OU redshirt-freshman quarterback Sam Bradford tosses five TDs in rout.
OKLAHOMA GAME NOTES
Saturday's Sooner win evened the series
with Miami at 3-3. The victory also gives OU a 2-1
advantage in Norman.
Oklahoma's combined point total of
130 in its first two games is the second highest back-to-back
scoring outputs in school history. The 1986 Sooners
rolled up 141 points against Kansas (64) and Missouri
(77).
OU ran for 116 yards against the Miami Saturday.
The Sooners were the first team to go over 100 yards
rushing against the `Canes since Virginia went
for 132 on Nov. 18, 2006. Miami had held 10 of its
last 11 opponents under the century mark.
Senior FB Dane Zaslaw's 9-yard fourth
quarter touchdown reception marked his first career
TD.
Senior PK Garrett Hartley converted his
first FG of the season in the third quarter Saturday.
Hartley has connected on 20 of 21 FG attempts dating
back to last season.
Junior QB Joey Halzle's 61-yard touchdown
strike to sophomore WR Adron Tennell in the fourth
quarter was the first career TD for both players.
For the second straight week, OU DB Nic
Harris led the team in tackles for loss. Harris recorded
2.5 TFL against the Hurricanes after registering two
last week against North Texas.
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MALCOLM KELLY
Junior WR Malcolm Kelly's 23-yard touchdown
catch in the first quarter was the 100th reception
of his career. and his 15th career TD. Kelly became
the 11th Sooner to record 100 or more receptions and
the ninth under Bob Stoops.
Kelly's third TD reception, which
came in the fourth quarter, gave him 17 for his career.
That total ties him with Travis Wilson for seond place
on the all-time career list.
With three TD receptions against Miami,
Kelly became just the sixth Sooner to record three
or more touchdown grabs in a game. The last OU receiver
to accomplish the feat was Mark Clayton, who scored
three times against Texas A&M in 2003.
With 102 receiving yards against the `Canes,
Kelly notched back-to-back 100-yard performances for
the second time in his career. He also did it last
season against Texas Tech (153) and Baylor (115).
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JERMAINE GRESHAM
Sophomore TE Jermaine Gresham came into Saturday's
game with 11 career receptions and two touchowns. Against
the Hurricanes he caught eight passes for 55 yards
and one TD.
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SAM BRADFORD
RS freshman QB Sam Bradford completed his first
four passes against the Hurricanes, extending his consecutive
completions streak to 22. That mark broke Jason White's
previous school record of 18 which Bradford tied against
North Texas.
Bradford's five TD passes against
Miami tied the OU single game record. He became just
the third Sooner to toss five touchdowns in a game.
Jason White accomplished the feat three times, while
Josh Heupel did it twice. Bradford was also just the
second QB to throw for five TDs against the Hurricanes
(Cade McNown, UCLA, 1998).
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BY THE NUMBERS
85,357 - Saturday's attendance, a Gaylord Family
- Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and OU record. The previous
high was 85,313 against Texas Tech in 2006. Saturday
also marked the 51st straight sellout under Bob Stoops.
503 - Senior TE Joe Jon Finley's 7-yard reception
in the third quarter put him over the 500 yard mark
for career receiving yards (503).
165 - Oklahoma's four running backs (DeMarco
Murray, Allen Patrick, Chris Brown and Mossis Madu)
combined for 165 yards on the ground. Murray was the
team's leading rusher with 64 yards on 15 carries.
110 - Juaquin Iglesias' 110 kickoff return
yards marked the ninth best total in OU history. Iglesias
had 111 return yards against Baylor last season.
.761 - With his 30-yard third quarter field goal,
OU kicker Garrett Hartley upped his career stats to
35-46 or 76.1 percent.
61 - Junior DB Reggie Smith's 61-yard second
quarter fumble return TD tied for the third longest
in OU history (Claire Morford vs. Marquette, 1941).
DL Cory Heineke has the longest fumble return TD in
Sooner history, going 69 yards against Air Force in
2001.
51 - Oklahoma's 51-point total was the most
points scored against Miami since Syracuse defeated
the `Canes 66-13 in 1998.
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MIAMI GAME NOTES
This is Miami's third straight loss in
a road opener. Miami lost at Florida State in 2005
and at Louisville in 2006.
The Memorial Stadium crowd of 85,357 was
the eighth largest ever for a Hurricanes game and the
largest ever for a sporting event in the state of Oklahoma.
Miami's defense had given up more
than 20 points just twice in each of the last two seasons,
but it allowed 51 points today (seven of those points
came on a fumble recovery by the Oklahoma defense).
The 51 points allowed was the most since Nov. 28, 1998,
a 66-13 loss at Syracuse.
All-America DE Calais Campbell made his
first sack of the season in the second quarter, and
he recovered his first fumble of the year in the third
quarter. The first play led to a touchdown, and the
second play led to a field goal. Campbell finished
the game with three solo tackles. He also caught a
pass on a fake field goal attempt in the second quarter
that he ran five yards for a first down. In the third
quarter, Campbell played defensive tackle and dropped
into pass coverage on a third down play.
Kyle Wright took over at quarterback in
the second quarter and promptly led the team on a touchdown
drive, culminating in a TD pass to Ryan Hill. For the
game, Wright, completed 7 of 14 passes for 65 yards
and one touchdown. His TD pass to Hill was his first
since last Oct. 28. Kirby Freeman came back late in
the fourth quarter. Freeman completed 3 of 9 passes
for 17 yards.
PK Francesco Zampogna was successful on
both of his field goal attempts, making him 3 for 4
this year.
Redshirt freshman punter Matt Bosher punted
10 times for a 40.8-yard average and finally had a
punt returned against him this year, on his 10th punt
of the season. Bosher's first nine punts of the
year were either not returned or fair caught. His sixth
punt of the game resulted in a six-yard return, and
his seventh punt, which was a career-long 51-yarder,
was returned four yards.
WR Ryan Hill's touchdown reception
in the second quarter was his first collegiate touchdown.
Oklahoma's Sam Bradford became only
the second quarterback to throw five TD passes against
the Hurricanes. UCLA's Cade McNown on Dec. 5,
1998.
Miami's captains were S Kenny Phillips
and WR Lance Leggett.