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Oklahoma Sooners vs Houston Cougars

Strong Start with New QB and a Decent D

  Houston 31 --   Oklahoma 49

Game Time: 8/31/2019 at 6:30PM
ABC
Location: Norman
Attendance: 84,534
Opp Coach: Dana Holgorsen
Weather at Game Time
Temperature: 94°F
Humidity: 44%
Pressure: 28.39 in
Visibility: 10 mile(s)
Wind: SSE 20 mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy

*Game notes and/or stats from soonersports.com
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot
Houston 0 10 7 14 31
Oklahoma 7 14 21 7 49
Poll Standings OU HOU
Associated Press Poll4NR
Coaches' Poll4NR

Scoring Summary

First QuarterHOUOU
OU12:21Jeremiah Hall 14 yd pass from Jalen Hurts (Calum Sutherland kick)
Drive Summary: 3 plays 61 yards in 01:10
07
Second QuarterHOUOU
OU14:10Jalen Hurts 1 yd run (Calum Sutherland kick)
Drive Summary: 11 plays 89 yards in 05:34
014
OU08:09CeeDee Lamb 45 yd pass from Jalen Hurts (Calum Sutherland kick)
Drive Summary: 8 plays 77 yards in 04:13
021
HOU04:58Kyle Porter 23 yd pass from D'Eriq King (Dalton Witherspoon kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 81 yards in 03:11
721
HOU00:26Dalton Witherspoon 34 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 6 plays 38 yards in 02:02
1021
Third QuarterHOUOU
OU12:38Charleston Rambo 56 yd pass from Jalen Hurts (Calum Sutherland kick)
Drive Summary: 5 plays 75 yards in 02:22
1028
OU07:47Jalen Hurts 3 yd run (Calum Sutherland kick)
Drive Summary: 5 plays 83 yards in 02:20
1035
HOU03:03Mulbah Car 7 yd run (Dalton Witherspoon kick)
Drive Summary: 12 plays 87 yards in 04:39
1735
OU00:00Jalen Hurts 1 yd run (Calum Sutherland kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 79 yards in 03:03
1742
Fourth QuarterHOUOU
HOU09:11Marquez Stevenson 4 yd pass from D'Eriq King (Dalton Witherspoon kick)
Drive Summary: 12 plays 75 yards in 03:39
2442
HOU02:11D'Eriq King 5 yd run (Dalton Witherspoon kick)
Drive Summary: 7 plays 72 yards in 01:50
3142
OU01:17Rhamondre Stevenson 21 yd run (Calum Sutherland kick)
Drive Summary: 4 plays 42 yards in 00:54
3149

Team Stats

  HOU OU
Total First Downs 25   30  
    Rushing 13   15  
    Passing 7   14  
    Penalties 5   1  
    3rd Down Plays 5 of 13   5 of 8  
    4th Down Plays 1 of 2   0 of 0  
Total Yards 408   686  
    Total Plays / Ave 69 - 5.9   61 - 11.2  
Rushing Yards 241   354  
    Plays / Ave 42 - 5.7   37 - 9.6  
    Fumbles / Lost 1 - 0   2 - 2  
Passing Yards 167   332  
    Catches/Attempts 14 of 27   20 of 24  
    Ave Yards 6.2   13.8  
    Interceptions Thrown 0   0  
Sacks by / Yards 0 - 0   3 - 11  
Interceptions / Yards 0 - 0   0 - 0  
Punts / Ave Yards 5 - 45.6   1 - 41  
Kickoff Returns / Yards 0 - 0   0 - 0  
Punt Retuns / Yards 0 - 0   3 - 26  
Penalties / Yards 6 - 48   7 - 94  
Time of Possession 31:40   28:20  
Recap

AP Recap

NORMAN (AP) – Even one of the best nights ever for an Oklahoma player wasn't good enough for Jalen Hurts.

The new Sooners quarterback passed for three touchdowns and ran for three more, and No. 4 Oklahoma rolled past Houston 49-31 on Sunday night.

It was Hurts' first game for the Sooners since he transferred from Alabama. He put on a show as his predecessor, 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray, watched. He posted 508 total yards, the fifth-most in school history.

Hurts was not impressed. And at a school that has produced back-to-back Heisman-winning quarterbacks in Baker Mayfield and Murray, nitpicking has become the norm at that position.

"We did some really good things out there tonight, but there are a lot of things we can improve on," he said. "We've got to take that next step."

Hurts started at Alabama for two years before losing the job to Tua Tagovailoa. He stayed as a backup at Alabama last season, then transferred to Oklahoma and won the starting job in preseason camp.

He looked at home in the opener - he completed 20 of 23 passes for 332, ran for 176 yards on 16 carries and helped the Sooners gain 686 total yards.

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley liked how Hurts handled the situation.

"He played good," Riley said. "There were things he could do better, but I thought he handled the moment good. You could tell out there that he'd been in it, certainly. I'm sure he had some nerves, but he did a good job managing them."

Houston coach Dana Holgorsen, who coached at West Virginia before making his Houston debut on Sunday night, said he sees no drop-off in Oklahoma's play.

"Four years ago, they were good," Holgorsen said. "A year later, they were the best offense in college football. A year later, with a new quarterback, they're the best offense in college football. A year later, with a new quarterback, they looked the same to me."

Charleston Rambo caught three passes for 105 yards and a touchdown and Trey Sermon ran for 91 yards for Oklahoma.

Oklahoma's defense was sharp too, constantly pressuring Houston quarterback D'Eriq King and limiting him to 87 yards passing in the first half. King, one of the nation's top quarterbacks last season, finished with just 167 yards passing. Though King rushed for 103 yards, Riley felt the Sooners kept him and the Cougars under control.

"I thought our defense flew around, was extremely active, extremely disruptive for the majority of the game," Riley said.

THE TAKEAWAY
Houston: The offensive and defensive lines struggled, and that decided the game. The Cougars couldn't keep the Sooners away from King early in the game. He had his moments, but he couldn't produce when Oklahoma established itself in the first half. Oklahoma's offense was only stopped when it self-destructed.

Oklahoma: The offense looked sharp with Hurts, and Riley showed he can still get results from a very different quarterback than he has used in the past. The defense was more aggressive and tackled better than in recent years in its first game under new coordinator Alex Grinch. The Sooners forced three-and-outs on Houston's first two possessions to set the tone.






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