Oklahoma football: Five best Sooner games of the decade
By Chip Rouse
No. 3 — Oklahoma at Baylor, Nov. 16, 2019
This was the game of the year in the 2019 Big 12 regular season, No. 10 Oklahoma against an underrated and very good Baylor team that had worked its way up to No. 12 in the rankings and that many believed was going to end the Sooners string of four consecutive Big 12 championships.
Baylor was undefeated at 9-0 coming into the game and one of just four remaining undefeated teams in the country. And the way things looked at the start of this game, it appeared the Bears would stay that way.
The Sooners ran into a buzz saw to start the game. Baylor built a 28-3 lead just four minutes into the second quarter, and the game was quickly shaping up as if it were going to be rout by the home team.
Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer had completed 18 of 29 passes for 194 yards to this point. He had thrown two touchdowns to Denzel Mims and run for a couple himself, and the Sooner defense had no answer.
Baylor led 31-10 going into the locker room at halftime. But a funny thing happed during the intermission. A different Oklahoma team showed up in the second half.
The Sooners controlled the clock and the game over the final 30 minutes, scoring 24 unanswered points while holding the Baylor offense to just 16 plays total, 69 yards and four first downs. In the second half alone, Oklahoma ran 58 plays on offense, produced 368 yards and 22 first downs.
The Sooners tied the game at 31 with 5:25 to go in the fourth quarter on a two-yard touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts to Brayden Willis. Following a Baylor three-and-out, Oklahoma took over and drove 59 yards to the Baylor 14-yard line. Gabe Brkic kicked the game-winning field goal from 31 yards away, giving the Sooners their first lead in the game, 34-31, with 1:45 to go.
That’s the way things ended as the Sooners overcame a 25-point deficit to record the largest comeback victory in program history and knock Baylor from the unbeaten ranks.