Game Primer: OU at BYU

Saturday, November 18

Provo, Utah

11 a.m. CT

University of Oklahoma

BYU

November 16, 2023 | Football

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By: OU Athletics Communications

#14/14/13 Oklahoma

BYU

Saturday, Nov. 18 / 11 a.m. CT / LaVell Edwards Stadium / Provo, Utah

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OPENING KICK

• No. 14/14/13 Oklahoma (8-2, 5-2 Big 12) plays its first-ever game at BYU (5-5, 2-5) on Saturday when the teams meet at 11 a.m. CT/10 a.m. MT at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. The game will be televised by ESPN with Mark Jones, Louis Riddick and Quint Kessenich announcing.

• OU is in a four-way tie for second place in the Big 12 Conference with Iowa State, Kansas State and Oklahoma State. BYU is in a five-way tie for ninth with Baylor, Houston, TCU and UCF.

• The 2023 season marks Oklahoma's last as a member of the Big 12, as the Sooners will move to the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2024. BYU joined the Big 12 on July 1, 2023, along with Cincinnati, Houston and UCF.

• BYU has won the only two meetings between the programs. Saturday's game will mark the first Sooners-Cougars matchup played on either school's campus.

• Saturday's game will mark Oklahoma's first ever in the state of Utah. It will also mark the earliest known kickoff time (10:07 a.m. local) in OU history, beating the 2002 Cotton Bowl vs. Arkansas (10:10 a.m.).

• Oklahoma is the only team in the country to score 59-plus points in at least three games this season (73 vs. Arkansas State, 66 at Tulsa, 59 vs. West Virginia) and one of just two teams (USC is the other) to score 50-plus points in at least four games on the year (OU also scored 50 vs. Iowa State).

• OU has won 14 Big 12 championships in the league's first 27 years. No other program has won more than three.

• The Sooners are a league-best 174-60 (.744) in regular season Big 12 play since the conference began in 1996. The current Big 12 program with the next best winning percentage is Texas, (155-79; .662).

KEY STORYLINES

• Redshirt senior OU quarterback Dillon Gabriel has been one of the country's best quarterbacks through 10 games. His 36 touchdowns accounted for are eight more than the Big 12 player with the next most (Kansas State's Will Howard has 28) and Gabriel ranks in the top 10 nationally in a bevy of categories. The Mililani, Hawaii, product is third in points responsible for per game (21.6), fourth in total offense (340.6 ypg), seventh in passing offense (306.9 ypg) and passing efficiency rating (172.1), eighth in passing touchdowns (25) and yards per pass attempt (9.4) and ninth in completion percentage (.705; for perspective the OU single-season record is .709 by Baker Mayfield in 2016). He leads the Big 12 in all of those categories. Gabriel will face a BYU squad that ranks third in the Big 12 in interceptions (12), seventh in passing defense (233.5 ypg) and 10th in opponent completion percentage (.607).

• Gabriel is one of just two FBS players since the start of the 1996 season — the other was fellow Sooner and 2019 Heisman Trophy runner-up Jalen Hurts — to complete at least 70% of his passes through his team's first 10 games of a season while throwing for at least 25 TDs and five or fewer interceptions, and rushing for at least 300 yards and 11 TDs.

• Sixth-year receiver Drake Stoops leads the Big 12 this season with his career-high 62 receptions and nine receiving touchdowns (his previous career highs were 39 and three last season). His 692 receiving yards are fifth most in the league and also represent a career high, topping his previous high of 393 last year. Stoops' 22 receptions and four receiving TDs over the last two weeks are tied for the most nationally while his 298 receiving yards during the stretch are sixth most in the country. He is coming off back-to-back career highs in receiving yards, totaling 12 catches for 134 yards and a TD at Oklahoma State two weeks ago and 10 grabs for 164 yards and a career-high three TDs vs. West Virginia on Saturday. The 164 yards were the most by a Sooner in four seasons (CeeDee Lamb).

• Redshirt freshman receiver Nic Anderson leads the nation with his 25.7 yards per reception and is one off the Big 12 lead with his eight touchdown catches. His eight touchdowns have come on 24 receptions, giving him the nation's highest TD reception rate (33%) this season (min. 5 TD catches). He has registered four games of at least 90 receiving yards, including each of the last two weeks (92 at Oklahoma State and 119 vs. West Virginia).

