Oklahoma 41, Texas A&M 25
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 5, 2011
Where: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Temperature:
63°
Head Official:
Randy Christal
Attendance:
85709
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 7 Oklahoma used a huge third quarter to pull away from Texas A&M in a 41-25 victory Saturday, but in the process, the Sooners might have lost Ryan Broyles to a season-ending knee injury.
Broyles, Oklahoma’s star wide receiver, left the game in the third quarter after landing awkwardly on a 30-yard catch along the sideline. He fell to the ground and was then helped to the training table. Moments later, he was in tears after conferring with a doctor before being helped to the locker room.
Meanwhile, his offensive teammates did fine without him. Oklahoma (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) scored touchdowns on four straight third-quarter possessions to blow open a game it led just 13-10 at the half.
Landry Jones went 18-of-38 for 255 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Sooners, who defeated Texas A&M at home for the seventh straight time. They’ve also won five of the last six meetings.
For Texas A&M (5-4, 3-3 Big 12), the implosion was a familiar one. Last week, in a 38-31 overtime loss to Missouri, the Aggies blew an 11-point halftime lead after going scoreless in the third quarter. This time, they were again shut out in the third, meaning they’ve been outscored 59-0 in the third quarter in their four losses.
Ryan Tannehill was mostly ineffective, accounting for three of Texas A&M’s four turnovers, all of them interceptions. Oklahoma turned two of them into third-quarter touchdowns — a 3-yard score by Roy Finch and a 39-yard TD catch by Kenny Stills — stretching its lead from 10 points to 31 in the matter of seven minutes.
Tannehill finished 32-of-64 for 379 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Aggies, who defeated the Sooners last year but haven’t won back-to-back games in the series since 1997-98.
Ryan Swope had a game-high eight receptions for 149 yards and a touchdown, including a 79-yard catch that brought the Aggies within three points late in the second quarter.
Broyles, college football’s all-time receptions leader, had two catches for 87 yards in what could be the senior’s final game.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
Texas A&M |
|
Oklahoma |
Ryan Swope
| Player |
Ryan Broyles
|
8 |
Receptions |
2 |
149 |
Yards |
87 |
18.6 |
Avg Yards |
43.5 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Texas A&M
|
527 |
148 |
379 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1.0 |
1 |
Oklahoma
|
404 |
149 |
255 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0.0 |
1 |