BIG 12
NO. 3 OKLAHOMA 58, NO. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE 23
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score and No. 3 Oklahoma beat No. 11 Oklahoma State 58-23 on Saturday night to take the Big 12 title and likely a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Mayfield was knocked out of the previous game with a concussion, but he was fearless against the Cowboys, rushing for 77 yards and a touchdown. The Sooners (11-1, 8-1 Big 12) gained 524 yards, including 344 on the ground, to claim their third victory over a ranked opponent in three weeks.
Joe Mixon ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns, Samaje Perine had 131 yards and two scores, and Jordan Thomas intercepted two passes and returned one for a touchdown for the Sooners.
J.W. Walsh passed for 325 yards and two scores, and James Washington caught seven passes for 169 yards for the Cowboys (10-2, 7-2).
Oklahoma rolled to a 44-20 halftime lead. The Sooners gained 359 yards on 36 plays before the break. Perine had touchdown runs of 68 and 25 yards, and Mixon added a 66-yard scoring run in the half.
Walsh started for Mason Rudolph, who limped at times during the loss to Baylor the previous week. He entered the game in the second quarter, played one possession and threw an interception that Thomas returned 32 yards for a touchdown to give Oklahoma a 34-10 lead.
Walsh threw his first interception of the season in the second quarter when Thomas stepped in front of a pass and returned it 36 yards to set up Austin Seibert's 40-yard field goal that made it 44-17. It was the second-highest point total for Oklahoma in any half of a Bedlam game, trailing just the 45 points the Sooners scored in the first half of the 1970 game.
Mayfield's 5-yard keeper in the third quarter put the Sooners up 51-23.
Early in the fourth quarter, Perine, just a sophomore, became the 10th Sooner to rush for at least 3,000 yards in a career.
In other games involving Big 12 teams, Skyler Howard threw one touchdown pass and ran for another score to lead West Virginia to a 30-6 victory over Iowa State. Josh Lambert kicked three field goals for the Mountaineers (7-4, 4-4 Big 12), who won their fourth consecutive. Bowl-eligible West Virginia finishes at Kansas State next Saturday and can reach eight victories in the regular season for the first time since Coach Dana Holgorsen's first season in 2011. Iowa State, with two field goals, was held out of the end zone for the first time this season. The Cyclones (3-9, 2-7) went winless on the road for the first time since 2008. The game was the finale for Iowa State Coach Paul Rhoads, who was fired last Sunday and bows out with a career record of 32-55. ... Kansas State scored a pair of touchdowns after botched Kansas punts in the first quarter, and the Wildcats rolled from there to a 45-14 victory over their biggest rival. Joe Hubener threw for 133 yards while running for two touchdowns, Winston Dimel also ran for two scores, and Kansas State (5-6, 2-7) moved within a victory over West Virginia in its home finale next weekend of becoming bowl eligible for the sixth consecutive season. The Wildcats' Morgan Burns scored a touchdown on special teams for the third consecutive game, though this one was a blocked punt recovery. His previous two were 100-yard kickoff returns. Ryan Willis threw for 215 yards with two touchdowns and a pick for Kansas (0-12, 0-9), which concluded its first season under David Beaty by going winless for the first time since 1954.
Sports on 11/29/2015