• The Sooners' three highest yards-per-rush averages this season have come in the last three games (4.9 yards at Kansas, 5.5 at Oklahoma State and 5.3 vs. West Virginia). OU has rushed for 10 touchdowns over those three contests. Redshirt freshman running back Gavin Sawchuk, who has started the last four outings, rushed for consecutive career highs the last two games (111 at Oklahoma State and 135 vs. West Virginia) and averaged 7.0 yards per carry. BYU ranks 12th in the Big 12 by permitting 180.6 rushing yards per game and 13th by allowing 5.0 yards per rush.

• Oklahoma leads the nation with its 17 interceptions, its most through the first 10 contests of a season since 2000. Ten Sooners have registered at least one interception this season, also tied for the national lead. The last time more than 10 OU players notched at least one pick in a season was 1986 (11 players). Four Sooners have two or more interceptions this year (Billy Bowman four, Gentry Williams three and Kendel Dolby and Key Lawrence two each). BYU's eight interceptions thrown are seventh most in the Big 12.

• After ranking 49th nationally last year in third-down conversion percentage (.405) and 87th in third-down conversion percentage defense (.409), OU ranks in the top 15 in both categories in 2023. The Sooners have converted 64 of their 133 third downs through 10 games, good for the nation's 15th-best percentage (.481) out of 130 teams. And OU has allowed foes to convert just 43 of their 150 combined third-down tries. The .287 opponent figure has the Sooners ranked ninth in the country. BYU ranks 128th nationally in third-down conversion percentage (.271) and 112th in third-down conversion percentage defense (.447).

• The Sooners have allowed just 35 scores by opposing offenses (20 touchdowns and 15 field goals) on 125 possessions (28%) through 10 contests. Oklahoma has also permitted an offensive touchdown in just 14 of 40 quarters.

• OU ranks third in the country with its 2.1 takeaways per game and 10th with its +0.9 turnover margin per contest. The Sooners' 83 points off takeaways are tied for fourth most nationally.

• In Oklahoma's eight wins, opponents have scored three total points off the Sooners' six turnovers. In OU's two losses, opponents scored 23 points off its six turnovers (13 points by Kansas and 10 by Oklahoma State; the Sooners lost those games by five and three points, respectively).

• Four of BYU's five wins this season have come at home (4-1 record). The Cougars are averaging 26.0 points in home games compared to 17.8 points in road games. BYU has outscored its opponents 41-10 off turnovers in games in Provo.

THE OKLAHOMA-BYU SERIES

• BYU won the only two meetings against the Sooners, posting a 31-6 Copper Bowl win in Tucson, Ariz., to conclude the 1994 season and prevailing 14-13 in the 2009 season opener in Arlington, Texas.

• The Copper Bowl, which was Garry Gibbs' final game as OU head coach, saw the LaVell Edwards-coached Cougars post a 556-235 advantage in total yards behind John Walsh's 454 passing yards (he completed 31 of 45 throws for four touchdowns). OU starting quarterback Garrick McGee did not play after contracting spinal meningitis. Backup Terence Brown, who completed one of three passes in the regular season, got the start and was 13 for 30 for 163 yards. Running back Jerald Moore scored OU's only touchdown on a two-yard fourth-quarter run.

• In the 2009 matchup at new Cowboys Stadium (the game was the first regular season football game at any level played at the venue), OU quarterback Sam Bradford, who won the 2008 Heisman Trophy, was injured late in the first half and didn't return as the third-ranked Sooners dropped the one-point decision to 20th-ranked BYU. OU led 10-7 at halftime and kicked a field goal with 11:47 left in the fourth quarter to go up 13-7. But a 16-play, 78-yard BYU drive was capped by a Max Hall 7-yard touchdown pass to McKay Jacobson with 3:03 remaining that served as the game's final score and resulted in the upset. Bradford completed 10 of 14 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown (8-yarder to Ryan Broyles) before leaving the game and was replaced in the second half by true freshman Landry Jones, who was 6 of 12 for 51 yards. Chris Brown rushed for a game-high 59 yards on 14 carries while teammate and current OU running backs coach DeMarco Murray carried 10 times for 58 yards. Hall completed 26 of 38 passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns while throwing a pair of interceptions. OU held BYU to 28 rushing yards on 33 carries.

