A 61-yard interception return for a touchdown by linebacker Kip Lewis was the late fourth quarter magic needed by the Sooners to overcome what had previously looked like an Auburn victory, marking a 17-point fourth quarter comeback for the Sooners’ 27-21 win at Auburn — it’s first Southeastern Conference win.

“First experience with Sooner Magic as a head coach. Boy was that an amazing last four drives for our offense and defense. Great example of kind of sticking together,” OU Coach Brent Venables said.

“We didn’t play very good, but we played amazing when we needed to.”

Most of the game was a struggle for Oklahoma, but with two bookends of success — first being true freshman QB Michael Hawkins’ spectacular 48-yard TD run on his first series as a starting quarterback, giving OU a 7-0 lead.

The last was the late fourth quarter play from a resilient Oklahoma defense, that had given up 144 yards rushing and 338 passing, but managed important sacks by R. Thomas Mason of Auburn QB Payton Thorne, whose errant throw under pressure dialed up by defensive coordinator Zac Alley put Lewis in the spot to grab the pass and run to the Tiger end zone to give the Sooners a late lead they would not relinquish.

In between those high points, Auburn seemed to have Oklahoma’s number. In the first half, half of the Sooner offense was Hawkins’ TD run. The Sooners only managed 111 yards offense in the first half.

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