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OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 29 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 46 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS u 10 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS u 37 10-WIN SEASONS 158 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS u 484 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS u 5 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS u 74 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS SERIES HISTORY: #12/12 OKLAHOMA (4-1, 1-1) vs. TEXAS (3-2, 2-0) Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 n 2:30 p.m. CT n Dallas, Texas n Cotton Bowl (92,100) Overall .........................................Texas leads 61-45-5 Since Big 12 ........................................OU leads 12-9 SOONERS LONGHORNS Last Meeting .............. OU, 45-40 (10/8/16 in Dallas) Head Coach: Lincoln Riley Head Coach: Tom Herman Record at OU: 4-1 (1st Year) Record at UT: 3-2 (1st Year) TELEVISION: ESPN GAME 6 Career Record: Same Career Record: 25-6 (3rd Year) Last Game: Lost 38-31 vs. Iowa State Last Game: Won 40-34 vs. K-State (2OT) Play-by-Play .......................................Joe Tessitore Analyst .............................................Todd Blackledge Sideline Reporter .....................................Holly Rowe OPENING KICK RADIO: SOONER SPORTS NETWORK u In a matchup of the Big 12's two most successful programs, No. 12/12 Okla- homa plays Texas for the 112th time on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT. The game, to FLAGSHIPS KOMA 1520 AM & KRXO 107.7 FM be played in Dallas for the 89th straight year, will be televised by ESPN with Joe ONLINE: TuneIn.com (FREE) Tessitore, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe announcing. SIRIUS 132; XM 199 (Texas Broadcast) u OU has won 10 Big 12 titles in the league's 21-year history, with no other Play-by-Play ......................................Toby Rowland program during that span winning more than three. All 10 of OU's Big 12 titles Analyst .............................................. Merv Johnson have come in the last 18 years, with no other program winning more than two Sideline Reporter .................................. Chris Plank during the span. Texas ranks second with three Big 12 titles (last one in 2009). Sideline Analyst ...................................Ted Lehman u This season marks the first since 1947 that both Oklahoma Lincoln( Riley) NATIONAL RADIO: WESTWOOD ONE and Texas (Tom Herman) have first-year head coaches of their respective pro- grams. 1947 marked the first year of theBud Wilkinson era at OU (went 145- Play-by-Play ........................................Ryan Radtke 29-4 in 17 seasons and won three national titles) and the debut season for Blair Analyst ..............................................Derek Rackley Cherry at UT (went 31-10-1 in four campaigns and posted a pair of top-five AP OU SPANISH RADIO: TUNEIN.COM national finishes). Wilkinson's Sooners lost to Cherry's Longhorns 34-14 in 1947 but posted 20-14, 20-14 and 14-13 victories the next three years. Play-by-Play ..................................Enrique Vasquez u Texas is the only Big 12 program with a winning record against the Sooners. Analyst ....................................................Alex Parra Austin, Texas, product Baker Mayfield has Oklahoma is 45-61-5 in the series, but owns a 24-19-3 (.554) advantage since accounted for 16 TDs (15 passing) without a PREGAME TV: FS SOUTHWEST 1971. In the Big 12 era, OU is 12-9 (.571) against the Longhorns. The Sooners turnover this season and leads the country have won five of the last seven meetings. in completion percentage (74.6), pass efficiency rating (214.1; next best in Power “Sooner Sports Gameday” ............................ 10 a.m. CT u Each of the last three OU-Texas games have been decided by seven or fewer 5 is 186.2) and yards per pass attempt points (and by a total of 17 points). (12.2). His last turnover (an interception) SOCIAL MEDIA: #SOONERS came at West Virginia eight games ago. u The home team has won each of the last five matchups and seven of the last He has thrown 20 TD passes since his last Twitter/Instagram .............................