Sawchuk, Gavin vs. West Virginia

RECAPPING SATURDAY'S WIN OVER WEST VIRGINIA

• Dillon Gabriel became the first Sooner ever and first FBS player this season to account for eight touchdowns in a game as No. 17/17/16 Oklahoma rolled to a 59-20 home win over West Virginia on Saturday. Gabriel threw for five TDs and rushed for a career-high-tying three as OU scored on its first five possessions and outgained the Mountaineers by 314 yards (644-330; 8.3 yards per play to 4.6).

• OU registered nine passing plays of at least 20 yards and five rushes of at least 20 yards, both season highs.

• Sixth-year Sooner Drake Stoops posted career highs of 164 receiving yards and three receiving TDs on 10 catches. His scores came in the second half and covered 60, 9 and 9 yards. The 60-yarder was OU's longest scoring play through the air this year. His 119 yards in the third quarter set a school record for a third period.

• Gabriel's other two TD passes went to super senior tight end Austin Stogner (the 3-yarder was his first of the year) and sophomore Jayden Gibson (the 32-yarder was his third of the season).

• Redshirt freshman receiver Nic Anderson caught four passes for 119 yards. His 63-yard second-quarter catch and run was OU's longest pass play of the year.

• Behind running back Gavin Sawchuk, OU was also effective on the ground. The redshirt freshman carried 22 times for a career-high 135 yards (6.1 per rush) and registered a pair of 24-yard runs and a 30-yarder.

• West Virginia entered the game ranked seventh nationally in rushing offense (218.0 ypg), but OU held it to 176 yards (4.3 per carry).

• The Sooners were buoyed defensively by the return of midseason All-American Danny Stutsman, who missed the last game and a half due to injury. Stutsman paced OU with eight tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss.

• Junior defensive back Kendel Dolby recorded the first three quarterback hurries of his career while sixth-year safety Reggie Pearson and freshman cornerback Jacobe Johnson logged their first interceptions as Sooners.

HAVE CONFIDENCE, WILL TRAVEL

• Oklahoma has won 32 of its last 41 true road games (.780) going back to 2014, with seven of the nine losses one-score outcomes.

• OU's 2019 defeat at K-State snapped the Sooners' 22-game true road winning streak (it hadn't lost since Oct 4, 2014, at TCU), which was the second longest such streak nationally since at least the end of World War II. During the 22-game streak, OU outscored foes 1,076-626 (49-28 average) and outgained them by 3,621 yards (583-419 average).

• The Sooners have outgained their opponent in 32 of their last 41 true road games.

• OU has scored at least 30 points in 40 of its last 46 true road games (school-record 35-game streak was stopped in 2021 at Baylor). The next highest team total over its last 46 true road contests is 33 (Ohio State).

GABRIEL A TD MACHINE

• Redshirt senior quarterback Dillon Gabriel, who has started 47 of his 48 career games between UCF (2019-21) and OU (2022-23), including each of his last 47, leads all FBS players since the start of 2019 with his 120 touchdown passes despite missing 11 games during the span due to injury.

• Gabriel also ranks first nationally since the start of 2019 with his 14,269 passing yards (average of 297.3). Oregon's Bo Nix (in nine more games) is second with 13,979 (245.2 average) and Notre Dame's Sam Hartman (one more game) is third with 13,255 (270.5 average).

• Gabriel ranks 11th on the FBS career chart for passing TDs (120) and needs one more to tie former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer and former Georgia signal-caller Aaron Murray for ninth. He ranks 10th in FBS history in passing yards (14,274) and needs 333 to tie former Sooner Baker Mayfield for eighth.

• Through 10 games this season, Gabriel has accounted for 36 touchdowns. He ranks ninth nationally with his .705 completion percentage and seventh with his 172.1 pass efficiency rating, going 229 for 325 for 3,069 yards (306.9 average) and 25 TDs. He has also rushed for 337 yards and a team-high 11 TDs (the national lead among QBs is 12).

MORE ON THE OFFENSE

• Oklahoma ranks in the top 10 nationally in a multitude of categories through 10 games. It is fourth in total offense (505.4 ypg), scoring offense (41.8 ppg) and first downs per game (25.9), fifth in pass efficiency rating (174.4), seventh in completion percentage (.712) and passing offense (323.8 ypg) and eighth in yards per pass attempt (9.5).

