It was the Brennan Clay show. No, the Justin Brown show. No, the Kenny Stills show. No, the Tony Jefferson show.
No matter who gets the credit, the Sooners got back on the winning track, outplaying the always fiesty Iowa State Cyclones 35-20 in Ames.
Oklahoma has never lost to Iowa State in eight games under Coach Bob Stoops. Stoops tied Bud Wilkinson’s win record and is now 12 wins away from Barry Switzer’s 157-win mark.
QB Landry Jones overcame two first-half interceptions, finishing 32 of 45 for a season high of 405 yards and four touchdowns.
As Stoops said after the game, the play of Clay was huge. The Sooners worked hard to establish the run game, and thanks to Clay’s 24 carries and 157 yards, they did just that, wearing the Cyclones defense down with a total 85 offensive plays.
Brown caught 7 passes for 107 yards and one touchdown. The scoring pass was deflected by an ISU defender, but Brown was able to concentrate and nab the ball before exiting the back of the end zone for the touchdown.
Iowa State cut the Sooners lead to 21-13 with six minutes left in the third quarter, but Oklahoma replied with a 68-yard drive that ended in an 18-yard touchdown through the middle of the Cyclones defense.
Later, Jones connected with Stills for a 31-yard touchdown pass on the edge of the end zone, extending the Sooners lead to 35-13 in the fourth quarter.
Iowa State scored late in the game with a 2-yard sweep from Shontrelle Johnson with 6:32 left in the game, but it was too little too late. Later, Safety Tony Jefferson picked off ISU QB Steele Jantz to seal the win.
PHOTO CREDIT: THE OKLAHOMAN
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