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EL PASO, Texas (AP) -Ryan Broyles set a Sun Bowl record with three touchdown receptions and Landry Jones passed for 416 yards to lead Oklahoma past Heisman runner-up Toby Gerhart and No. 19 Stanford 31-27 on Thursday.
Broyles finished with 156 yards receiving and set Oklahoma's single-game record with 13 receptions in front of a Sun Bowl record crowd of 53,713. Jones completed 30 of 51 and connected with Broyles on TD strikes of 30, 13 and 6 yards.
Gerhart, who led the nation with 1,736 yards rushing, ran for 133 and scored two TDs in the first half.
Oklahoma (8-5) rallied with 14 straight points in the third quarter, then held on after Patrick O'Hara missed a 32-yard field goal try with 3:19 remaining. Stanford (8-5) got a final opportunity but turned it over on downs, starting a celebration for fans wearing crimson and cream.
Broyles also had 47 yards returning four punts. But he fumbled a punt that helped Stanford draw closer early in the fourth quarter.
The Cardinal pulled to 31-27 on a 22-yard field goal by Nate Whitaker, capping a series that began when Broyles mishandled a punt. Oklahoma protested because Stanford's Johnson Bademosi hit Broyles just as the ball arrived, but officials gave possession to the Cardinal.
Gerhart found the running tough against the nation's No. 7 rushing defense. He carried 32 times, averaged 4.2 per attempt, and his longest run was a 26-yard gain in the fourth quarter.
Stanford's Tavita Pritchard, who threw three passes in four games this season, made his 20th career start because standout freshman Andrew Luck wasn't ready after surgery to repair a broken right index finger. Pritchard was 8 of 19 for 118 yards.
Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh had indicated a day earlier that Luck, who threw for 2,575 yards passing, might play, but Luck stood on the sidelines wearing street clothes and a headset.
Jones took over as Oklahoma's quarterback after former Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford was injured in an opening loss to BYU. An injury-plagued season included the loss of defensive tackle Adrian Taylor, who left the Sun Bowl with his left wrapped in an air cast.\
Stanford was making its first bowl appearance since losing to Georgia Tech in the 2001 Seattle Bowl.
2009 Game Summary
Oklahoma (8-5,5-3) vs. STANFORD (8-5,6-3)
Date: Dec 31, 2009
Site: El Paso, TX • Stadium: Sun BowlAttendance: 53713
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Oklahoma |
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14 |
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Stanford |
7 |
17 |
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Kickoff time: 12:11 pm • End of Game: 4:07 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:56
Officials: Referee: John O'Neill; Umpire: Jim Krogstad; Linesman: Roert Davis;
Line judge: Tom Krispinsky; Back judge: Kevin Schwarzel; Field judge: Mike Cannon;
Side judge: Todd Ransom; Scorer: C.Martindale;
Temperature: 45 • Wind: NNE 11 • Weather: Sunny
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Recap to come at the conclusion of the game
Oklahoma Game Notes
- Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops is 36-16 in his career against ranked opponents.
- OU is 25-18 in its 43 bowl appearances, both top 10 marks. Oklahoma is 3-0 in the Sun Bowl after makingappearances in 1981 (40-14 win over Houston) and 1993 (41-10 win over Texas Tech).
- Today marked the fi fth meeting between OU and Stanford, but the fi rst in a bowl game or on a neutral fi eld.OU owns a 4-1 advantage.
- The last time OU came from behind to win a game after trailing at the half was against Iowa State in 2007(ISU led 7-0 at the half). The Sooners trailed 17-24 at halftime today and limited the Cardinal to three secondhalf points.
- The Sooners’ defense has forced at least one turnover in 129 of Bob Stoops’ 145 games following TravisLewis’ interception on Stanford’s opening drive. With Quinton Carter’s interception in the second quarter, OUhas multiple picks in 46 of the last 97 outings.
- The OU defense has 30 takeaways this season and has converted 16 of those into scores (104 points).
- RYAN BROYLES
- Broyles set an OU bowl record with three touchdown receptions today. It is also a Sun Bowl record. In addition,Broyles’ three TD grabs is a Oklahoma career record for bowl games.
- Broyles has 15 touchdown receptions this season, tied for the most in program history with the 15 recordedby Mark Clayton in 2003.
