Oklahoma 50, Iowa State 20
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 30, 2023
Where: Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Temperature:
90°
Head Official:
Stephen Baron
Attendance:
84371
By Field Level Media
Dillon Gabriel threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more as No. 14 Oklahoma beat visiting Iowa State 50-20 on Saturday in Norman, Okla.
The Sooners (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) scored the last 29 points of the game after Iowa State cut it to a one-point game early in the second quarter.
It was the most passing yards given up by the Cyclones (2-3, 1-1) in nearly two years.
Jalil Farooq led the Sooners with five catches for 81 yards.
The Sooners led 21-10 after the first quarter thanks to a 44-yard interception return for a touchdown by Billy Bowman, Gabriel's first rushing touchdown, and a 39-yard touchdown pass from Gabriel to Nic Anderson.
But the Cyclones came back over the next six minutes, pulling to within one on Chase Contreraz's 48-yard field goal at 9:06 before halftime.
From there, though, the Sooners took control.
Gabriel hit Farooq for a 49-yard gain to set up his own 6-yard touchdown run, then Peyton Bowen's blocked punt resulted in a safety to stretch the lead.
Oklahoma followed that up with a field goal and then Gabriel hit Drake Stoops for a touchdown in the final seconds of the second quarter to send the Sooners into halftime up 40-20.
Stoops' touchdown was set up by Gentry Williams' interception -- Oklahoma's 10th of the season.
Then Oklahoma kept it going coming out of halftime, as Gabriel hit Jayden Gibson for a 41-yard touchdown to stretch the lead to 47-20 and make Gabriel the first 300-yard passer against Iowa State since late in the 2021 season.
Rocco Becht finished 15 of 33 for 188 yards and two touchdowns -- with two interceptions -- for the Cyclones. More than half of those yards -- 118 -- came on his two touchdown passes.
After posting 270 yards in the first half, Iowa State managed just 82 yards of offense in the second half -- only 29 on the ground.
Oklahoma outgained the Cyclones 523-352 overall.
Jayden Higgins, who scored on a 67-yard reception, led Iowa State with three catches for 91 yards.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Iowa State |
|
Oklahoma |
|
Abu Sama III
|
Player |
Marcus Major
|
|
7 |
Attempts |
19 |
|
67 |
Yards |
66 |
|
9.6 |
Avg Yards |
3.5 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Iowa State
|
352 |
150 |
202 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Oklahoma
|
523 |
157 |
366 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
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