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Oklahoma Tops Cowboys In Bedlam, 47-41
November 27, 2010 | Cowboy Football
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -Landry Jones matched the school record with 468 yards passing and threw two long touchdown passes in a wild finish to the Bedlam game as No. 14 Oklahoma beat No. 10 Oklahoma State 47-41 on Saturday night to forge a three-way tie atop the Big 12 South.
Jones threw an 86-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Kenney then answered Justin Gilbert's kickoff return score for Oklahoma State (10-2, 6-2 Big 12) with a 76-yarder to James Hanna 29 seconds later as the Sooners (10-2, 6-2) survived to likely earn a spot in the Big 12 title game.
The division will be decided based on who comes out ahead in the Bowl Championship Series standings on Sunday between the two in-state rivals and Texas A&M. Oklahoma State came in ninth, with Oklahoma 13th and A&M 17th.
Jimmy Stevens' third field goal of the fourth quarter gave Oklahoma a seemingly comfortable nine-point lead with under 6 minutes left, but the game was just getting interesting.
Oklahoma State marched downfield to get within 33-31 on Justin Blackmon's 15-yard touchdown catch from Brandon Weeden, then had a chance to get the ball back when Brodrick Brown - who had a highlight-reel tip for an interception earlier in the game - let another pick go through his arms.
Jones connected with Kenney on the next snap, and he zoomed across the field and down the left sideline to make it 40-31 with 3:03 remaining.
Gilbert responded with an 89-yard runback on the ensuing kickoff, but Oklahoma had some more big-play tricks up its sleeve. After pitching the ball to Mossis Madu on first down, Jones found a wide-open Hanna behind the defense on a play-action pass and he was off to another touchdown.
It was the fourth touchdown pass of the game by Jones.
Dan Bailey got Oklahoma State within striking distance with a 34-yard field goal with 36 seconds left, but Ryan Broyles recovered an onside kick to allow the Sooners to drain the clock.
Jones threw three first-half interceptions - two on balls he was trying to throw away - and did as much to keep Oklahoma State in the game as to put the Sooners ahead early on. But down the stretch, he was able to make the key plays that were lacking in second-half failures on the road earlier in the season at Missouri and Texas A&M.
Weeden had 257 yards passing with two touchdowns and three interceptions for Oklahoma State.
For the second time in three years, the Big 12 South comes down to a BCS tiebreaker. The Sooners came out ahead against Texas and Texas Tech in 2008 and won the Big 12 title before losing in the BCS championship game to Florida. And once again, the Sooners figure to be in good position to move on.
Texas A&M (8-3, 6-2) would have to make up at least three spots on the Sooners in the standings, or the Cowboys would have to have the slightest of drops to prevent an Oklahoma-Nebraska matchup for the final Big 12 championship game next Saturday night in Arlington, Texas.
This game marked the first time the rivalry had been played at the end of the season with a conference or division title at stake since 1984, when No. 2 Oklahoma beat No. 3 Oklahoma State 24-14 to claim the Big Eight title. Oklahoma State had chances to knock the Sooners out of contention for the conference and national titles - and did so back in 2001 - but never to get a trophy of its own.
The Cowboys fell behind 14-3 early but were able to pull even with touchdowns on its final drive of the first half and after receiving the kickoff in the second half. Jeremy Smith scored on a 2-yard run late in the second quarter and the Cowboys answered Stevens' 29-yard field goal with an 80-yard drive to tie it at 24.
Team Stats
OU 7, OSU 0
OU - Millard,Trey 6 yd run (Stevens,Jimmy kick), 11 plays, 82 yards, TOP 3:23
OU 7, OSU 3
OSU - Bailey, Dan 23 yd field goal 7 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:28
OU 14, OSU 3
OU - Broyles,Ryan 2 yd pass from Jones,Landry (Stevens,Jimmy kick) 7 plays, 30 yards, TOP 2:18
OU 14, OSU 10
OSU - Lewis, Shaun 52 yd interception (Bailey, Dan kick)
OU 21, OSU 10
OU - Kenney,Cameron 8 yd pass from Jones,Landry (Stevens,Jimmy kick) 12 plays, 56 yards, TOP 4:22
OU 21, OSU 17
OSU - Smith, Jeremy 2 yd run (Bailey, Dan kick), 4 plays, 59 yards, TOP 1:16
OU 24, OSU 17
OU - Stevens,Jimmy 29 yd field goal 7 plays, 56 yards, TOP 1:08
OU 24, OSU 24
OSU - Cooper, Josh 20 yd pass from Weeden, Brandon (Bailey, Dan kick) 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:06
OU 27, OSU 24
OU - Stevens,Jimmy 24 yd field goal 17 plays, 74 yards, TOP 4:30
OU 30, OSU 24
OU - Stevens,Jimmy 31 yd field goal 15 plays, 64 yards, TOP 5:18
OU 33, OSU 24
OU - Stevens,Jimmy 26 yd field goal 4 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:33
OU 33, OSU 31
OSU - Blackmon, J. 15 yd pass from Weeden, Brandon (Bailey, Dan kick) 6 plays, 66 yards, TOP 1:47
OU 40, OSU 31
OU - Kenney,Cameron 86 yd pass from Jones,Landry (Stevens,Jimmy kick) 3 plays, 84 yards, TOP 1:03
OU 40, OSU 38
OSU - Gilbert, Justin 89 yd kickoff return (Bailey, Dan kick)
OU 47, OSU 38
OU - Hanna,James 76 yd pass from Jones,Landry (Stevens,Jimmy kick) 2 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:17
OU 47, OSU 41
OSU - Bailey, Dan 34 yd field goal 8 plays, 40 yards, TOP 1:58
