Mayfield, Westbrook help Sooners outlast Longhorns
The Sports Xchange
Oct 8, 2016
DALLAS -- Baker Mayfield passed for 390 yards and three touchdowns -- all to Dede Westbrook -- and Samaje Perine ran for 214 yards and two scores as 20th-ranked Oklahoma outlasted Texas 45-40 on Saturday before a sun-splashed crowd at the Cotton Bowl on the State Fair Grounds of Texas.
Westbrook hauled in 10 passes for a 232 yards, the most yards ever by an Oklahoma player and most receptions ever for a Sooners player in the 111-year history of its series with Texas. Mayfield's 390 yards on 22-of-31 passing was also the most by a Sooners quarterback in the series.
With Texas trailing by just eight points with 10:34 to play, Oklahoma (3-2, 2-0 Big 12) chewed up 7:58 of the clock on a 15-play, 60-yard drive that ended with a 39-yard field goal by Austin Seibert.
The Longhorns scored quickly, taking just 51 seconds to move to D'Onta Foreman's 22-yard touchdown run that cut the lead to 45-40. A two-point conversion attempt failed, and Oklahoma corralled the ensuing on-side kick.
The Texas defense and some shoddy clock management by Oklahoma gave the Longhorns one more chance but it needed to move 90 yards in 17 seconds with no time outs, but the Longhorns couldn't produce a miracle.
The loss marked the first time in school history that Texas allowed 45 or more points in four of the first four games of a season. It was the third straight game that the Longhorns have allowed more than 500 yards of total offense.
Oct 8, 2016
DALLAS -- Baker Mayfield passed for 390 yards and three touchdowns -- all to Dede Westbrook -- and Samaje Perine ran for 214 yards and two scores as 20th-ranked Oklahoma outlasted Texas 45-40 on Saturday before a sun-splashed crowd at the Cotton Bowl on the State Fair Grounds of Texas.
Westbrook hauled in 10 passes for a 232 yards, the most yards ever by an Oklahoma player and most receptions ever for a Sooners player in the 111-year history of its series with Texas. Mayfield's 390 yards on 22-of-31 passing was also the most by a Sooners quarterback in the series.
With Texas trailing by just eight points with 10:34 to play, Oklahoma (3-2, 2-0 Big 12) chewed up 7:58 of the clock on a 15-play, 60-yard drive that ended with a 39-yard field goal by Austin Seibert.
The Longhorns scored quickly, taking just 51 seconds to move to D'Onta Foreman's 22-yard touchdown run that cut the lead to 45-40. A two-point conversion attempt failed, and Oklahoma corralled the ensuing on-side kick.
The Texas defense and some shoddy clock management by Oklahoma gave the Longhorns one more chance but it needed to move 90 yards in 17 seconds with no time outs, but the Longhorns couldn't produce a miracle.
The loss marked the first time in school history that Texas allowed 45 or more points in four of the first four games of a season. It was the third straight game that the Longhorns have allowed more than 500 yards of total offense.
