Oklahoma opens its Big 12 slate by hosting West Virginia on Saturday. Nebraska visits Michigan State on Saturday to open Big Ten play. Bring it on, you know what I mean? So you’ve got to love it. I mean, we maybe had a foot of room over there (in front of the fans), and I loved it. The atmosphere, just how close you are on the sideline. Martinez on the experience: “It was awesome. Stoops was also in town as part of Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” pregame show. Stoops won 190 games in 18 seasons with the Sooners and led the Sooners to four BCS National Championship Game appearances. Oklahoma likely won’t lose much ground, even though the game was closer than expected.īob Stoops, who coached Oklahoma to the 2000 national title, was honored at halftime for being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame’s 2021 class.
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The Sooners slogged their way through non-conference play unbeaten, but they will need to figure out how to finish drives better heading into league play. Nebraska had averaged 517 yards per game, but Oklahoma held the Cornhuskers to 384 yards. Oklahoma: The Sooners had another strong defensive effort a week after shutting out Western Carolina 76-0. But the Cornhuskers will need to cut down on penalties and mistakes to compete in the Big Ten. Nebraska had allowed seven points to Fordham and three to Buffalo in its previous two games. Nebraska: The Cornhuskers fought valiantly and the defense put up another solid performance. And as disappointed as I am, I’m happy for the way that they competed.” “But if they play like that - like we played today all year, and fight that hard all year, we’re going to have a chance in a lot of games. “We’re going to get more opportunities to win a big game,” he said. Nebraska coach Scott Frost said he was proud of the way his team played. Oklahoma knocked nearly five minutes off the clock with its next drive, leaving the Cornhuskers with little time to respond.
The extra point cut Oklahoma’s lead to 23-16 with 5:38 to play. Nebraska eventually gained possession in good field position, and Martinez found Omar Manning for a 21-yard touchdown pass. Graham’s spectacular leaping one-handed interception on fourth down snuffed out the threat. Martinez completed a 55-yard pass to Zavier Betts, and a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Oklahoma’s sideline was tacked on to take the ball from the Nebraska 13 to the Oklahoma 17. It was Oklahoma’s first blocked extra point return for a 2-point conversion since Zack Sanchez ran one back against TCU in 2014.īrooks scored on a 2-yard run early in the fourth quarter, and the extra point put the Sooners up 23-9. Isaiah Coe blocked the extra point, and Pat Fields returned it 100 yards for two points. Nebraska’s large visiting crowd roared, and a loud “Go Big Red” chant followed with eight seconds left in the third quarter. Nebraska appeared to gain momentum when Martinez scored from 4 yards out. The Sooners cashed in and took a 14-3 lead when Rattler connected with Jeremiah Hall in the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown pass. In the third quarter, Oklahoma’s Mario Williams took a pitch and threw backwards to Rattler, who found Marvin Mims open for a 23-yard gain. Connor Culp’s career-long 51-yard field goal put the Cornhuskers on the board. Nebraska responded with a 14-play drive, but the Huskers were derailed by four penalties. Rattler sneaked in from the 1 to give the Sooners a 7-0 lead. Oklahoma opened with an old-school 14-play, 75-yard drive. But at the end of the day, we lost the game. There are definitely a lot of positives to take away from today, and we will do that once we watch the film. “Our guys aren’t into moral victories,” Martinez said. Martinez passed for 289 yards and a touchdown for Nebraska (2-2), which sought its first win over a ranked team since 2015. The Sooners sacked Adrian Martinez twice on the final drive, and the Cornhuskers could not manage a first down.Įric Gray ran for 84 yards on 15 carries and Kennedy Brooks added 75 yards on 14 attempts for the Sooners (3-0), who gained 408 yards. Nebraska got the ball trailing by a touchdown with 57 seconds remaining and no timeouts. Turns out the Huskers were more than game. The Sooners were a three-touchdown favorite and there were even reports during the offseason that Nebraska looked at possibly trying to reschedule the game for its rebuilding program to another year. It was their first meeting since 2010 - right before Nebraska left the Big 12 for the Big Ten - and it was memorable and much closer than expected. Both teams rose to the occasion and gave us a great college football game.” To bring this game back - I think everybody sensed how special it would be. Both these programs have won a lot of games, a lot of championships.
There’s a lot of pride in these two programs. “It was just a hard-fought game,” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said.
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