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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, September 11
Norman
6:00 PM
University of Oklahoma
2-0 , 0-0
76
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Western Carolina
0-2 , 0-0
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2nd
3rd
4th
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Oklahoma
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Photo by: Ty Russell
Sooners Shut Out Catamounts, 76-0
September 11, 2021 | Football
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Rattler threw five touchdown passes, and No. 4 Oklahoma rolled past Western Carolina 76-0 on Saturday night.
Oklahoma matched its fifth-highest point total in school history. The Sooners led 62-0 after three quarters, and the fourth quarter was shortened to 12 minutes.
Rattler completed 20 of 26 passes for 243 yards before resting in the second half of Oklahoma's 10th straight victory. He joined Jason White as the only Sooners to pass for five touchdowns in a half. Jadon Haselwood caught two touchdown passes and Jaden Knowles had 102 yards from scrimmage and ran for two touchdowns for the Sooners (2-0).
Oklahoma's Gabe Brkic kicked a 56-yard field goal in the first half, his fourth of 50 or more yards in the first two games. The Sooners gained 624 yards and looked sharper after holding off Tulane 40-35 in its opener a week earlier.
"I say this week we emphasized a lot of energy and playing four quarters, and I feel like we did that tonight," Haselwood said. "That was like the goal all week. In every speech we got, in every meeting, it was playing four quarters and I feel like we did that 100 percent tonight."
Rogan Wells completed 16 of 29 passes for 86 yards for Western Carolina (0-2), a Championship Subdivision program that fell to 0-60 all time against Bowl Subdivision teams.
"Well, we wanted to have some success early," Western Carolina coach Kerwin Bell said. "When you go in a game like this, you got to have some success and then you can sort of stay in a little bit and not get the margin so wide. But ... Rogan missed two or three throws on crucial downs. We dropped four or five balls."
Oklahoma held the Catamounts 178 yards, including 55 rushing. The Sooners earned their first shutout since last September's victory over Missouri State.
Bell said the trip was worth it, and it was all about learning about his team.
"It don't matter if we lost 76-nothing or 48 to 20," he said. "We would have been happier (if it was closer), but we wanted to go out and run our offense."
ERIC GRAY
The transfer from Tennessee got loose after struggling to find his way against Tulane. He led the way with 74 yards on nine carries and scored his first touchdown as a Sooner on a 20-yard pass from Rattler.
FRESHMAN SHINES
Oklahoma freshman Danny Stutsman, a second-string linebacker, led the Sooners with eight tackles, including seven solo stops.
THE TAKEAWAY
Western Carolina: The Catamounts were overmatched and were never in the game. Oklahoma led 17-0 at the end of the first quarter and 45-0 at halftime.
Oklahoma: The Sooners got more out of their running game this week, posting 277 yards on 38 attempts.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Sooners could move up a spot because No. 3 Ohio State lost at home to No. 12 Oregon.
UP NEXT
Western Carolina hosts Samford on Saturday.
Oklahoma hosts former Big 8 and Big 12 rival Nebraska on Saturday.
Team Stats
WCU
OKL
Total Yards
178
624
Pass Yards
123
347
Rushing Yards
55
277
Penalty Yards
30
61
1st Downs
11
31
3rd Downs
3
8
4th Downs
1
1
TOP
27:01
32:59
1st Quarter
WCU 0, OKL 7
OKL - Haselwood,Jadon 7 yd pass from Rattler,Spencer (Brkic,Gabe kick) 8 plays, 70 yards, TOP 02:17
WCU 0, OKL 10
OKL - Brkic,Gabe 56 yd field goal 5 plays, 33 yards, TOP 01:44
WCU 0, OKL 17
OKL - Gray,Eric 20 yd pass from Rattler,Spencer (Brkic,Gabe kick) 3 plays, 58 yards, TOP 00:57
2nd Quarter
WCU 0, OKL 24
OKL - Brooks,Kennedy 1 yd run (Brkic,Gabe kick), 10 plays, 65 yards, TOP 03:19
WCU 0, OKL 31
OKL - Woods,Mike 4 yd pass from Rattler,Spencer (Brkic,Gabe kick) 4 plays, 31 yards, TOP 01:04
WCU 0, OKL 38
OKL - Williams,Mario 10 yd pass from Rattler,Spencer (Brkic,Gabe kick) 10 plays, 78 yards, TOP 03:28
WCU 0, OKL 45
OKL - Haselwood,Jadon 6 yd pass from Rattler,Spencer (Brkic,Gabe kick) 7 plays, 60 yards, TOP 02:56
3rd Quarter
WCU 0, OKL 52
OKL - Knowles,Jaden 1 yd run (Schmit,Zach kick), 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:08
WCU 0, OKL 55
OKL - Schmit,Zach 46 yd field goal 5 plays, 10 yards, TOP 02:15
WCU 0, OKL 62
OKL - Knowles,Jaden 29 yd run (Schmit,Zach kick), 2 plays, 50 yards, TOP 00:56
4th Quarter
WCU 0, OKL 69
OKL - Hudson,Todd 6 yd run (Schmit,Zach kick), 6 plays, 73 yards, TOP 06:11
WCU 0, OKL 76
OKL - Hudson,Todd 2 yd run (Schmit,Zach kick), 6 plays, 25 yards, TOP 03:14
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
20
TD
5
YDS
243
INT
0
CMP
5
TD
0
YDS
84
INT
0
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