.918) mark vs. ISU.

- Oklahoma is 16-3 (.842) vs. AP Top 25 teams at home under Stoops. Baylor is 0-11 on the road vs. AP Top 25 foes under Art Briles.

- OU is 4-0 at home under Stoops vs. Big 12 foes ranked in the AP Top 10 with its most recent win coming vs. No. 10 Texas Tech (10/26/13).

- An OU win on Saturday would give both the Sooners and Bears identical 18-4 (.818) records since the start of the 2013 season.

- Both teams are 3-1 vs. common foes in 2014 with wins vs. ISU and Texas. OU won by a 45-33 margin at WVU (9/30) and lost a 37-33 decision at TCU. Baylor lost 41-27 at WVU (10/18) and registered a 61-58 comeback victory vs. TCU (10/11).

Sooners Seek to Extend Streak of 30-Point Games to 13

- The Sooners are 83-0 in regular season games under Stoops when scoring 40+ points, including an 8-0 mark vs. Baylor.

- Baylor is 0-9 on the road against Big 12 foes under Briles when permitting 40 points or more.

- Oklahoma has held 12 straight foes under 40 points (allowing 22.5 ppg) following a 41-12 loss at Baylor (11/7/13).

- Baylor is 39-3 (.929) when posting 40+ points under Briles. All three losses have come away from Waco.

- OU has scored 30+ points in 12 straight games. The Sooners are 43-2 (.956) at home vs. Big 12 foes when scoring 30+ points.

- Oklahoma and TCU are the only two Big 12 teams to score at least 30 points in every game in 2014.

- Baylor has allowed 30 points or more in 30 of its 33 losses under Briles, allowing an average of 41.4 ppg in those 33 contests.

OU Has Won 22 Straight November Home Games; Knight, Petty Lead Prolific Passing Attacks

- Oklahoma is 27-1 (.964) at home in Nov. under Stoops (22 straight wins). Baylor is 2-6 (.250) in Nov. road games under Briles.

- Since Briles arrived at BU in 2008, Oklahoma is 36-3 (.923) in games with 500+ yards of total offense, while Baylor is 38-7 (.844).

- OU's two losses have been by a combined five points, while Baylor's lone loss was a 13-point decision at WVU (10/16).

- QB Trevor Knight owns four career 300-yard passing games, and he ran for a career-high 146 yards and three TDs at ISU (11/1/14).

- Knight and Notre Dame QB Everett Golson are the only FBS QBs with three rushing TDs and three TD passes in the same game in 2014.

- OU (231.8 ypg) and RB Samaje Perine (95.9 ypg) both rank second in the Big 12 in rushing. Perine has a league-high 11 rushing TDs.

- BU (241.2 ypg) and RB Shock Linwood (97.1 ypg) lead the Big 12 in rushing. Linwood is tied for second in the Big 12 with 10 rushing TDs.

- Oklahoma and Baylor are the only two Big 12 teams that haven't permitted an individual 100-yard rusher in 2014.

ATTENDING THE GAME

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Shepard Shines for OU

WR Sterling Shepard leads the Big 12 and is third among FBS players, averaging 119.6 receiving ypg. Shepard has registered two of the top five single-game receiving yardage games in OU history this season. He is 43 yards shy of his first 1,000-yard receiving campaign. Shepard has accounted for 45.5% (957 of 2,103) of Oklahoma's receiving yards and all five of the team's individual 100-yard this season. He owns a team-high 17 receptions of 20+ yards.

2014 FBS LEADERS, REC. YARDS, GAME
Yds./Game	Player (Team)	Rec./Yds./TDs
1. 142.2	Rashard Higgins (Colorado State)	67/1280/13
2. 141.5	Amari Cooper (Alabama)	71/1132/9
3. 119.6	Sterling Shepard (Oklahoma)	50/957/5

Triple Your Pleasure

Oklahoma registered three individual 100-yard rushers for the first time in the Stoops era as part of a 510-yard rushing effort at Iowa State (11/1).


Att.-Yards (Avg.)	TDs	Player
16-146 (9.1)	3	QB Trevor Knight
13-144 (11.1)	0	RB Alex Ross
12-110 (6.5)	1	RB Samaje Perine

Ross is the Boss

Alex Ross is seeking to become the first OU player to produce three KO return TDs in a season. He is second in the FBS KO return average.

2014 FBS LEADERS, KO RETURN AVG.
Rank	Avg.	Ret./Yds./TDs	Player (School)
1.	36.9	10/369/2	Trevor Davis (Cal)
2.	34.7	14/456/2	Alex Ross (Oklahoma)
3.	33.7	16/539/2	JJ Nelson (UAB)

751 is Totally Offensive

Oklahoma posted 751 yards of total offense at Iowa State (11/1), the fourth-best single-game total in school history.

Oklahoma Record Book - Total Yards, Game
Rank	Total	Opponent	Date
1.	875	at Colorado	10/4/80
2.	829	Kansas State	10/15/88
3.	785	at Kansas State	10/23/71
4.	751	at Iowa State	11/1/14

3x3 = 9 (or 14)

With three TD runs and three TD passes at Iowa State, QB Trevor Knight (#9) joined co-offensive coordinator and former OU QB Josh Heupel (#14) as the only players in school history to accomplish the rare feat. Heupel did it in a 50-13 win vs. No. 13 Texas A&M (10/23/99).

hunnicutt in top 10

Oklahoma senior K Michael Hunnicutt (423) is tied for ninth on the FBS all-time scoring chart with K Roman Anderson (423). He needs three more points to bypass K Kevin Kelly (425) for eighth and 11 more to overtake K Art Carmody (433) for seventh.

OU is best with halftime lead

Oklahoma's 47-game active winning streak when leading at halftime, including a 4-0 mark in 2014, leads the nation. The Sooners have never trailed Baylor at the half in Norman.

Games	Team	2014 1st Half Scoring
1. 47	Oklahoma	+100 (199-99)
2. 45	Kansas State	+86 (165-79)
3. 28	Mississippi St.	+105 (174-69)

The 500-yard BARRIER

OU is coming off a 510-yard rushing performance at Iowa State (11/1), the best total during the Stoops era and the 11th time under Stoops the Sooners have run for 300+ yards. Oklahoma has won 37 consecutive games when rushing for 200 or more net yards since 2006. OU is 65-1 (3-0 in 2014, 5-0 vs. Baylor) under Stoops when hitting that plateau. OU was held to 87 net rushing yards last time against Baylor (11/7/13).

Stat of the week, part I

Oklahoma has won 11 straight rematch games against squads that defeated the Sooners the prior season. OU would run that streak to 12 victories should they avenge a 2013 loss at Baylor. Oklahoma is a perfect 11-0 all-time at home against Baylor, including a 7-0 mark under Bob Stoops. In those seven wins, OU has outscored the Bears by an average margin of 39.9-17.4 ppg (279-122).

Stat of the week, part II

K Michael Hunnicutt is the Big 12's career leader with 72 made FGs, the most of any active FBS player. He is also OU's all-time leading scorer with 423 career points.