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No. 6 Baker Mayfield’s 6 greatest games as a Sooner

By Timothy Bailey

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners throws a pass in the 2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal Game aganist the Georgia Bulldogs at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners throws a pass in the 2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal Game aganist the Georgia Bulldogs at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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KNOXVILLE, TN – SEPTEMBER 12: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners throws a pass against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on September 12, 2015 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN – SEPTEMBER 12: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners throws a pass against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on September 12, 2015 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

No. 2 — 2015, at Tennessee, Oklahoma 31, Tennessee 24 (2 OT)

This was Baker Mayfield’s first road start as an Oklahoma Sooner. A ranked non-conference game against the Tennessee Volunteers in front of the checkered crowd that totaled well over 100,000 strong.

OU fell behind in the game 17-3. Nothing was really working on offense, and Baker had thrown a pair of interceptions. Sooner fans probably felt this was just more of the same, and really what could you expect out of a walk-on QB, anyway. OU finished just 8-5 the previous year, and maybe it was time for Coach Stoops to step aside. This game and performance changed the feelings of Sooner Nation quickly. It could be described as simply Sooner Magic and nothing else.

The OU defense, to its credit, was gritty as could be and helped OU stay close enough going into the fourth quarter, with the Sooners trailing 17-3.

Just when all hope seemed lost, Mayfield turned into a magician. Escaping sacks, throwing on the run and keeping plays alive on 3rd down. Simply put OU refused to go away, and with a little over eight minutes on the clock, Mayfield found Samaje Perine in the end zone to score the Sooners’ first touchdown, making it a one possession game. After forcing a three-and-out, OU needed nearly the entire clock to go down and tie it, completing a 13-play, 60-yar drive with Mayfield throwing a dime to Sterling Shepard in the end zone on the fade.

The game ends up in overtime, Tennessee scores first, but on 4th-and-goal, Mayfield keeps it himself and ties it up. In the second overtime, OU got possession first, and Mayfield found Shepard again to put the Sooners ahead 31-24. Zach Sanchez finished things off, with a game-sealing interception, and the legend of Baker Mayfield was born.

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