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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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NORMAN, OK -Quarterback Nate Hybl #8 of the Oklahoma Sooners calls out signals against the Iowa State Cyclones during the game on October 19, 2002 at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK -Quarterback Nate Hybl #8 of the Oklahoma Sooners calls out signals against the Iowa State Cyclones during the game on October 19, 2002 at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

November 24, 2001 — Oklahoma State 16, Oklahoma 13

The 96th game in the Bedlam rivalry series between the Sooners, ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press poll and No. 3 in the BCS standings, and an Oklahoma State team that had struggled all season and was coming into the game over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with a 3-7 overall record and just 1-6 in the Big 12.

Oklahoma came into the game with a 10-1 record, the one loss coming at Nebraska, and a 19-game home winning streak.

With a capacity crowd looking on at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, the two teams played to a scoreless tie after one quarter. OU opened the scoring early in the second quarter on an eight-yard touchdown run by Quentin Griffin to take a 7-0 lead. The two teams traded field goals and Oklahoma State added another just before the half as the Sooners took a 10-6 lead to the locker room at the intermission.

With the score still 10-6 heading to the fourth quarter, quarterback Nate Hybl led and Oklahoma drive that stalled out on the Oklahoma State four-yard line, forcing the Sooners to settle for a Tim Duncan 22-yard field goal that stretched the OU lead to 13-6. A little more than a minute later, OSU’s Luke Phillips made good on a field goal from 52 yards out to cut the Sooners’ advantage back to four points at 13-9.

Josh Fields, who replaced Oklahoma State starting quarterback Aso Pogi in the opening quarter, directed the Cowboys on a late fourth-quarter drive. On the sixth-play of the drive, from the Sooner 14-yard line, and with time winding down on the game clock, Fields lofted a pass to Rashaun Woods in the left corner of the end zone. Woods was able to outleap OU cornerback Derrick Strait to pull in the catch, which proved to be the winning play in the game.

Phillips added the extra point, capping off the 16-13 upset and eliminating Oklahoma from a potential spot in a the Big 12 Championship as well as the chance to appear in a second straight BCS Championship game.

Ironically, it was Strait who deflected a similar pass attempt late in the Bedlam game the year before preserving OU’s 12-7 win and the Sooners’ perfect season in the 2000 national championship run.

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