• No. 2/3 Oklahoma improved to 98-23-6 all-time in season openers and to 80-15-4 in home openers at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, which opened in 1923. OU has won 16 straight home openers.
• Sixteen players made their first appearance in an Oklahoma uniform Saturday. Eight players made their first OU starts: junior transfer RB Eric Gray, redshirt sophomore WR Jadon Haselwood, sophomore OL Anton Harrison, redshirt junior transfer OL Robert Congel, senior OL Chris Murray, senior transfer WR Michael Woods II, sophomore DE Reggie Grimes and true freshman DB Billy Bowman.
• Twelve first-year Sooners saw the field today. They were junior RB Eric Gray, senior WR Michael Woods II, senior OL Robert Congel, freshman DB Billy Bowman, freshman WR Mario Williams, freshman CB Latrell McCutchin, sophomore DB Key Lawrence, freshman QB Caleb Williams, freshman OLB Clayton Smith, freshman LB Danny Stutsman, freshman S Jordan Mukes, freshman DE Ethan Downs and junior DL Isaiah Coe.
• Oklahoma registered three fumble recoveries on the day, all in the first half. That’s the same number of recoveries the Sooners had all of last season and one fewer than they had in 2019.
• OU has scored at least 27 points in a school-record 63 consecutive contests. The next longest streak nationally since at least 1980 is 31 by UCF (2017-19). The next longest active streak is 23 games by Alabama.
• The win was the Sooners’ ninth straight, good for the second-longest streak in the country.
• The game was the 1,300th in OU program history. The Sooners are 918-329-53 (.727).
• Two true freshman scored for the Sooners today (QB Caleb Williams on a one-yard first-quarter rush and WR Mario Williams on a six-yard second-quarter reception).
• The contest was originally scheduled to be played in New Orleans but was moved on Monday after Hurricane Ida moved across Louisiana on Sunday
QB SPENCER RATTLER
• Completed 30 of 39 passes for 304 yards and one touchdown, and rushed for a one-yard touchdown. It was his seventh career rushing TD.
• Has thrown at least one touchdown pass in all 12 career starts.
OLB NIK BONITTO
• Registered his first career fumble recovery in the second quarter.
• Finished the game with two tackles, 0.5 sack and a QB hurry. Now has 12.0 career sacks, tied with Brian Bosworth for sixth most in program history by a linebacker.
K GABE BRKIC
• Tied an FBS record with his three field goal makes of at least 50 yards (51, 56 and 55). No Sooner had ever made more than one 50-plus-yard field goal in a game.
• Also made a 26-yarder in the second quarter and finished the day 4 for 5, tying a school record for makes in a game (11th time in school history and third time by Brkic). His lone miss was from 31 yards.
• His 56-yarder to end the first half tied as the third-longest in school history (tied with Tony DiRienzo vs. Oklahoma State in 1975) and is the longest since a 58-yarder by Uwe von Schamann vs. Oklahoma State in 1977. It also marked the longest made field goal in a season opener in school history.
• His 51-yarder in the second quarter was already noted as OU’s longest made field goal in a season-opening game in school history.
• This was his 15th career game with multiple made field goals, and his eighth straight game with at least two made field goals (dating back to the TCU game last year
RB KENNEDY BROOKS
• Notched his 19th career rushing touchdown on a 1-yard run in the second quarter. It was his first TD run since the 2019 Peach Bowl (he
opted to sit out the 2020 season).
• Finished with a game-high 87 rushing yards and a score on 14 carries (averaged 6.2 yards per rush).
DE REGGIE GRIMES
• Was credited with a sack and forced fumble in the second quarter. It was his second career sack and first career forced fumble.
WR MARVIN MIMS
• Notched six receptions for 117 yards, including a 49-yard reception in the first quarter that set up a 1-yard TD run.
• Had four receptions for 102 yards in the first half. It was his first career game with at least 100 receiving yards in a half. His previous
high in a half was 86 yards (on six receptions) in the first half of the 2020 Big 12 Championship vs. Iowa State.
DL JALEN REDMOND
• Notched his first career fumble recovery in the second quarter (on Grimes’ strip-sack).
OLB CLAYTON SMITH
• Notched his first career fumble recovery in the second quarter on a forced fumble by Isaiah Thomas. He was credited with one assisted
tackle and 0.5 TFL.
DL ISAIAH THOMAS
• Notched his second career forced fumble in the second quarter. He finished the game with three solo tackles and one sack.
• Has been credited with at least 0.5 TFL in 12 consecutive games, dating back to the start of the 2020 season.
QB CALEB WILLIAMS
• In his first career play, true freshman scored a rushing touchdown on a 1-yard run in the first quarter. It was his only carry in the game.
