OU 34, Tennessee 10 Game Notes

GAME NOTES

• OU has won seven straight games for the first time since rattling off 11 consecutive wins (11/13/10 - 10/16/11).

• OU is 38-2 (.950) against non-conference foes at home under Stoops. OU is 46-6 (.885) in September games under Stoops.

• The Sooners are 73-3 (.961) against unranked foes at home under Stoops with wins in 44 of their last 45 such games.

• OU has won 21 consecutive games when scoring 30+ points.

• Oklahoma held its first three opponents to 17 points or less for the first time since 2009.

• Stoops is 24-7 (.774) overall against current SEC teams. Oklahoma is 107-46-8 (.689) all-time against current SEC members.

• Oklahoma owns a 13-0 home record against current members of the SEC under Bob Stoops: Alabama (1-0), Missouri (4-0), Tennessee (1-0) and Texas A&M (7-0).

• With the 24-point victory, OU has now defeated its first three opponents to open a season by 20+ points for the first time since 2008.

• With a 13-0 lead after the first quarter, OU has now outscored opponents 55-0 in the first quarter this season.

• With a 20-7 lead at the half, OU has now outscored opponents 82-10 in the first half of games this year.

• The Sooners have won 45 straight games when leading at the break (second-longest active streak in the country) and are 144-9 all-time under Stoops in such situations.

• The Sooners finished the game with 5.0 sacks after entering the contest with 4.0 on the year.

• The Sooners have forced a turnover in seven straight games and, with three Saturday, have 18 in that span.

• Juilan Wilson's 100-yard interception return for a touchdown marks the 50th defensive touchdown of the Stoops era.

TREVOR KNIGHT

• Knight completed 20-33 passes for 308 yards for his second career 300-yard game. The other came against Alabama in the 2014 Sugar Bowl. He becomes the seventh-quarterback in OU history to have multiple 300-yard games.

• Knight threw a 23-yard TD pass to Keith Ford and a five-yard TD run, marking the third time in his career that he recorded a touchdown through the air and ground in the same game.

STERLING SHEPARD

• Shepard caught five passes for 109 yards for his fifth career 100-yard receiving game. That ties Jalen Saunders for sixth most in OU history.

• With 177 receiving yards last week at Tulsa (9/6), Shepard recorded back-to-back 100-yard games for the first time in his career.

• Shepard now has 113 career receptions to move past Jermaine Gresham (111) for 14th in OU history.

• Shepard also has 1,559 receiving yards in his career to move past PJ Mills (1,520), Trent Smith (1,525) and Jalen Saunders (1,558) for 16th in OU history.

KEITH FORD

• Ford rushed for 56 yards on a career-high 15 carries and caught two passes for 35 yards.

• Ford's 23-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter was the first receiving score of his career.

• Ford added an 11-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. With multiple TD runs in each of the first two games, he has now scored at least two touchdowns in each game this year.

BLAKE BELL

• Bell's 16-yard catch in the first quarter was a career long. He finished the game with three catches for 52 yards to set career highs in receptions and receiving yards.

DURRON NEAL

• Neal caught a career-high seven passes for 71 yards. His 43-yard reception in the third quarter was a career long, surpassing a 41 yarder against Tulsa (9/14/13).

SAMAJE PERINE

• Perine made his first career start and ran for 67 yards on nine carries and made one catch for a career-high 13 yards. Perine also recorded a 31-yard run, setting a career long.

JULIAN WILSON

• Wilson returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. It's the fifth play of 100 yards in OU history and the second interception to cover 100 yards, joining Al Needs vs. Kansas State (10/27/45).

• Wilson also matched career highs in tackles (six) and passes broken up (two).

ZACK SANCHEZ

• Sanchez recorded an interception for the fourth straight game and the fifth time in the last seven games.

QUENTIN HAYES

• Hayes recorded a strip sack in the first quarter and recovered the fumble. It was the first fumble recovery of his career and his third career forced fumble (first of the season). The sack was the second of his career.

• Hayes finished with five tackles and a career-high 2.0 sacks.

DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER

• Alexander had a season-high 12 tackles, including a TFL.

JORDAN EVANS

• Evans recorded a career-high nine tackles.

JORDAN PHILLIPS

• Phillips matched career highs with four tackles and one sack and set a career high with 1.5 tackles for loss.

MATT ROMAR

• Romar recorded the first sack of his career in the second quarter.

HATARI BYRD

• Byrd forced the first fumble of his career in the first quarter.

CHUKA NDULUE

• Ndulue made five tackles, including a sack.

ERIC STRIKER

• Striker finished the game with six tackles, including 2.0 TFL.

MICHAEL HUNNICUTT

• Hunnicutt made field goals of 29 and 27 yards in the first quarter to push his streak to 12 straight makes before having a 45-yarrd attempt blocked in the fourth quarter.

• Hunnicutt has also now made a field goal in 20 straight games dating back to the Baylor contest on Nov. 10, 2012.