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Oklahoma football: Sooners go to 7-0 for first time in 15 years

By Chip Rouse

NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 28: Quarterback Jalen Hurts #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners scrambles against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 28, 2019 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Red Raiders 55-16. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 28: Quarterback Jalen Hurts #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners scrambles against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 28, 2019 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Red Raiders 55-16. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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Just another day at the office for Jalen Hurts. The Sooner quarterback accounting for five touchdowns on Saturday in leading the Oklahoma football team to a 52-14 victory over the visitors from West Virginia.

Hurts completed 16 of 17 passes for 316 yards and rushed for 75 more, producing 391 of OU’s 560 total yards as the No. 5-ranked Sooners improved to 7-0 on the season and a perfect 4-0 in Big 12 play.

The Sooners have now beaten West Virginia (3-4, 1-3) eight straight times and have never lost to the Mountaineers as members of the Big 12. Oklahoma is the only Big 12 team West Virginia has not beaten since the Mountaineers joined the Big 12 in 2012.

Oklahoma led 28-14 at halftime. The Sooners have outscored their seven opponents by 125 points in the first two quarters this season (176-51).

Here are a dozen more notable numbers that tell the story of this game:

2 — Oklahoma did not score a touchdown in the fourth quarter in Saturday’s 52-14 win over West Virginia. That is just the second time the Sooners have not scored a touchdown in a quarter in seven games this season.

7 — The Sooners have forced a punt on its opponent’s first possession in all seven games this season.

9.5 — Average yards per play by the Oklahoma offense on Saturday.

15-1-1 — Oklahoma’s record at home all-time as the nation’s fifth-ranked team in the Associated Press Top 25.

20 — The Oklahoma defense held West Virginia to 14 points. This is the fifth time this season the Sooners have held their opponent to 20 or fewer points, including in five of the last six games.

30 — The Sooners have scored at least 30 points in 43 of their last 45 games and have won 41 of the 45.

38 — Oklahoma has won 38 of its last 40 games against teams from the Big 12.

94.1 — Jalen Hurts’ completion percentage (16 of 17) in the win over West Virginia. He is the third Oklahoma quarterback to complete at least 90 percent of his passes (minimum of 15 throws) while throwing for 300 or more yards and three touchdowns.

100 — Gabe Brkic’s kicking percentage this season (6 for 6 on field goals and 24 of 24 extra points). He kicked a 29-yard field goal and was seven-for-seven on extra-point attempts on Saturday.

127 — This was homecoming weekend at OU and marked the 127th consecutive sellout at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The Sooners have lost just 10 home games over that span.

308.5 — Jalen Hurts’ passing efficiency rating on Saturday. He has posted a rating of at least 245.0 five times this season. He is the only FBS player since 1996 to post that high a rating more than three times in a season.

500 — The Sooners posted 560 yards of offense against West Virginia. It is the 47th time in the last 61 games, dating back to the 2015 season (Lincoln Riley’s first at OU), that the Oklahoma offense has totaled 500 or more yards in a game.

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