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OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 28 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 45 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS u 9 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS u 36 10-WIN SEASONS 157 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS u 477 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS u 5 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS u 72 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS SERIES HISTORY: #16/16 OKLAHOMA (4-2, 3-0) AT TEXAS TECH (3-3, 1-2) Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 n 7 p.m. CT n Lubbock, Texas n Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454) Overall ..................................................OU leads 17-6 In Lubbock .............................................OU leads 6-4 SOONERS RED RAIDERS Since Big 12 ........................................OU leads 14-6 Head Coach: Bob Stoops Head Coach: Kliff Kingsbury Last Meeting ......... OU, 63-27 (10/24/15 in Norman) Record at OU: 183-48 (18th Year) Record at TTU: 22-21 (4th Year) GAME 7 Overall Record: Same Overall Record: Same TELEVISION: FOX Last Game: Won 38-17 vs. Kansas State Last Game: Lost 48-17 vs. West Virginia Play-by-Play ............................................... Joe Davis Analyst .......................................................Brady Quinn OPENING KICK Sideline Reporter ..............................Bruce Feldman u No. 16/16 Oklahoma (4-2, 3-0) goes for its 11th straight league win when RADIO: SOONER SPORTS NETWORK it travels to face Texas Tech (3-3, 1-2) on Saturday at 7 p.m. CT at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock. The game will be televised by FOX with Joe Davis, Brady FLAGSHIPS KOMA 1520 AM & KRXO 107.7 FM Quinn and Bruce Feldman announcing. SIRIUS 136; XM 199 (Texas Tech broadcast) u ONLINE: TuneIn.com (FREE) A win against Texas Tech would give OU its first 4-0 start in Big 12 play since 2004. It would be the sixth 4-0 Big 12 start in school history, all under head coach Play-by-Play .........................................Toby Rowland Bob Stoops. In three of those previous five years (2000, 2002 and 2004), OU went Analyst .................................................Merv Johnson on to win the Big 12 title. A win Saturday would also give OU a five-game winning Sideline Reporter ................................... Chris Plank Sideline Analyst ......................................Ted Lehman streak vs. the Red Raiders, matching the team's longest in the series (2000-04). u Stoops is 12-5 vs. Texas Tech as OU's head coach and 3-0 against Kliff Kings- PREGAME TV: FS SOUTHWEST bury. The average series score the last three years has been 48-29. “Sooner Sports Gameday” ..................... 10 a.m. CT u The Sooners have scored at least 38 points in each of their last six contests against Texas Tech. ONLINE: SOONERSPORTS.COM u The Sooners are coming off a 38-17 home win over Kansas State, a game in SoonerSports.com offers the most complete and which they outgained the Wildcats by 175 yards (510-335). Baker Mayfield was comprehensive postgame coverage of the Sooners 25-of-31 passing for 346 yards and four TDs while Dede Westbrook hauled in Dede Westbrook is arguably the hottest anywhere. Visit for game recaps, video highlights, nine passes for 184 yards and three scores, including the longest TD reception by offensive player in the country, racking press conferences, stats, photos and more. an OU player at home. Joe Mixon ran for 88 yards, caught three passes (one for a up 574 receiving yards and 8 TDs over the TD) for 34 yards and threw a 26-yard TD pass to Westbrook. last three games. His TDs in those con- SOCIAL MEDIA: #SOONERS tests have averaged 48.6 yards. Only five u Texas Tech has lost two games in a row, its most recent setback coming at home FBS players have more receiving TDs this Twitter/Instagram ..............................@OU_Football to West Virginia, 48-17. The Red Raiders surrendered 332 rushing yards and 318 year than his 8 the last three games. Facebook ......................................Oklahoma Football passing yards Saturday and were outgained 650-379 on the day. Snapchat ..................................................OU.Football Patrick Mahomes was 28-of-44 passing for 305 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Tech finished with 34 rushing yards EXPECTING A WEST TEXAS SHOOTOUT on 27 attempts (1.3 per play). Saturday's game will feature two of the country's most potent offenses. Here's a look at where OU and Texas Tech rank nationally (out of 128 FBS teams) in various FIVE TOP STORYLINES offensive categories. OU OU TTU TTU u Oklahoma owns a 17-6 (.739) all-time record against Texas Tech Category Stat Rank Stat Rank but has had much more modest success against the Red Raiders in Yards/Game 525.3 11th 604.7 2nd Lubbock, where it is 6-4. In the Big 12 era, the Sooners hold a 14-6 Yards/Play 7.20 6th 7.26 5th advantage (5-4 in Lubbock). OU has won its last two games at Jones Passing Yards/Game 322.8 12th 510.8 1st AT&T Stadium (41-20 in 2012 and 42-30 in 2014). The Sooners are Passing Yards/Attempt 9.98 4th 9.34 7th JOE OF ALL TRADES 6-0 in Lubbock when scoring at least 30 points and are 0-4 there Passing TDs 19 7th 27 1st With his 26-yard scoring pass to Dede when scoring less than 30 points. Westbrook on Saturday against Kansas Pass Efficiency Rating 182.17 3rd 172.73 6th State, running back Joe Mixon became the u Oklahoma's Dede Westbrook will be looking to continue the Completion Percentage 71.1 3rd 70.7 4th first Sooner to ever rush for a touchdown, most impressive string of receiving production in school history. 3rd Down Conversion Pct. 50.0 10th 53.0 4th catch a TD pass, throw a TD pass and return a Over the last three contests, the senior has 574 receiving yards Rushing Yards/Game 202.5 38th 93.8 124th kickoff for a TD in the same season. and eight touchdowns, both OU records for a three-game stretch. His eight TDs have averaged 48.6 yards (six have been 40 yards or longer). Only five FBS players have more receiving TDs on the entire season than Westbrook has in the last three outings (10 by 2016 SCHEDULE HOUSTON ULM OHIO STATE @TCU VS. TEXAS K-STATE @TEXAS TECH KANSAS @IOWA STATE BAYLOR @WEST VIRGINIA OKLA. STATE SEPT. 3 SEPT. 10 SEPT. 17 OCT. 1 OCT. 8 OCT. 15 OCT. 22 OCT. 29 NOV. 3 NOV. 12 NOV. 19 DEC. 3 11 A.M. 6 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 4 P.M. 11 A.M. 11 A.M. 7 P.M. 6 P.M. L, 23-33 W, 59-17 L, 24-45 W, 52-46 W, 45-40 W, 38-17 FOX FS1 GAME 7: OKLAHOMA AT TEXAS TECH GENERAL NOTES Western Michigan's Corey Davis and Lousiana Tech's Carlos OU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Henderson, and nine by Texas Tech's Jonathan Giles, WESTBROOK'S STUNNING LAST 3 GAMES (FOOTBALL CONTACTS) Toledo's Michael Roberts and Washington's John Ross). Wide receiver Dede Westbrook is coming off a trio of mammoth u Sooners redshirt junior quarterback Baker Mayfield will performances. Three weeks ago at TCU he caught seven passes for MIKE HOUCK play on the Jones AT&T Stadium turf for the first time since a then-career-high 158 yards and two touchdowns. Two Saturdays Assistant AD/Strategic Communications 2013 when he played in eight games (seven starts) as a fresh- ago vs. Texas he caught a career-high 10 passes for a school- Office: (405) 325-8227 man walk-on at Texas Tech before transferring to OU. Mayfield record 232 yards and three TDs. And last week vs. Kansas State he Cell: (405) 249-5892 was named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year that sea- reeled in nine balls for 184 yards and three more scores. Here's a Email: [email protected] son after throwing for 2,315 yards and 12 TDs while completing look at Westbrook's first 16 games at Oklahoma (13 last year, three this year), his first three games this season and his last three: KARL ANDERSON 64.1 percent of his passes. Mayfield originally lost a year of eligibility due to his intraleague transfer but had it restored in a Rec. Rec. Rec. Assistant Director Catches Yards YPG TDs YPC vote of Big 12 faculty athletics representatives on June 2, 2016. Office: (405) 325-8571 First 16 Career Games 63 897 56.1 4 14.2 Cell: (405) 595-7659 u Texas Tech is the alma mater of OU offensive coordinator and First 3 Games 2016 17 154 51.3 0 9.1 Email: [email protected] quarterbacks coach Lincoln Riley, the 2015 Broyles Award Last 3 Games 26 574 191.3 8 22.1 WES MOODY winner. A walk-on QB for the Red Raiders, Riley spent seven years (2003-09) on former head coach Mike Leach’s TTU Communications Assistant staff. OU offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh (2000-06) and Sooners Office (405) 325-8413 outside receivers coach Dennis Simmons (2000-09) also worked at Email: [email protected] SOONERS MAKING BIG GAINS Texas Tech under Leach. Oklahoma has boasted some incredibly potent u OU has won its last eight true road games (tied for the longest offenses in Bob Stoops' 18 years as head coach, but OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS streak of Bob Stoops' career) and 19 of its last 21. The Sooners have none of his first 17 squads averaged more yards per outscored their last eight true road opponents, 403-178 (50-22 aver- play for an entire season than this season's squad HEAD COACH BOB STOOPS age), and have scored at least 30 points in each of their last 13 true road is averaging through five games (7.20; ranks sixth nationally).