The No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners traveled to take on the unranked Tulsa Golden Hurricanes in a non-conference match up. The Sooners are heavy favorite sin this game and they showed why on the opening drive.
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On the first play from scrimmage, Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight hit Sterling Shepard for a 54 yard pass to get into field goal range. The second play was another Knight pass, this one going for 20 yards for Durron Neal to get to the 7-yard line. Keith Ford ran it in seven yards for the touchdown on the very next play to give the Sooners a 7-0 lead.
The Sooners defense held Tulsa to a three-and-out on the following possession, and Tulsa returned the favor for the Sooners.
On the third drive of the game for the Sooners, they marched back down the field. This time needing seven plays instead of three. The scoring play for the Sooners was a 31-yard scamper up the middle for the touchdown, giving the Sooners a 14-0 lead.
The first quarter onslaught from the Sooners continued on their next drive. This was a 12 play drive that took them 81 yards down the field, relying on smaller plays to pick up chunk of yards then long passes. The scoring drive was an interesting play. Knight through to former quarterback Blake Bell, who converted to tight end, for a three-yard touchdown pass.
The Oklahoma scoring kept coming on their next possession. This one they marched down the field in six plays to get within field goal range. A pass to the corner of the end zone to Shepard seemed like it was going to be caught for yet another touchdown. Shepard wasn’t able to hang on as Tulsa’s Austin McDaniel defended the play. That left the Sooners with fourth and four at the 21 yard line and they opted for the field goal to extend the lead to 24-0.
It looked like the Sooner defense was going to get a score for the team. A fumble from Tulsa quarterback Dane Evans, with the Hurricanes within 10 yards of the Sooners’ end zone, was recovered by Jordan Phillips who took it to the house.
A personal foul call on Chuka Ndulue negated that run though.
It didn’t matter though, Sooners running back Alex Ross took a carry 82 yards for the score on the very next play. That gave the Sooners a commanding 31-0 lead at halftime.
The second half got off to a better start for Tulsa. They marched down the field and got within a few yards again. This time they didn’t turn over the ball and were able to punch it into the end zone with a short four-yard pass from Evans to Keevan Lucas. He had to fight his way across the goal line to score.
Oklahoma followed up by scoring a touchdown on their first drive of the second half. The scoring play was another Keith Ford run, who opened the first half with an Oklahoma score. This one was a longer 23 yard run up the middle.
On the next Tulsa possession, things got worse for them. On the third play of the drive, Evans through an interception to Geneo Grissom. He reutrned it 38 yards for the touchdown.
On the first play of the fourth quarter Knight and Shepard connected again for a 15 yard touchdown. The Sooners had been downed on their own one-yard line and drove 99 yards down the field to score and extend the lead to 52-7.
The two teams pretty much just played out the rest of the game and that scoreline held till the end, with the Sooners returning to Norman with a 52-7 win.