Oklahoma football: Sizing up Oklahoma vs. Iowa State statistically
By Chip Rouse
The 14th-ranked Oklahoma football Sooners are heavy favorites over Iowa State on Saturday. Why wouldn’t they be, having won 79 of the 88 games played between the two teams?
But if you look at the results of the last six or seven games played between OU and Iowa State, you might not be so sure. Discounting Oklahoma’s 27-13 win last season in Ames, the average margin of victory in each of the last six games is 6.3 points, and the Cyclones came away with the win in two of those contests.
Oklahoma is 36-8 in Big 12 home games since the 2012 season, but five of the eight losses have come in Big 12 home openers, including a 41-34 loss to Kansas State last season.
Examining Saturday’s Oklahoma-Iowa State matchup by the numbers
1 — Sacks allowed by the Iowa State offensive line, best in the Big 12 and No. 1 in the country.
8.8 — Points per game attributed to OU kicker Zach Schmit this season. The Sooner defense is allowing opponents just 8.5 points a game.
15 — Number of different OU receivers who have caught at least one pass this season
16 — Dillon Gabriel has 16 games in his career with more than 300 yards passing (six in two seasons at OU).
19 — Consecutive games Iowa State has not allowed an opponent to pass for 300 or more yards.
23 — Oklahoma has won 86 of its last 87 games when holding opponents to 23 of fewer points.
48.3 — Punting average for Iowa State’s Tyler Perkins, second in the Big 12. and fourth nationally.
307 — Receiving yards by OU’s Andrel Anthony, No. 3 in the Big 12.
321 — Total offense accounted for per game by Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel, No, 2 in the Big 12.
348 — Passing yards by Iowa State true freshman quarterback Rocco Becht last weekend against Oklahoma State. He is just the fourth Iowa State QB to throw for 300+ passing yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in a game.
Statistical comparison between OU and Iowa State
(National ranking in parentheses)
OU Iowa State
Scoring offense 46.8 (4) 21.0 (108)
Scoring defense 8.5 (2) 16.5 (25)
Rushing offense 157.8 (65) 83.2 (123)
Rushing defense 94.0 (26) 115.2 (47)
Passing offense 349.0 (6) 225.0 (22)
Passing defense 215.5 (60) 177.2 (47)
Total Offense 506.8 (10) 308.2 (119)
Total Defense 309.5 (32) 292.5 (19)
3rd-down conversion offense 58.5% (4) 31.6 % (120)
3rd-down conversion defense 27.9% (11) 30.5% (18)
Red zone offense 90.9% (31) 71.4% (113)
Red zone defense 71.4% (25) 81.8% (47)