WR MARIO WILLIAMS
• Scored his first career touchdown on a six-yard reception in the second quarter. The true freshman had six receptions for 37 yards and completed a 10-yard pass to WR Jadon Haselwood
(all stats via OU Communications Department)
• Sixteen players made their first appearance in an Oklahoma uniform Saturday. Eight players made their first OU starts: junior transfer RB Eric Gray, redshirt sophomore WR Jadon Haselwood, sophomore OL Anton Harrison, redshirt junior transfer OL Robert Congel, senior OL Chris Murray, senior transfer WR Michael Woods II, sophomore DE Reggie Grimes and true freshman DB Billy Bowman.
• Twelve first-year Sooners saw the field today. They were junior RB Eric Gray, senior WR Michael Woods II, senior OL Robert Congel, freshman DB Billy Bowman, freshman WR Mario Williams, freshman CB Latrell McCutchin, sophomore DB Key Lawrence, freshman QB Caleb Williams, freshman OLB Clayton Smith, freshman LB Danny Stutsman, freshman S Jordan Mukes, freshman DE Ethan Downs and junior DL Isaiah Coe.
• Oklahoma registered three fumble recoveries on the day, all in the first half. That’s the same number of recoveries the Sooners had all of last season and one fewer than they had in 2019.
• OU has scored at least 27 points in a school-record 63 consecutive contests. The next longest streak nationally since at least 1980 is 31 by UCF (2017-19). The next longest active streak is 23 games by Alabama.
• The win was the Sooners’ ninth straight, good for the second-longest streak in the country.
• The game was the 1,300th in OU program history. The Sooners are 918-329-53 (.727).
• Two true freshman scored for the Sooners today (QB Caleb Williams on a one-yard first-quarter rush and WR Mario Williams on a six-yard second-quarter reception).
• The contest was originally scheduled to be played in New Orleans but was moved on Monday after Hurricane Ida moved across Louisiana on Sunday
QB SPENCER RATTLER
• Completed 30 of 39 passes for 304 yards and one touchdown, and rushed for a one-yard touchdown. It was his seventh career rushing TD.
• Has thrown at least one touchdown pass in all 12 career starts.
OLB NIK BONITTO
• Registered his first career fumble recovery in the second quarter.
• Finished the game with two tackles, 0.5 sack and a QB hurry. Now has 12.0 career sacks, tied with Brian Bosworth for sixth most in program history by a linebacker.
K GABE BRKIC
• Tied an FBS record with his three field goal makes of at least 50 yards (51, 56 and 55). No Sooner had ever made more than one 50-plus-yard field goal in a game.
• Also made a 26-yarder in the second quarter and finished the day 4 for 5, tying a school record for makes in a game (11th time in school history and third time by Brkic). His lone miss was from 31 yards.
• His 56-yarder to end the first half tied as the third-longest in school history (tied with Tony DiRienzo vs. Oklahoma State in 1975) and is the longest since a 58-yarder by Uwe von Schamann vs. Oklahoma State in 1977. It also marked the longest made field goal in a season opener in school history.
• His 51-yarder in the second quarter was already noted as OU’s longest made field goal in a season-opening game in school history.
• This was his 15th career game with multiple made field goals, and his eighth straight game with at least two made field goals (dating back to the TCU game last year
RB KENNEDY BROOKS
• Notched his 19th career rushing touchdown on a 1-yard run in the second quarter. It was his first TD run since the 2019 Peach Bowl (he
opted to sit out the 2020 season).
• Finished with a game-high 87 rushing yards and a score on 14 carries (averaged 6.2 yards per rush).
DE REGGIE GRIMES
• Was credited with a sack and forced fumble in the second quarter. It was his second career sack and first career forced fumble.
WR MARVIN MIMS
• Notched six receptions for 117 yards, including a 49-yard reception in the first quarter that set up a 1-yard TD run.
• Had four receptions for 102 yards in the first half. It was his first career game with at least 100 receiving yards in a half. His previous
high in a half was 86 yards (on six receptions) in the first half of the 2020 Big 12 Championship vs. Iowa State.
DL JALEN REDMOND
• Notched his first career fumble recovery in the second quarter (on Grimes’ strip-sack).
OLB CLAYTON SMITH
• Notched his first career fumble recovery in the second quarter on a forced fumble by Isaiah Thomas. He was credited with one assisted
tackle and 0.5 TFL.
DL ISAIAH THOMAS
• Notched his second career forced fumble in the second quarter. He finished the game with three solo tackles and one sack.
• Has been credited with at least 0.5 TFL in 12 consecutive games, dating back to the start of the 2020 season.
QB CALEB WILLIAMS
• In his first career play, true freshman scored a rushing touchdown on a 1-yard run in the first quarter. It was his only carry in the game.
WR MARIO WILLIAMS
• Scored his first career touchdown on a six-yard reception in the second quarter. The true freshman had six receptions for 37 yards and completed a 10-yard pass to WR Jadon Haselwood
(all stats via OU Communications Department)