- Broyles’ 13 catches today gives him 86 receptions for the season, the most in school history passing MarkClayton’s 83 set in 2003. Broyles missed the entire game against Baylor earlier this season and only saw actionon one play against Miami.
- His 13 receptions today is the most in a single game by a Sooner surpassing Juaquin Iglesias’ 12 set in 2008vs. Kansas. It is also the second most in the history of the Sun Bowl.
- Broyles’ 21 career touchdown receptions is tied for third all-time at OU with Malcolm Kelly (2005-07).
- Broyles is the fourth Sooner in program history to eclipse 1,000 yards receiving in a single season. He owns1,120 yards after recording a career-high 156 today. Broyles passed Eddie Hinton (1,035 in 1968) and ranksthird all-time behind Juaquin Iglesias (1,150 in 2008) and Mark Clayton (1,425 in 2003). He ranks sixth all-timewith 1,807 career yards.
- The 100-yard receiving effort was the sixth time in 2009 that he eclipsed the plateau and seventh of his career(tied for third all-time with Juaquin Iglesias).
- Broyles fi nished the season with a 6.61 receptions per game average, the best in program history (MarkClayton - 5.93 in 2003).
- LANDRY JONES
- Jones fi nished with a career-high 418 passing yards, the best total by a Sooner in a bowl game and the secondbest in Sun Bowl history. The previous OU best was held by Josh Heupel, a 390-yard performance in the1999 Independence Bowl). It is also the fourth best total in a game by a Sooner QB. Today’s game is Jonesthird with 300 or more yards (336 vs. Tulsa and 392 vs. Texas A&M).
- Landry Jones fi nished with three TDs and upped his total to 26 this season, the sixth best single-season markat Oklahoma. Jones’ 26 career touchdown passes ranks in a tie for sixth at OU with Paul Thompson (2002-06).
- Jones posted his sixth game with multiple TDs and the fi fth with three or more. His 30 completions is thesecond most recorded in a Sun Bowl.DEMARCO MURRAY
- DeMarco Murray posted his 45th career touchdown with the rushing score in the third quarter. That total istied for fourth all-time with Chris Brown.QUINTON CARTER
- Carter picked off his fourth pass of the season in the fourth quarter. He is tied for the team lead with BrianJackson. Carter did not have an interception before this season.
Stanford Team Notes
- Toby Gerhart finished his senior season with 44 career rushing touchdowns (first all-time), as well asone passing touchdown. He has 3,522 career rushing yards (second all-time). He had a school-record1,871 yards this season (143.9 per game). The Heisman runner-up scored a Pac-10 and school-record27 rushing touchdowns this season. He finished with a school-record 20 career 100-yard rushing games
and in 11 of 13 games this year. He has had multi-TD games in 10 of 13 games.
- Bo McNally's 10th career interception moved the senior into seventh place all-time, tying him withJohn Guillory (1964-66) and breaking up a log-jam of eight players with nine pickoffs. The 55-yardreturn was a career-best, breaking a previous best of 49 yards at Washington (2006), which he alsoreturned for a TD. It was his fourth career touchdown, all off interceptions.
- Stanford was making their 21st Bowl Appearance (9-11-1) and third Sun Bowl (W, 38-0 overMichigan in 1996 and W, 27-14 over LSU in 1977). It was their first bowl appearance since 2001 at theSeattle Bowl.
- It was Richard Sherman's first career blocked punt and second blocked punt of the season. Chase Thomas blocked a punt in the first quarter against Cal.– It was Tavita Pritchard's first start of the season and 20th in his career.
- It was the team's first winning season since the 9-3 Seattle Bowl team in 2001.
- It was a Sun Bowl and stadium record 53,713 crowd.
| Team Stat Comparison |
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| 1st Downs |
28
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13 |
| Total Yards |
477
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262 |
| Passing |
418
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117 |
| Rushing |
59
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145 |
| Penalties |
9-85
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9-77 |
| 3rd Down Conversions |
10 of 20
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1 of 12
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| 4th Down Conversions |
0 of 1
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0 of 1
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| Punts |
5-39.2
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6-44.0 |
| Possession |
31:16
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28:44 |
| Fumbles - Lost |
2-1
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2-0
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Comments
The only thing I would like to see changed is the selection of officials. Get rid of the Big 10 if at all possible.