Cowboys End Season With Loss at Oklahoma

Saturday, November 26

Norman, OK

2:30 PM

Oklahoma State University

4-7 , 1-7

Oklahoma

7-4 , 6-2

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma

November 28, 2005 | Cowboy Football

Box Score

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Adrian Peterson ran for a season-high 237 yards, including two long touchdowns in the second half, and Rhett Bomar threw three touchdown passes to lead Oklahoma to a 42-14 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday.

The Sooners' third straight win in the Bedlam rivalry was lackluster until Peterson, the Heisman Trophy runner-up last season, livened things up with an 84-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

Peterson ran around the right end of the line, passed two downfield blocks and sped into the end zone untouched on the longest run of his career and a 28-7 lead.

His previous longest run was an 80-yard score against the Cowboys in the Sooners' 38-35 win last year in Stillwater.

After Julius Crosslin's second short touchdown run pulled Oklahoma State (4-7, 1-7 Big 12) back within 28-14, Peterson responded on Oklahoma's next offensive play with a 71-yard run down the left side.

Peterson, who was limited to 27 yards on 11 first-half carries, set an Oklahoma record for rushing in a half with 210 yards.

Bomar added a 55-yard touchdown pass to Manuel Johnson to extend the lead to 42-14. He finished with 206 yards on 13-for-21 passing with one interception.

By winning the rivalry's 100th game, Oklahoma (7-4, 6-2) now holds a 77-16-7 edge in the series.

The game lacked the fire of recent years, with Oklahoma entering the game unranked. The Sooners had been in the top five for the last five meetings, and Oklahoma State twice pulled upsets.

Even without the high stakes, a brief skirmish erupted about 45 minutes before the game when the teams encountered each other on the southeast corner of Owen Field, but there was a lot more noise than physical contact.

Oklahoma grabbed a 21-0 lead on a 27-yard touchdown run by Allen Patrick and Bomar's touchdown passes to Juaquin Iglesias and James Moses, but the offense slowed considerably after that.

The Sooners (7-4, 6-2 Big 12) had only three first downs on their next seven possessions, leading up to Peterson's first big run.

The Cowboys could never really get their offense going with Al Pena starting at quarterback in place of Bobby Reid. Pena threw for 351 yards - the fifth-highest total in school history - after replacing Reid in a 44-34 loss at Baylor last week, but he was largely ineffective against the Sooners.

Oklahoma State had only one first down and zero yards of total offense on its first seven possessions before breaking through when Pena scrambled and tossed the ball to Luke Frazier, who raced to the Oklahoma 4 for a 56-yard gain. Crosslin followed with a 1-yard TD run to pull Oklahoma State within 21-7.

Pena threw for 126 yards on 10-for-27 passing with one interception.

Mike Hamilton, who needed 59 yards to become the first Oklahoma State freshman to run for 1,000 yards, finished well short with 20 yards on 11 carries. He still holds Oklahoma State's freshman rushing record.