Oklahoma football: Jalen Hurts’ numbers climb as Sooners hit historic highs
By Chip Rouse
Jalen Hurts did what Jalen Hurts does and Oklahoma football did what it does — win — ringing up milestone victory No. 900 as the Sooners demolished undermanned Texas Tech 55-16 on Saturday.
Hurts passed for 413 yards and three touchdowns, 308 of that total coming in the first half as the Sooners took a 34-10 advantage into the locker room at halftime. The Alabama transfer also ran for 70 yards and collected a rushing touchdown to give him four for the day in a little over two and a half quarters of work.
With Hurts directing the offensive charge, Oklahoma scored on all six of its first-half possessions and eight of its first nine. Hurts’ 413 yards passing was a career high.
The Sooners totaled 642 yards of offense in the game, the fourth time they have exceeded 600 yards this season and the first time in school history they have done it in four straight games.
A crowd of 84,416 watched on at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on an 80-degree, overcast fall afternoon, the 126th consecutive sellout at the facility Sooner fans affectionately refer to as the Palace on the Prairie.
Here are a dozen other notable numbers that tell the story of the game:
0 — Points allowed in the first quarter by Oklahoma in its first four games. The Sooners have outscored their opponents 55-0 in the first quarter.
2 — Punts in the game by Oklahoma. The Sooners have punted just eight times in four games this season.
4 — Junior college transfer Rhamondre Stevenson has scored a touchdown in all four of the Sooners games this season.
6 — Career-high receptions by true freshman Jadon Haselwood for 59 yards. Haselwood was the No. 1 wide receiver in the 2019 class nationally and one of three five-star wide receivers in OU’s 2019 class.
8 — Consecutive wins by the Sooners against Texas Tech.
10 — Number of seasons in which Oklahoma has scored at least 38 points against Texas Tech.
13 — Third-down stops for the Oklahoma defense vs. Texas Tech on Saturday. The Red Raiders converted just one first down on third down.
30 — The Sooners have score at least 30 points in 40 of their last 42 games. They scored 29 and 28 the two times during that string that they did not reach 30 points.
35 of 37 — Wins by Oklahoma in its last 37 games against Big 12 opponents.
122 — OU redshirt sophomore Charleston Rambo had 122 receiving yards in the first quarter
185 — Junior wide receiver CeeDee Lamb recorded a career-high 185 receiving yards and three touchdowns on seven catches. His 71-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown in the second quarter was the Sooners’ longest of the 2019 season.
366 — Total yards accounted for by Jalen Hurts in the first half of the Texas Tech game, 27 shy of the all-time program high set by Baker Mayfield in the 2017 Bedlam game with Oklahoma State.