Wind gusts of up to 40 mph didn’t help offenses much, but No. 9 Oklahoma managed to get enough points to fend of a less productive Iowa State offense. The Sooners’ 26-6 win over the Cyclones sets up a Bedlam showdown for the Big 12 championship next week in Stillwater.
Landry Jones threw for 256 yards, Blake Bell punched in two short touchdown runs and the Sooners limited Iowa State to a season-low 245 yards in a 26-6 victory on Saturday.
Rebounding after allowing a school-record 616 yards allowed last week in a 45-38 loss at Baylor, Oklahoma only let the Cyclones (6-5, 3-5 Big 12) score after James Winchester’s snap sailed over the head of punter Tress Way in the first quarter.
Oklahoma will visit Oklahoma State (No. 4 BCS, No. 5 AP) — with the nation’s second-highest scoring offense — next week with the winner earning the Big 12 title.
“We’ve got a bigger challenge in front of us. Maybe we aren’t on a national championship run but we do have a shot at the Big 12,” nickel back Tony Jefferson said.
“We knew that this whole week and we knew we had to persevere and fight through all that.”
Trey Franks finished with 88 yards rushing on two long reverses to set up scores for the Sooners (9-2, 6-2), and Michael Hunnicutt matched his career-high with four field goals on a difficult day for offense.
Each team turned it over four times in a game played in front of thousands of empty seats at sold-out Owen Field, with sustained winds of over 30 mph and gusting to more than 40 mph. The game-time winds were the strongest in Norman since a 1964 loss against Southern California.
“Obviously there’s plays out there that were left on the field. I didn’t play very well today but I played good enough to win a game,” said Jones, who threw two interceptions and went without a touchdown pass for the second straight game.
“The weather was tough, but you’ve got to overcome things in this game.”
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