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Oklahoma Sooners vs Kansas Jayhawks

OU Defeats Kansas in Record Setting Game

  Kansas 31 --   Oklahoma 45

Game Time: 10/18/2008 at 2:30 PM
ABC
Location: Norman
Attendance: 85,241
Opp Coach: Mark Mangino
Weather at Game Time
Temperature: 73°F
Humidity: 33%
Pressure: 30.26 in
Visibility: 10 mile(s)
Wind: Calm mph
Conditions: Clear

*Game notes and/or stats from soonersports.com
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot
Kansas 7 10 7 7 31
Oklahoma 7 17 14 7 45
Poll Standings OU KU
Associated Press Poll416
Coaches' Poll615
Harris Poll416

Scoring Summary

First QuarterKUOU
OU05:36Matt Clapp 12 yd pass from Sam Bradford (Jimmy Stevens kick)
Drive Summary: 10 plays 84 yards in 03:03
07
KU03:54Jocques Crawford 2 yd run (Jacob Branstetter kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 57 yards in 01:34
77
Second QuarterKUOU
OU14:46DeMarco Murray 3 yd run (Jimmy Stevens kick)
Drive Summary: 10 plays 79 yards in 03:53
714
KU05:16Jacob Branstetter 23 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 6 plays 50 yards in 01:55
1014
OU03:00Chris Brown 14 yd run (Jimmy Stevens kick)
Drive Summary: 9 plays 69 yards in 02:11
1021
KU02:35Dezmon Briscoe 69 yd pass from Todd Reesing (Jacob Branstetter kick)
Drive Summary: 2 plays 80 yards in 00:25
1721
OU00:04Jimmy Stevens 19 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 8 plays 78 yards in 02:18
1728
Third QuarterKUOU
OU13:13Jermaine Gresham 6 yd pass from Sam Bradford (Jimmy Stevens kick)
Drive Summary: 3 plays 53 yards in 00:45
1731
KU11:21Jake Sharp 17 yd run (Jacob Branstetter kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 80 yards in 01:52
2431
OU06:14DeMarco Murray 7 yd run (Jimmy Stevens kick)
Drive Summary: 4 plays 58 yards in 01:03
2438
Fourth QuarterKUOU
OU12:02Kolby Smith 2 yd pass from Sam Bradford (Jimmy Stevens kick)
Drive Summary: 7 plays 60 yards in 02:32
2445
KU00:58Dezmon Briscoe 17 yd pass from Todd Reesing (Jacob Branstetter kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 75 yards in 01:41
3145

Team Stats

  KU OU
Total First Downs 26   36  
    Rushing 12   12  
    Passing 14   21  
    Penalties 0   3  
    3rd Down Plays 2 of 12   7 of 16  
    4th Down Plays 0 of 0   0 of 1  
Total Yards 491   674  
    Total Plays / Ave 72 - 6.8   97 - 6.9  
Rushing Yards 134   206  
    Plays / Ave 30 - 4.5   44 - 4.7  
    Fumbles / Lost 2 - 0   2 - 0  
Passing Yards 357   468  
    Catches/Attempts 25 of 42   36 of 53  
    Ave Yards 8.5   8.8  
    Interceptions Thrown 2   0  
Sacks by / Yards 0 - 0   5 - 33  
Interceptions / Yards 0 - 0   2 - 11  
Punts / Ave Yards 8 - 48.1   5 - 37.2  
Kickoff Returns / Yards 5 - 111   5 - 102  
Punt Retuns / Yards 0 - 0   4 - 34  
Penalties / Yards 7 - 62   6 - 50  
Time of Possession 25:47   34:13  

Player Stats

Rushing

Name Carr Yds TDs
Todd Reesing1390
Jake Sharp121031
Jocques Crawford491
Dezmon Briscoe1130

Rushing

Passing

Name Compl Att Yds TDs Int
Todd Reesing244134222
Kerry Meier111500

Passing

Name Compl Att Yds TDs Int
Sam Bradford265346830

Receiving

Name Catch Yds TDs
Dezmon Briscoe122692
Kerry Meier4240
Angus Quigley3220
Dexton Fields2170
Jake Sharp270
Johnathan Wilson1130
Jocques Crawford150

