The Sooners began their next home winning streak Saturday night, with a 41-25 victory over Texas A&M.
But, they also saw the career end for the most prolific wide receiver in NCAA history.
All-American Ryan Broyles, the NCAA’s career leader in receptions, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the remainder of the season.
He got hurt while cutting to make his second catch of the game, a 30-yarder that set up one of four third-quarter touchdowns in the Sooners’ 41-25 victory Saturday.
“It’s just a bad deal,” quarterback Landry Jones said. “You hate for something like that to happen to such a good guy.”
Broyles left the field in tears. He entered the game averaging 13.2 yards on 81 catches. His two catches went for 57 and 30 yards.
“He’s such a special, special player,” coach Bob Stoops said. “It’s deflating for him and for all of us. … Your heart drops when you first hear it.”
The Sooners (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) scored on four straight possessions after leading 13-10 at halftime. Texas A&M (5-4, 3-3) had its second-half troubles continue — the Aggies gave up big second-half leads in its previous three losses.
The Aggies, headed for the Southeastern Conference, won’t miss coming to Norman. They’re now 0-7 on Owen Field during the Bob Stoops era; the previous six losses had come by an average of 41 points.
“We knew we were facing a very good defense, but the bottom line is you just can’t turn the ball over like we did today and expect to win a football game,” coach Mike Sherman said. “Take no credit away from Oklahoma, but we gave them 14 points there in the third quarter and then we had a short punt, and you can’t play football that way.”
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