Oklahoma football numbers from another Bedlam win
By Chip Rouse
The more things change the more they stay the same. Especially when you’re talking about the Oklahoma football rivalry with Oklahoma State.
On Saturday, before a downsized but vocal home crowd and a primetime national television audience, did what they generally have done in 115 meetings with in-state rival Oklahoma State: Win.
The Sooners didn’t just win this game, they took control from the very start, taking a 21-0 lead in the first nine minutes and cruising to a decisive 41-13 victory over the 14th ranked Cowboys.
It was Oklahoma’s sixth straight win in the rivalry series known as Bedlam, and the 16th in the last 18 games. The Sooners improved their overall record against Oklahoma State to 90-18-7. That is the most wins OU has against any opponent.
Here are a dozen other compelling numbers that help tell the story of the game:
2 — Wide receiver Theo Wease has two touchdown catches for the Sooners, his first two of the season.
4 — Saturday night was the fourth time the Sooners have scored 21 points in the first quarter against Oklahoma State and the first since 1988.
10 — The Sooners had nearly a 10-minute time of possession advantage in the game (34:52 to 25:08).
13 — Oklahoma State’s 13 points was the fewest in the OU-OSU series since a 27-0 Oklahoma victory in 2007.
33 — Oklahoma has scored at least 33 points in the last nine games with Oklahoma State.
35 — Oklahoma State quarterbacks had 35 incomplete passes in the game (15 of 40).
42 — Lincoln Riley’s win total as Oklahoma head coach, the most in the first four seasons of any Sooner football coach.
99 — The Sooners’ nine-play, 99-yard scoring drive in the fourth quarter was the 14th of that distance in OU football history and the first since 2017.
141 — Rushing yards by Sooner running back Rhamondre Stevenson, a season high and his second consecutive game with over 100 yards rushing.
165 — The Oklahoma defense held Oklahoma State to 246 yards of total offense, 165 below the Cowboys’ season average.
172 — Total yards the Sooners have given up in the third quarter in the last five games, all Oklahoma wins.
22,700 — Attendance at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium for the game, approximately 25 percent of capacity.