Tulsa
Oklahoma
Tulsa Drops 45-0 Decision to No. 12 Oklahoma
9/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 19, 2009
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NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma took advantage of early turnovers and cruised to a 45-0 victory against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday afternoon in front of 84,803 fans at OU's Memorial Stadium.
Oklahoma's Landry Jones threw an Oklahoma school record six touchdown passes, while the Sooners amassed 529 total yards. Tulsa, the nation's leading offense in each of the last two years, managed just 269 yards of total offense, the lowest output for the Hurricane, since 2004 against Utah. Tulsa's G.J. Kinne completed 12-of-26 passes for 106 yards and two interceptions, while junior Trae Johnson had a team-best 50 yards on four receptions.
Tulsa fell to 2-1 on the season, while Oklahoma improved to 2-1. The Hurricane opens the home season next week against Sam Houston State.
The Sooners used a 21-point second quarter to take a 31-0 halftime lead, and added 14 points in the third quarter.
Oklahoma took a 31-0 halftime lead, capitalizing on three first-half Hurricane turnovers that led to 14 points for the Sooners. Tulsa had its chances early in the game, but twice inside the Sooners' 15-yard line the Hurricane committed turnovers.
Things looked good for the Hurricane early. On the first pass of the game for Oklahoma, Tulsa's DeAundre Brown intercepted a tipped ball giving the Hurricane the ball at the OU 39-yard line. However, Tulsa was forced to punt. Oklahoma took the subsequent possession 72 yards in 13 plays as the Hurricane forced a Jimmy Stevens 25-yard field goal in an elapsed time of 4:17.
Tulsa took its next possession to the OU 12-yard line, when a Kinne pass was intercepted in the end zone and brought out to the Tulsa three-yard line.
Oklahoma closed out the first quarter on a Landry Jones 10-yard pass to Brandon Caleb to take a 10-0 with 0:35 left on the clock.
In the first quarter, the Hurricane had three possessions inside the Oklahoma 40-yard line, but failed to put any points on the board. Tulsa managed just 74 yards on 18 first quarter plays, while OU totaled 162 yards.
Tulsa traveled to OU 12-yard line, the second time the Hurricane marched inside the Oklahoma red zone, but again failed to score. A fumble gave the Sooners the ball at their own 26-yard line. Two players later, Jones connected with Caleb for the tandems' second touchdown of the game, this time coming on a 63-yard TD reception at the 10:54 mark of the second quarter.
OU added its third TD of the game on a DeMarco Murray from Jones 13-yard pass play putting the Sooners ahead 24-0, capping a nine-play, 57-yard drive. The Sooners to a 31-0 lead at the 0:34 mark of the first half, on a 10-yard pass from Jones to Ryan Broyles, capping an eight-play, 47-yard drive.
At halftime, the Sooners had 315 yards for a 7.2 average per play, while the Hurricane gained 137 yards for a 3.5-yard average.
After Tulsa went 3-and-out on the opening second half possession, the Sooners took over the ball at Tulsa 14-yard line. OU received the great field position after a 32-yard punt return plus a 15-yard personal foul penalty against the Hurricane. On the third play, Jones threw 14 yards to Broyles for a 38-0 Sooner lead.
Jones led the Sooners on another scoring drive throwing the final 35 yards to Ryan Broyles, capping an eight-play, 85-yard drive, in 3:16, to take a 45-0.
Scoring Summary 1st Quarter OU (9:08) - Jimmy Stevens 25 FG 0-3 OU (0:35) - Landry Jones 7 pass to Brandon Caleb (Stevens PAT) 0-102nd Quarter OU (10:54) - Landry Jones 63 pass to Brandon Caleb (Stevens PAT) 0-17 OU (5:57) - Landry Jones 13 pass to DeMarco Murray (Stevens PAT) 0-24 OU (0:34) - Landry Jones 10 pass to Ryan Broyles (Stevens PAT) 0-31
3rd Quarter OU (12:58) - Landry Jones 14 pass to Ryan Broyles (Stevens PAT) 0-38 OU (8:02) - Landry Jones 35 pass to Ryan Broyles (Stevens PAT) 0-45
