No. 13 Oklahoma State Routs Tulsa 45-10
Oklahoma State routed Tulsa at Chapman Stadium on Saturday, moving to 3-0 on the season. Below is the live-thread of Saturday's events:
Final: Oklahoma State 45, Tulsa 10
4Q:
Both teams swapped signal callers in the fourth, with the Cowboys opting for Garrett Rangel. The sophomore engineered a fourth quarter drive that eventually landed with a fourth-and-goal on the one-yard line. From there, Sesi Vailahi walked in the rushing touchdown on a nice play design.
With Cooper Legas at quarterback, Tulsa put together a 9-play, 50-yard drive that resulted in its first points of the game on a Morgan field goal.
On their fourth quarterback of the day, Tulsa again scored on a rushing play from Stephen Kittleman.
3Q:
After staving off the first try from the Tulsa offense, OSU again charged down the field with Bowman throws. But the Hurricane held strong on a fourth-and-1 deep in their own territory to force a turnover on downs.
On their second possession of the half, Oklahoma State scored in just two plays, the second being a long bomb to Stribling, who won an eventual footrace to make it 35-0.
After getting stopped on another fourth down, the Hurrican finally found momentum on Bowman's first errant throw of the day that resulted in an interception.
Unfortunately for the home team, the Cowboys intercepted the ball right back, running it to the opposite 30-yard line. Logan Ward then kicked the Cowboy's first field goal of the day through the uprights from 43 yards.
2Q:
Bowman capped off a perfect 6-for-6 passing drive with his second passing touchdown to Stribling on an end-zone fade.
Tulsa was able to find a little more success on the next drive — getting to around midfield — but ultimately stalled out after a crucial missed connection on third and five.
The Cowboys again took over, seeing a few plays before Bowman unloaded the clip with a pinpoint deep ball to Talyn Shettron that went 73 yards for his and the Cowboys third score of the game. So far, Bowman is 15-for-18, having one of his best games to date.
Kamdyn Benjamin finally heard his name called on a 50-50 deep ball that set the Hurricane up in Cowboys territory. But a penalty set up 4th and 20, which Tulsa would come up just short on.
Bowman continued his dominance on the next drive with multiple long passes to Stribling before an 18-yard aerial strike to Josh Ford to make it 28-0.
Tulsa attempted a late-half drive, but was forced to punt.
1Q:
Oklahoma State opened the game with an expert 16-play, 75-yard drive that was highlighted by accurate Alan Bowman throws and hard running from Ollie Gordon. They gashed the Hurricane defense time and again, eventually finishing the drive off with a 1-yard Brennan Presley receiving touchdown.
A pass interference penalty and back-to-back chunk runs from Anthony Watkins set the Hurricane up quickly in OSU territory. But a few wily passes from Tulsa quarterback Kirk Francis set up fourth down, and kicker Seth Morgan went wide-left.
The teams then traded three-and-outs with OSU ahead by one score.
Bowman then connected with Rashod Owens for a 25-yard play, and De'Zhaun Stribling for 34 yards, the latter of which was negated by a holding call.
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DEREK PARKER
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