Oklahoma-Ohio State by the numbers
By Chip Rouse
The Oklahoma-Ohio State showdown a year ago in Norman produced a combined 69 points, with the Sooners on the short end by 21 points.
This year’s rematch in Columbus flipped the switch, as the Sooners scored 31 of the 47 points scored in the game and stunned 109,000 mostly Buckeye fans in attendance, not to mention the vast majority of college football experts who predicted an Ohio State victory.
Senior quarterback Baker Mayfield has never lost in 10 true road games as the Oklahoma starting quarterback. His completion percentage in those 10 road victories is 71 percent, throwing for 3,004 yards and 35 touchdowns with just five interceptions. Overall, the former walk-on from near Austin, Texas, is 24-4 as the starting quarterback for Oklahoma.
Mayfield’s 386 passing yards in the Sooners impressive win over Ohio State represented a career best against a top-25 opponent. His three touchdown passes against the Buckeyes moved him into third place in Sooner football history with 82 total.
Here are some more notable numbers — a baker’s dozen to be precise — from Oklahoma’s eye-popping takedown of the country’s No. 2 team on Saturday:
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0 — Number of home wins in the four games all-time between Oklahoma and Ohio State.
1 — Punts by Oklahoma in the win over Ohio State.
1 — Number of offensive possessions in which the Sooners did not cross the 50-yard line into Ohio State territory.
2 — Oklahoma is the only team to defeat two Associated Press No. 2 teams on the road in this century (No. 2 Kansas State in 2000 and No. 2 Ohio State in 2017).
9 — Sooner senior Dimitri Flowers caught a career-high seven passes in the win over Ohio State, one for a 36-yard touchdown. That touchdown reception was the ninth of his career, tying him with Joe Mixon for the second most by an Oklahoma running back.
12 — Consecutive Oklahoma wins dating back to last season following a 45-24 loss to Ohio State.
15-2 — Oklahoma’s record since 2009 against teams they lost to the previous season.
22-9 — Oklahoma’s record when appearing in games with ESPN’s “College GameDay” on site.
34 — Total rushing yards by Ohio State in the first half against Oklahoma.
62 — Rushing yards by Sooner true freshman Trey Sermon, a career high in just his second college game. He also made his first two college receptions and scored his first career touchdown in the game.
123-44 — Combined score in OU’s three victories all-time (without a loss) as the AP No. 5 team playing the No. 2 team.
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167 — Total offensive yards contributed by OU freshmen Trey Sermon, CeeDee Lamb and Grant Calcaterra.
109,088 — Attendance figure at Ohio Stadium (The Horseshoe) for the OU-Ohio State game, the largest to ever watch a Sooner football game.