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Oklahoma Sooners vs Miami Hurricanes

Sooners Dominate Miami

  Miami 13 --   Oklahoma 51

Game Time: 9/8/2007 at 11:00 AM
ABC
Location: Norman, OK
Attendance: 85,357
Opp Coach: Randy Shannon
Weather at Game Time
Temperature: 79°F
Humidity: 89%
Pressure: 29.98 in
Visibility: 10 mile(s)
Wind: SW 6 mph
Conditions: Light Drizzle

*Game notes and/or stats from soonersports.com
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot
Miami 3 7 3 0 13
Oklahoma 14 7 10 20 51
Poll Standings OU MIA
Associated Press Poll5NR
Coaches' Poll6NR

Scoring Summary

First QuarterMIAOU
OU10:40Malcolm Kelly 23 yd pass from Sam Bradford (Garrett Hartley kick)
Drive Summary: 8 plays 77 yards in 03:09
07
MIA05:26Francesco Zampogna 20 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 4 plays 6 yards in 02:10
37
OU01:37Malcolm Kelly 24 yd pass from Sam Bradford (Garrett Hartley kick)
Drive Summary: 8 plays 63 yards in 03:42
314
Second QuarterMIAOU
OU12:29Reggie Smith 61 yd fumble return (Garrett Hartley kick)321
MIA01:06Ryan Hill 6 yd pass from Kyle Wright (Francesco Zampogna kick)
Drive Summary: 18 plays 52 yards in 06:36
1021
Third QuarterMIAOU
MIA10:37Francesco Zampogna 45 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 5 plays 19 yards in 01:43
1321
OU07:22Jermaine Gresham 6 yd pass from Sam Bradford (Garrett Hartley kick)
Drive Summary: 9 plays 47 yards in 03:06
1328
OU00:36Garrett Hartley 30 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 11 plays 44 yards in 05:16
1331
Fourth QuarterMIAOU
OU11:52Malcolm Kelly 30 yd pass from Sam Bradford (Garrett Hartley kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 72 yards in 02:52
1338
OU07:41Dane Zaslaw 9 yd pass from Sam Bradford (Garrett Hartley kick failed)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 42 yards in 02:28
1344
OU02:48Adron Tennell 61 yd pass from Joey Halzle (Garrett Hartley kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 77 yards in 03:11
1351

Team Stats

  MIA OU
Total First Downs 7   25  
    Rushing 5   12  
    Passing 1   11  
    Penalties 1   2  
    3rd Down Plays 3 of 17   6 of 11  
    4th Down Plays 1 of 1   1 of 2  
Total Yards 139   411  
    Total Plays / Ave 59 - 2.4   73 - 5.6  
Rushing Yards 52   116  
    Plays / Ave 35 - 1.5   45 - 2.6  
    Fumbles / Lost 2 - 1   2 - 2  
Passing Yards 87   295  
    Catches/Attempts 11 of 24   22 of 28  
    Ave Yards 3.6   10.5  
    Interceptions Thrown 0   0  
Sacks by / Yards 1 - 8   2 - 12  
Interceptions / Yards 0 - 0   0 - 0  
Punts / Ave Yards 10 - 40.8   2 - 43  
Kickoff Returns / Yards 6 - 130   4 - 128  
Punt Retuns / Yards 2 - 24   2 - 10  
Penalties / Yards 6 - 55   6 - 36  
Time of Possession 26:46   33:14  

Player Stats

Rushing

Name Carr Yds TDs
Graig Cooper18280
Javarris James8280
Kirby Freeman5-10
Derron Thomas220
Kyle Wright2-10

Rushing

Name Carr Yds TDs
DeMarco Murray15640
Chris Brown15420
Allen Patrick7470
Mossis Madu4120
Sam Bradford2-50

Passing

Name Compl Att Yds TDs Int
Kyle Wright7146510
Kirby Freeman391700
David Srimple11500

Passing

Name Compl Att Yds TDs Int
Sam Bradford122520550
Joey Halzle226510
Manuel Johnson112500

Receiving

Name Catch Yds TDs
Darnell Jenkins3350
Ryan Hill3231
Sam Shields170
Leonard Hankerson170
Javarris James170
Calais Campebll150
Graig Cooper130

Kick Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Richard Gordon477250
Ryan Hill253340

Kick Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Juaquin Iglesias3110440
Reggie Smith118180

Punt Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Graig Cooper224120

Punt Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Reggie Smith21060

Punting

Name Kicks Ave Long Yds
Matt Bosher1040.8510

Punting

Name Kicks Ave Long Yds
Michael Cohen243450

Interceptions

Name Ints Yds Long TDs
No statistics for this category

Interceptions

Name Ints Yds Long TDs
No statistics for this category
Recap

AP Recap

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- By the time Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford threw his school record-tying fifth touchdown pass, the bad memories from past Miami games were long gone.