• Quarterback Dillon Gabriel leads the Big 12 in total offense (340.6 ypg; next most is 285.6), passing offense (306.9 ypg; next most is 279.0), total touchdowns (36; next most is 28), passing TDs (25; next most is 21), completion percentage (.705), passing efficiency rating (172.1; next best is 162.1) and points responsible for per game (21.6; next most is 17.6).

• OU is one of just seven teams in the country and the only one in the Big 12 with two players with at least eight touchdown receptions each (Drake Stoops has a league-leading nine and Nic Anderson has eight).

• Two Sooners rank in the top 65 nationally in yards per catch: Anderson (No. 1 at 25.7) and Jalil Farooq (No. 65 at 16.5).

• Since Sept. 16, Anderson, a Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award semifinalist, and Stoops are tied for sixth nationally with their eight touchdown catches and amassed that total in eight games.

• Freshman quarterback Jackson Arnold was the 2022 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year at Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, enrolled at OU in January and won the backup job. All Arnold has done in his four games is complete 13 of 15 passes (86.7%) for 169 yards and two touchdowns, and run 12 times for 54 yards and one TD. He was 11 for 11 for 114 yards and a touchdown in his debut against Arkansas State and threw a 50-yard bomb to Anderson for a TD at Tulsa in week three.

MORE ON THE DEFENSE

• With 19 returning defensive letterwinners (26 total returning defensive players) and 32 total newcomers (nine transfers, 22 freshmen and one junior college transfer), the Sooners have a deeper group of players on that side of the ball in 2023.

• After ranking 98th in scoring defense (30.0 ppg) and 121st in total defense (461.0 ypg) last year, OU has improved dramatically in both categories, ranking 27th (19.8 ppg) and 68th (376.8 ypg), respectively, this season. It leads the nation in interceptions (17) and ranks second in turnovers gained (21), seventh in tackles for loss per game (7.9), ninth in third-down conversion percentage defense (.287) and 12th in pass efficiency defense rating (113.0).

• OU's 198 points allowed (19.8 average) are its fewest over the first 10 games of a season since 2015 when it gave up 197.

• The Sooners have allowed just 35 scores by opposing offenses (20 touchdowns and 15 field goals) on 125 possessions (28%) through 10 contests. OU has also allowed an offensive TD in just 14 of 40 quarters.

• Oklahoma has allowed a total of 76 points and just 1,670 total yards after halftime this season for averages of 7.6 points and 167.0 yards per second half. OU has limited two opponents (Tulsa [92] and Iowa State [82]) to fewer than 100 total yards in the second half, while West Virginia managed just 118 on Saturday.

• The Sooners have allowed just 30 points in the third quarter (one touchdown), fewest in the Big 12.

• One year after leading the Big 12 in tackles, junior linebacker Danny Stutsman ranks second this season with his 9.0 stops per game. The AP, The Athletic, CBS Sports, ESPN, FOX Sports and USA Today midseason All-American has led OU in tackles in seven of his nine games and against SMU in week two was named Walter Camp National FBS Defensive Player of the Week after logging 17 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a QB hurry and a fumble recovery. Stutsman also ranks second in the league and seventh nationally with his 1.5 TFLs per game (13.5 total) and returned an interception for a touchdown at Tulsa. He missed the second half of the Kansas game and all of the Oklahoma State game (both losses) due to injury.

• OU's lone preseason All-Big 12 selection, junior defensive end Ethan Downs has team highs of 4.5 sacks and five QB hurries (tied), and ranks second on the squad with his 6.5 tackles for loss. He also has one interception. Downs earned second-team All-Big 12 honors last season when he started all 13 games and led the team (ranked fourth in Big 12) with his 13.5 TFLs. He tied for the team lead with 4.5 sacks and paced the Sooners with nine QB hurries.

• OU signed nine defensive scholarship transfers in the offseason, six of them defensive linemen in redshirt seniors Rondell Bothroyd (Wake Forest), Trace Ford (Oklahoma State), Jacob Lacey (Notre Dame), Phil Paea (Utah State), Davon Sears (Texas State) and Da'Jon Terry (Tennessee). The sextet combined for 185 games played, 58 starts, 62 tackles for loss and 33.5 sacks. Bothroyd has started all 10 games this season, while Lacey has started nine, Terry four and Ford one.

