Oklahoma Sooners Official Athletic Site - Football Sooners Head North for Iowa State Sooners Digging the Long Ball
OU has 70 plays, offense and defense, of 20 yards or longer (not including special teams) ...
• Plays of 20-29 Yards -- 31 plays (three rushes, 13 passes) and seven touchdowns.
• Plays of 30-39 Yards -- 18 plays (three rushes, five passes) and five touchdowns
• Plays of 40+ Yards -- 21 plays (six rushes, nine passes) and 11 touchdowns.
Notes: Four Sooners have a rush of 41 yards or longer ... OU has a 53-yard FG from Garrett Hartley ... OU’s opponents have 16 plays (14 passes) of 20+ yards ... OU’s longest play was a 92-yard touchdown run by DeMarco Murray vs. Utah State ... he also had an 81-yard kickoff return at Tulsa.
Miscellany
• Oklahoma has scored in 26 of 28 quarters this season. The exceptions were the fourth quarters against Utah State and Colorado.
• Oklahoma opponents are 2-of-21 on third down in the fourth quarter.
• Oklahoma has had a 100-yard receiver in five of seven games this season.
• DeMarco Murray and Allen Patrick both have 100-yard rushing games this season. It marks the fifth consecutive season that more than one tailback achieved the feat in the same year. Those two average 6.3 and 6.1 yards per carry, respectively.
• OU has four, one-play scoring drives. Three of those plays were rushes and the shortest, a rush, was 17 yards.
• OU has two, 90-yard scoring drives: 96 against Utah State and 94 against Texas.
• OU opponents are 33-of-110 on third down for 30.0%. OU is 45-of-89 for 50.6%.
• OU ran between 67 and 73 (73 three times) plays in its six wins, 46 in its loss.
• Rushing -- OU 276 attempts for 1,415 yards (5.1/carry); opponents 241 for 456 (1.9/carry).
• Oklahoma has 12 turnovers as opposed to 18 by the opponents. OU scored 83 points (8 TD, 1 FG) off the turnovers, the opponents have 44 (5 TD, 3 FG).
