BYU's Home Game Against Oklahoma Has Sold Out
BYU's November home game against Oklahoma has sold out. The Cougars and the Sooners will square off on November 18, 2023 at Lavell Edwards Stadium. This will be the first BYU home game against Oklahoma in program history and it will be played in front of 63,470 people.
On Wednesday August 9, single game BYU tickets went on sale to the public. The game against Oklahoma proved to be the hottest ticket of the home slate. As of Sunday evening, the final single game tickets had sold. Earlier this week, a BYU spokesperson confirmed that all season tickets have been sold, so once those five tickets are sold, the game will be sold out.
BYU is nearing sellouts for other conference home games against Cincinnati, Iowa State, and Texas Tech. Single game tickets remain for those games in the end zones.
It's no surprise that the Oklahoma game has sold out. BYU-Oklahoma games are rare. The November game will be only the third matchup between the two storied programs and the first since 2009. In that 2009 game, no. 20 BYU took down no. 3 Oklahoma 14-13 in the first game ever played at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. Oklahoma star quarterback Sam Bradford left the game early with a shoulder injury. BYU quarterback Max Hall found wide receiver McKay Jacobson for a go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter.
The first BYU-Oklahoma game was in 1994 in the Copper Bowl. BYU dominated that game 31-6 thanks to 454 passing yards and four touchdowns from quarterback John Walsh.
The 2023 matchup will be the first BYU-Oklahoma game played on one of the two campuses. The first two were neutral site contests.
It could also be the last game between the two programs. In 2024, Oklahoma will leave the Big 12 to join the SEC. BYU will remain in the new Big 12 that will welcome Utah, Arizona, Arizona State, and Colorado in 2024.
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