Kick Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Jocques Crawford377420
Darrel Stuckey234170

Kick Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
DeMarco Murray473230
Juaquin Iglesias129290

Punt Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
No statistics for this category

Punt Returns

Name Ret Yds Long TDs
Ryan Broyles326120
Dominique Franks1880

Punting

Name Kicks Ave Long Yds
Alonso Rojas841.8590

Punting

Name Kicks Ave Long Yds
Mike Knall537.2400

Interceptions

Name Ints Yds Long TDs
No statistics for this category

Interceptions

Name Ints Yds Long TDs
Lendy Holmes211110
Recap

AP Recap

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Sam Bradford passed for an Oklahoma-record 468 yards and had three touchdowns passes to help the No. 4 Sooners bounce back from their first loss by beating No. 16 Kansas 45-31 on Saturday.

The Sooners (6-1, 2-1 Big 12) started pulling away in the third quarter to keep themselves right in the thick of the national championship chase after losing their No. 1 ranking to Texas in last week's Red River Rivalry loss.

DeMarco Murray scored his second touchdown of the game on an 8-yard run in the third quarter, and Bradford found third-string tight end Kolby Smith for a 2-yard touchdown pass as Oklahoma stretched its lead to 45-24 with 12:02 to play.

Despite losing top receiver Manuel Johnson to a first-quarter arm injury, Bradford cleared the Oklahoma record of 429 yards set by Josh Heupel in 1999 against Louisville.

Todd Reesing was able to keep the Jayhawks (5-2, 2-1) in the game by dodging pressure to make plays, but the Sooners eventually got to him. Once Kansas got within 31-24, Oklahoma sacked him on three of the next four drives in forcing four straight punts.

Before that, it was all about offense. The teams combined for more than 1,000 yards through three quarters as Oklahoma got its ground game back going against the nation's 11th-best run defense but couldn't slow down the Jayhawks with a mixed-up lineup following middle linebacker Ryan Reynolds' season-ending knee injury.

Nic Harris moved from safety back to linebacker to fill in, while Quinton Carter made his first career start at safety.

The changes looked shaky at first, as Reesing and Dezmon Briscoe hooked up nine times for 193 yards and a touchdown in the first half. Cornerback Brian Jackson fell down after jamming Briscoe at the line on his 69-yard TD catch, but Briscoe had little trouble even when his defenders were standing.

Oklahoma kept up as Juaquin Iglesias broke school records with 10 receptions for 178 yards in the first half. Bradford threw his first scoring pass to Matt Clapp from 12 yards out, and Murray and Chris Brown each ran for scores as the Sooners built up a 21-10 lead. After being held to less than 50 yards in two of their last three games, Oklahoma piled up 206 yards rushing in a 674-yard overall performance.

Briscoe scored 25 seconds later on his long catch, and the Jayhawks had another answer when Jake Sharp went untouched on a 17-yard TD run up the middle to respond to Bradford's 6-yard scoring pass to Jermaine Gresham early in the third quarter.

Then, Oklahoma's defense came alive to prevent a repeat performance of Texas' Colt McCoy successful scramble drills a week earlier.

Jeremy Beal got the first hand on Reesing, knocking the ball free to force a long third down on the Jayhawks' ensuing possession, and two of the next three drives ended after Gerald McCoy and Auston English sacked Reesing on third-down plays.

That allowed Bradford and the offense to create some breathing room. Bradford ended up completing 36 of his career-high 53 attempts without an interception.

Reesing broke the school records for completions and total offense in a career that both had been set by Frank Seuer. He was 24-for-41 for 342 yards with two touchdown and his first two-interception game since the Jayhawks' loss to Missouri in the regular-season finale last year. Briscoe finished with 12 catches for 269 yards, breaking the school record of 221 yards receiving set by Quintin Smith against Louisville in 1989.

He had a 47-yard reception on Kansas' final drive that was originally ruled a touchdown, and then came back to catch a 17-yard TD pass.

Oklahoma won its 21st straight home game, matching the second-longest streak in school history -- a run that occurred during Barry Switzer's back-to-back national championship seasons in 1974 and 1975. The only longer streak was a 25-game span that was part of Oklahoma's NCAA-record 47-game win streak under Bud Wilkinson in the 1950s.






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