Malcolm Kelly caught three of Bradford's TD passes and Reggie Smith returned a fumble for a score as the No. 5 Sooners rolled over Miami 51-13 in their first meeting since the Hurricanes swept three games in the 1980s.

"That didn't matter," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. "It makes for a good story, but that's a long time ago."

Bradford completed 19-of-25 passes for 205 yards in his second career start as the Sooners (2-0) evened the all-time series at three games each. All three of Oklahoma's losses came in a three-year span when the Sooners went 33-0 against all opponents except the Hurricanes.

Stoops said he introduced his players to the rivalry's history on Monday, but after that "they're rolling their eyes. That's 20-some years ago. Most of them weren't even born."

Stoops said even he had a hard time going back that far, but he hoped the win was a lift for Sooners fans who had been "storing those hard feelings all those years."

"I can't say I thought a lot about that," said Bradford, who wasn't even two months old when the last Miami-Oklahoma game was played. "I was really trying to play for today."

Oklahoma built a 21-3 first-half lead on Bradford's touchdown passes of 23 and 24 yards to Kelly and Smith's 61-yard return of a Javarris James fumble, the third-longest fumble return in Sooners' history.

Neither starter Kirby Freeman nor backup Kyle Wright could mount enough of a comeback, and Miami (1-1) suffered its most lopsided defeat since a 66-13 loss to Syracuse on Nov. 28, 1998.

"Today wasn't a very good day for the University of Miami," said first-year coach Randy Shannon, who was a linebacker on the Miami teams of the mid-1980s. "The guys have to understand that when you come up to an opponent like the University of Oklahoma, they are a very great team and have a lot of talent just like we have a lot of talent."

Under Freeman's guidance, Miami settled for a field goal after getting a first-and-goal at the 8-yard line following Oklahoma sophomore Derek Shaw's snap over punter Michael Cohen's head. Through seven offensive drives, Freeman completed only two passes for 10 yards and Miami had only one first down.

That's when Shannon made a change.

Wright, who split starts with Freeman last season, led an 18-play, 52-yard scoring drive that was extended by a fake field goal and two pass interference penalties in the end zone. Wright finished it with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Hill to pull Miami within 21-10 before the half.

The Hurricanes had a chance to cut into the deficit even more after Chris Brown fumbled on Oklahoma's opening second-half drive, but again settled for a Francesco Zampogna field goal.

Miami finished with 139 total yards and seven first downs.

"As a team, we want to go out and win every game like everybody else does. But we think on a consistent basis, we can come out and show something to the nation and we'll take each week as a stepping stone," Sooners safety D.J. Wolfe said.

Sparked by Juaquin Iglesias' 43-yard second-half kickoff return, Oklahoma responded immediately on a shortened field and tight end Jermaine Gresham caught Bradford's third touchdown pass. Bradford and Kelly hooked up again for a 30-yard scoring strike, with Kelly making an over-the-shoulder reception, to make it 38-13 early in the fourth quarter. Kelly finished with 102 yards receiving on four catches.

Bradford then added a 9-yard TD pass to fullback Dane Zaslaw to match the school record set by 2003 Heisman winner Jason White and 2000 Heisman runner-up Josh Heupel. Last week, Bradford broke Heupel's record for yards in a half and tied White's mark with 18 straight completions.

"I'm really not surprised," Bradford said. "Knowing the guys that are out there with me, I can't explain it. It's unreal how good those guys out there are."

Following a 79-10 win against North Texas in the opener, Oklahoma is averaging 60 points per game.

"From the beginning, we've known that this offense has a lot of capability. We have a lot of potential," Bradford said. "We know if we go out there and we play hard and we play smart that we definitely have chances to be a great offense."

Wright was 7-for-14 for 65 yards. Freeman, who returned late in the third quarter, was 3-for-9 for 17 yards. James and Graig Cooper, who combined for 215 yards rushing in a 31-3 win against Marshall last week, were held to 54 yards.






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