• Defensive back Peyton Bowen, a five-star player last year at Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, has made an early impact with his 29 tackles, one sack, forced fumble, team-high-tying four pass breakups (one on fourth down late vs. SMU) and blocked punts vs. SMU and Iowa State (the latter for a safety). The midseason true freshman All-American (by On3) and Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award semifinalist is one of just four players nationally with two blocked punts this season.

• Linebacker Dasan McCullough transferred from Indiana following a stellar freshman season in 2022 and figured to see the field a lot this year, only to sustain an injury early in week one that kept him out the next two games. McCullough started five of the next six games, totaling 27 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, three pass breakups and two QB hurries, before missing the West Virginia game Saturday. He was named a freshman All-American last year by ESPN, The Athletic (second team) and College Football News (second team).

SUPER SPECIAL TEAMS

• Redshirt junior Zach Schmit, in his second year as OU's placekicker, has made all 51 of his PAT attempts and 11 of his 16 field goal tries this season. He is 108 for 108 on career PAT tries, which is the fourth-longest streak of made PATs in school history.

• Redshirt seniors Josh Plaster and Luke Elzinga split punting responsibilities the first six games, with Plaster taking the field in longer situations and Elzinga serving as the team's short-field specialist. Elzinga took over full punting responsibilities four games ago vs. UCF and has averaged 45.4 yards on his 14 kicks since then (long of 58, six inside the 20-yard line).

• OU's kickoff and punt return games have been strong through 10 games. Jalil Farooq ranks 36th nationally by averaging 21.6 yards on his 17 kickoff returns and Gavin Freeman ranks 21st by averaging 9.3 yards on his 13 punt returns. Farooq returned a kickoff 62 yards vs. Tulsa and Freeman returned a punt 82 yards for a TD vs. Arkansas State.

NOTING THE NEWBIES

• After adding 47 new players to the program last season, Oklahoma welcomed 65 newcomers for 2023, Brent Venables' second season as head coach. Forty of those 65 newcomers are scholarship players. That means 52% of OU's 2023 roster is comprised of first-year Sooners. Ninety-nine of OU's 125 players (79%) are first- or second-year Sooners, with 64 of them on scholarship. Only 26 of 116 players on OU's 2021 end-of-year roster are on the 2023 roster.

• OU hit the transfer portal with frequency in the offseason, adding 21 players for 2023 who transferred from four-year schools. Among the 16 scholarship transfers, nine are on defense and seven on offense. The 21 total transfers played in 447 collective games at their previous schools and made 214 starts.

• Forty-two first-year Sooners have seen the field this season, including 23 true freshmen.

FIRST-TEAM STARTERS

• Forty-seven players have made their first appearance in an Oklahoma uniform this season, and 22 players (14 defensive, eight offensive) have made their first OU starts this year. The first-time OU starters have been redshirt senior DE Rondell Bothroyd and super senior OL Walter Rouse (10 starts each), redshirt senior DL Jacob Lacey and sophomore LB Jaren Kanak (nine starts each), sophomore DB Gentry Williams (eight starts), junior WR Andrel Anthony (six starts), sophomore LB Dasan McCullough (five starts), redshirt senior DL Da'Jon Terry, redshirt freshman WR Nic Anderson and redshirt freshman RB Gavin Sawchuk (four starts each), redshirt senior DB Reggie Pearson, redshirt sophomore OL Troy Everett and freshman OL Cayden Green (three starts each), redshirt senior DB Justin Harrington, redshirt sophomore DB Kani Walker and freshman LB Kip Lewis (two starts each), and redshirt senior DE Trace Ford, redshirt senior OL Caleb Shaffer, junior RB Tawee Walker, sophomore DBs Kendel Dolby and Robert Spears-Jennings and freshman DB Peyton Bowen (one start each).

OU'S BIG 12 DOMINATION

• OU's 14 Big 12 titles are 11 more than the program with the next most. Baylor, Kansas State and Texas have each won three Big 12 championships and are followed by Nebraska (two) and Colorado, Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas A&M (one each). Colorado and Nebraska left the Big 12 after the 2010 season and Texas A&M departed after 2011.

• Oklahoma's win over Iowa State in the 2020 Big 12 Championship resulted in the Sooners' sixth straight Big 12 title and 14th since 2000 (no other program has won more than two during the span). For perspective, the two Power Five programs with the next most conference titles this millennium are Ohio State (11 in Big Ten) and Oregon (eight in Pac-10/Pac-12).