@OU_Football eight. Texas is the designated home team this season. Facebook ....................................Oklahoma Football interception. Snapchat .............................................. OU.Football u OU is coming off a 38-31 home loss to Iowa State, its first defeat in 385 days and first Big 12 setback in 728 days. The Sooners led 14-0 but were outscored CREAM OF THE CROP 38-17 the rest of the way. Baker Mayfield threw for 306 yards and ac- Oklahoma leads the nation in a multitude counted for three touchdowns in just his fifth loss in 31 games as OU's starting of categories this season: quarterback. The Cyclones scored on all five of their second-half possessions (not including their last one when they ran out the clock). CATEGORY STAT Total Offense 587.0 u Texas posted its second win to start Big 12 play Saturday, a 40-34 double- Pass Completion Percentage 76.0 overtime home win over Kansas State. The Longhorns ran 91 offensive plays to Pass Efficiency Rating 217.2 K-State's 62 and outgained the Wildcats 546 yards to 394. Freshman QB Sam Yards Per Play 8.7 Ehlinger was 30-for-50 through the air for 380 yards and two TDs with one Yards Per Play Differential +3.4 ONE AND DONE interception. He also ran for 107 yards on 20 carries (5.3 average). Yards Per Pass Attempt 12.5 Oklahoma has not lost back-to-back regular Passing TDs Without an INT 17 season games since Oct. 2 and 9, 1999, Bob FIVE KEY STORYLINES Stoops' debut season as head coach. OU has Points Per Possession 3.8 won 36 consecutive regular season games u Oklahoma's loss to Iowa State on Saturday marked just its third since the start Pct. of Possessions Ending In TD 51.7 following a regular season loss. of the 2000 season in the game immediately prior to its matchup against Texas. Pass Plays of 20-Plus Yards/Game 6.8 The Sooners rebounded to beat the Longhorns on each of the previous two occa- Plays of 80-Plus Yards 3 sions (lost 27-24 at Colorado in 2007 as AP's No. 3 team and beat Texas 28-21; 2017 SCHEDULE UTEP @OHIO STATE TULANE @BAYLOR IOWA STATE VS. TEXAS @KANSAS STATE TEXAS TECH @OKLA. STATE TCU @KANSAS WEST VIRGINIA SEPT. 2 SEPT. 9 SEPT. 16 SEPT. 23 OCT. 7 OCT. 14 OCT. 21 OCT. 28 NOV. 4 NOV. 11 NOV. 18 NOV. 25 2:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 5 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 11 A.M. 2:30 P.M. W, 56-7 W, 31-16 W, 56-14 W, 49-41 L, 31-38 ESPN GAME 6: OKLAHOMA VS. TEXAS GENERAL NOTES lost 37-33 at TCU in 2014 as AP's No. 4 team and beat Texas 31-26). OU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS u Dating back to the start of the 2012 season, the Sooners have won 27 of their OKLAHOMA'S LONGEST ALL-TIME FOOTBALL CONTACTS last 32 regular season games away from home. In those 32 games, Oklahoma WINNING STREAKS has outscored its opponents 1,266-852 (40-27 average). OU has scored at least MIKE HOUCK WINS YEARS COACH 30 points in 26 of those 32 contests. 47 1953-57 Bud Wilkinson Assistant AD/Strategic Communications u This marks the fifth straight season that OU enters the Red River Showdown 31 1948-50 Bud Wilkinson Office: (405) 325-8227 Cell: (405) 249-5892 ranked in the AP Top 25 while Texas is unranked (both teams were ranked in 28 1973-75 Barry Switzer Email: [email protected] each of the seven matchups prior to the current streak). Despite that fact, the 20 2000-01 Bob Stoops Longhorns have won two of the last four meetings. The Sooners have been 20 1986-87 Barry Switzer KARL ANDERSON ranked in the AP poll at the time of the Red River game in each of the last 12 18 1914-16 Bennie Owen Assistant Director years and in 17 of the last 18 seasons. 14* 2016-17 B.Stoops/L.Riley Office: (405) 325-8571 u After finishing fourth in Heisman Trophy voting in 2015 and third in 2016, quar- 14 2002-03 Bob Stoops Cell: (405) 595-7659 Email: [email protected] terback Baker Mayfield is off to his best career start in 2017. In four-and-a-half 14 1937-38 Tom Stidham games (he did not play after halftime against UTEP), Mayfield is 100-for-134 (74.6 12 2004 Bob Stoops JOHN GALATAS percent) through the air with 15 touchdowns and no interceptions. He is averaging 11 2010-11 Bob Stoops Communications Assistant 327.0 passing yards per game. Mayfield leads the nation with his 214.1 pass 11 1911-12 Bennie Owen Office (405) 325-8413 efficiency rating (next best among Power 5 QBs is 186.2) after last year setting 10 1985-86 Barry Switzer Email: [email protected] the FBS single-season record with a 196.4 mark. * Ended Saturday u Oklahoma boasts one of the best big-play passing attacks early in 2017. The Sooners have already completed 34 passes of 20-plus yards, good for OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS a nation-leading 6.8 per game. The Sooners are also the only team in the country with two completions (and three plays overall) from scrimmage of at LONGEST BIG 12 WINNING HEAD COACH LINCOLN RILEY least 80 yards. STREAKS (LEAGUE PLAY) Alma Mater: Texas Tech, 2006 SCHOOL WINS YEARS Career Record: 4-1 (.800); 1st Year RECAPPING THE LOSS TO IOWA STATE (STATS ON PAGE 35) Kansas State 21 1997-99 Record at OU: Same Texas 20 2004-06 Big 12 Record: 1-1 (.500) u Oklahoma’s winning streaks of 14 games overall, 17 in Big 12 play and 18 against Iowa State came to a halt Saturday with a 38-31 home loss to the Cy- Oklahoma 17* 2015-17 ASSISTANT COACHES LOCATION clones.