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Oklahoma football: Five best OU-OSU Bedlam games of the 2000s

By Chip Rouse

Nov 19, 2022; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Jovantae Barnes (2) runs the ball against Oklahoma State Cowboys safety Jason Taylor II (25) in the second quarter at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sarah Phipps-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 19, 2022; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Jovantae Barnes (2) runs the ball against Oklahoma State Cowboys safety Jason Taylor II (25) in the second quarter at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sarah Phipps-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 3, 2011; Stillwater, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Landry Jones (12) is pressured by Oklahoma State Cowboys defensive end Jamie Blatnick (50) during the second half at Boone Pickens Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 3, 2011; Stillwater, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Landry Jones (12) is pressured by Oklahoma State Cowboys defensive end Jamie Blatnick (50) during the second half at Boone Pickens Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

November 27, 2010 — Oklahoma 47, Oklahoma State 41

As they have so often historically, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State met in the final game of the regular season in 2008. The game was played in Stillwater with 9th-ranked Cowboys hosting the 13th-ranked Sooners. OU came into the contest with a 9-2 record, and Oklahoma State was a notch better at 10-1.

A win would give Oklahoma State the outright title in the South Division of the Big 12. An OU win would result in a potential three-way tie at the top of the South Division between the two Oklahoma schools and Texas A&M.

Oklahoma took a 7-3 lead at the end of the first quarter. Landry Jones threw two touchdown passes in the second quarter and also threw an interception that was returned 52 yards for a touchdown. The Sooners added a field goal, and Oklahoma State scored twice in the second stanza.

OU went to the locker room with a 24-17 margin at the half.

The only scoring in the third quarter was a 20-yard touchdown pass by Brandon Weeden of Oklahoma State. The two teams entered the fourth quarter all tied at 24 apiece.

The final quarter turned into a track meet and an offensive explosion on both sides.

Jimmy Stevens of Oklahoma started things off 35 seconds into the fourth quarter with a 24-yard field goal, capping off a 17-play, 74-yard Sooner scoring drive to put OU up 27-24. Stevens added another 31-yarder seven minutes later to extend the Sooner lead to 30-24. And that’s when the real fireworks began.

A total of 34 points were scored by both teams in the final seven and a half minutes of the game. With the score 33-31 in favor of Oklahoma late in the fourth quarter, Landry Jones connected with Cameron Kenney on an 86-yard touchdown catch and run to stretch the Sooners’ lead to 40-31. OSU responded with an 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to make the score 40-38 with 3:03 left to go in the game.

On OU’s ensuing possession, Jones and TE James Hanna hooked up on a 76-yard touchdown pass and put the Sooners up by nine, 47-38. Oklahoma State followed with a 34-yard field goal to close within six of the Sooners. An onside kick try by Oklahoma State was recovered by OU’s Ryan Boyles to seal the vistory for Oklahoma.

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