Football Exacts Revenge On Tulsa, 46-9

Saturday, September 11

Stillwater, OK

11:30 AM

Oklahoma State University

Tulsa

September 11, 1999 | Cowboy Football

Sept. 11, 1999

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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - First-time starter B.J. Tiger threw for 162 yards and added 70 yards rushing Saturday as Oklahoma State exacted revenge on in-state rival Tulsa with a 46-9 victory.

Tiger, filling in for injured quarterback Tony Lindsay, completed 10-of-16 attempts, including a 4-yard touchdown pass, and scored on a 1-yard touchdown run as Oklahoma State (2-0) got back at the Golden Hurricane (1-1) for last year's 35-20 upset at Skelly Stadium.

Tulsa staggered, stumbled and bobbled under a fast and furious Oklahoma State defense.

The Golden Hurricane netted only 123 yards to the Cowboys' 400 yards, threw two interceptions and fumbled the ball five times, losing it twice. The mistakes, made under constant pressure, proved costly.

Cowboy linebacker Kenyatta Wright recovered a fumble by Tulsa quarterback Michael Wall to score at 7:09 in the first quarter. An interception by J.B. Flowers in the second quarter helped put kicker Tim Sydnes in place for a 35-yard field goal.

A second interception by Flowers five minutes into the third quarter set up a 25-yard Sydnes field goal.

Wall, who opened the season completing 14-of-15 attempts, was 12-for-28 for 106 yards and threw two interceptions. All of Tulsa's points came on field goals by freshman kicker Derek Nordstrom.

Tiger, who had never thrown a collegiate pass before Lindsay went out with a knee injury last week, put Sydnes in place for a 25-yard field goal in the third quarter with a 68-yard pass to Ethan Howell. In the first quarter, Sydnes scored on a 35-yard field goal on a drive led by Tiger's 27-yard run.

Tiger alternated with freshman quarterback Ben Bowling, who complete 4 of 8 passes, including a 3-yard touchdown pass to Rivers, and rushed for 51 yards, which included his 3-yard touchdown run.

Penalties cost Oklahoma State 100 yards, but it didn't matter in the end.

The Cowboys held Tulsa to just 28 offensive yards on 26 plays in building a 20-6 first-half lead. Tulsa got within the Oklahoma State 10-yard line twice but had to settle for field goals.