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Oklahoma football: OU has dominated all-time series vs. UCLA

By Christopher Dukes

NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 08: Tight end Grant Calcaterra #80 of the Oklahoma Sooners is hit by defensive back Quentin Lake #37 of the UCLA Bruins at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Bruins 49-21. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 08: Tight end Grant Calcaterra #80 of the Oklahoma Sooners is hit by defensive back Quentin Lake #37 of the UCLA Bruins at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Bruins 49-21. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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2005: UCLA 41, Oklahoma 14

Coming off back-to-back BCS title games and three appearances in the previous five years, Oklahoma was due for a hangover season.

That year was 2005.

The Sooners kept pace with UCLA’s high-powered attack all the way until the fourth quarter when UCLA’s Drew Olson took over. The Bruins outscored the Sooners 21-7 in the final period to pull away for the two-touchdown victory.

Rhett Bomar looked shaky and not even the great Adrian Peterson could bail out the young Oklahoma offense. The Sooners turned the ball over four times and the Bruins held Peterson to just 58 yards on 23 carries as they loaded up the box and dared Bomar to beat them with his arm.

The 2005 Sooners team fell to 1-2 with the loss, but the 8-4 finish marked one of Stoops’ best coaching jobs as the team gained maturity down the stretch.

Fun facts:

  • Before this game the Sooners owned a perfect 2-0 record in the Rose Bowl Stadium, but haven’t won there since including a 54-48 double overtime loss to Georgia in January 2018.
  • The Sooners 8-4 record in 2005 was the worst since 1999 and one of only three times Oklahoma failed to win 10 games under Bob Stoops.
  • The Sooners were briefly ordered to vacate the 2005 season because of self-reported NCAA violations involving Bomar and center J.D. Quinn taking money from a car dealership.
  • Oklahoma successfully appealed that decision and had the season reinstated in 2008.
  • Oklahoma fell out of the polls after the loss for the first time since 1999. They would remain unranked until a 17-14 win over then-No. 6 Oregon earned them a No. 22 spot in the final poll of the year.
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