• Since 2010, OU has won eight Big 12 titles and is followed by Baylor (three), Kansas State (two), Oklahoma State and TCU (one each).

• Since 2000, OU has won more Big 12 championships (14) than it has lost home games (13).

• Oklahoma is the only program to win at least three straight Big 12 titles, and it has done so twice (2006-08 and 2015-20). Baylor (2013-14) is the only other program to win two Big 12 championships in a row.

• Every OU freshman class from 1999-2020 has won at least one Big 12 title and all but the 2011 and 2020-22 freshman classes have won at least two. The 2015, 2016 and 2017 freshman classes each won four Big 12 titles.

HEISMAN U

• Quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray became Oklahoma's sixth and seventh Heisman Trophy winners in 2017 and '18, respectively, moving the Sooners into a tie with Notre Dame and Ohio State for the most Heisman winners (USC now has seven as well). Other OU winners were QBs Sam Bradford (2008) and Jason White (2003), and RBs Billy Sims (1978), Steve Owens (1969) and Billy Vessels (1952).

• Quarterback Jalen Hurts was the 2019 Heisman Trophy runner-up and became Oklahoma's 11th Heisman finalist, tied with Alabama for most of any school (finalists were first named in 1982). Miami (Fla.) and Ohio State rank third with nine finalists and Florida ranks fifth with eight.

• OU boasts a nation-leading 10 Heisman finalists in the last 23 years (since 2000). Alabama ranks second with nine, Ohio State ranks third with six and Stanford is fourth with five.

• Oklahoma is the only program to ever produce five Heisman finalists in a four-year period (Hurts in 2019 [runner-up], Murray in 2018 [won], Mayfield in 2017 [won] and Mayfield [finished third] and receiver Dede Westbrook [finished fourth] in 2016). With Mayfield's and Murray's wins, OU is the only program to produce different quarterback winners in consecutive seasons.

• Oklahoma has produced four Heisman Trophy winners in the last 20 years. Only four other programs have produced four winners ever (Notre Dame, Ohio State and USC [seven each] and Alabama [four]).

• An OU quarterback finished in the top four of Heisman voting five consecutive years (Mayfield fourth in 2015, third in 2016 and first in 2017; Murray first in 2018; Hurts second in 2019).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S BEST

• During the modern era of college football (since the end of World War II), the Sooners are the nation's No. 1 team with more wins (698) than any other program (next most is 666 by Alabama).

• Oklahoma has finished in the top 5 of the AP poll a nation-leading 33 times (Ohio State is second with 30).

• OU leads all FBS programs with 50 all-time conference championships. The rest of the top five includes Nebraska (46), Michigan (44), Ohio State (39) and USC (37). The Sooners' 14 league titles since 2000 are the most among Power Five programs (Ohio State ranks second with 11).

• No program has more all-time 11-win seasons than Oklahoma's 27. And since the start of the 2000 season, OU and Ohio State have produced a nation-leading 18 campaigns of at least 10 wins.

• Since former head coach Bob Stoops arrived in Norman in 1999, OU leads the country with its 12,654 points scored, which is 625 more than second-place Boise State (12,029) and 920 more than third-place Oregon (11,734).

• OU's 80 consensus All-Americans since 1950 are the most nationally (Alabama ranks second with 75 and Ohio State third with 72). Since 2000, the Sooners have produced 30 consensus All-Americans, second only to Alabama.

• OU is the only program that has produced at least four NFL Draft picks each of the last 16 years.

EXTRA POINTS

• The Sooners are 25-7 all-time as the No. 14-ranked team in the AP poll (8-3 on the road). Oklahoma last played on the road as the AP's No. 14 team in 2015 (a 62-7 win at Kansas). OU was ranked 14th earlier this season in a 50-20 home win over Iowa State.

• OU's +82 first-quarter point differential this season (outscoring foes 126-44) is second best nationally.

• The Sooners' 55 total touchdowns lead the Big 12. That total is three more than the team with the next most (Kansas State has 52) and 11 more than the team with the third most (UCF has 44).

• OU's 21 takeaways this season are its most through the first 10 games of a season since 2010 (also had 21).

• Since the start of the 2014 season, Oklahoma leads the nation with its 5.4 yards per rush and ranks fifth nationally (second in Power Five) with its 324 rushing TDs.