No. 4 Oklahoma rolls past Western Carolina 76-0

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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma backmost Spencer Rattler and his teammates felt the unit aft barely beating Tulane successful the play opener.

The Sooners stewed for a week, past took retired their vexation connected Western Carolina. Rattler threw 5 touchdown passes, and No. 4 Oklahoma rolled past the Catamounts 76-0 connected Saturday night.

“When we got successful the installation connected Monday, adjacent connected Sunday, the vibe was uncomfortable,” Rattler said. “We knew what we had to do. We were challenged this past week and came retired present contiguous and executed our plays, went done the reads, played hard for 4 quarters. And that was our large happening — 4 quarters and finish. We did good with that.”

Oklahoma matched its fifth-highest constituent full successful schoolhouse past and posted its highest people since 2007. It was the program’s third-largest borderline of victory, down 77-0 wins implicit Missouri successful 1986 and Texas A&M successful 2003.

The Sooners led 62-0 aft 3 quarters, and the 4th fourth was shortened to 12 minutes.

Rattler completed 20 of 26 passes for 243 yards earlier resting successful the 2nd fractional of Oklahoma’s 10th consecutive victory. He joined Jason White arsenic the lone Sooners to walk for 5 touchdowns successful a half.

He threw 2 interceptions against Tulane, but took a measurement guardant connected Saturday.

“I deliberation helium was conscionable much patient,” Oklahoma manager Lincoln Riley said. “Really, conscionable a mindset to conscionable spell execute and truly ne'er got disconnected of that, and that’s what the champion ones do. They tin get successful that benignant of precocious level of absorption and beryllium capable to support it, and helium was overmuch amended determination today.”

Oklahoma’s Gabe Brkic kicked a 56-yard tract extremity successful the archetypal half, his 4th of 50 oregon much yards successful the archetypal 2 games. Jadon Haselwood caught 2 touchdown passes and Jaden Knowles had 102 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns for the Sooners (2-0).

Rogan Wells completed 16 of 29 passes for 86 yards for Western Carolina (0-2), a Championship Subdivision programme that fell to 0-60 each clip against Bowl Subdivision teams.

“Well, we wanted to person immoderate occurrence early,” Western Carolina manager Kerwin Bell said. “When you spell successful a crippled similar this, you got to person immoderate occurrence and past you tin benignant of enactment successful a small spot and not get the borderline truthful wide. But ... Rogan missed 2 oregon 3 throws connected important downs. We dropped 4 oregon 5 balls.”

Oklahoma held the Catamounts 178 yards, including 55 rushing. The Sooners earned their archetypal shutout since past September’s triumph implicit Missouri State.

Now, the Sooners tin absorption connected Saturday’s matchup with erstwhile Big 8 and Big 12 rival Nebraska.

“I cognize it’s a large rivalry, was backmost successful the day,” Rattler said. “It’s gonna beryllium a big, amusive atmosphere, particularly being astatine home. It’s conscionable different game, though. We’ve got to spell successful and hole this week and spot what they bash connected the antiaircraft broadside and signifier it to perfection, and past travel retired Saturday and play our champion for 4 quarters.”

NO QUITTING

Bell said helium was asked astatine halftime if helium wanted his squad to play the 2nd fractional due to the fact that 1 of the banks of lights was not operational during the game.

“We don’t surrender successful this game. We’re not going to surrender arsenic a shot team. We got immoderate truly large unrecorded reps, which is going to assistance america triumph this (Southern) conference.”

ERIC GRAY

Oklahoma’s transportation from Tennessee got escaped aft struggling to find his mode against Tulane. He led the Sooners with 74 yards connected 9 carries and scored his archetypal touchdown for Oklahoma connected a 20-yard walk from Rattler.

FRESHMAN SHINES

Oklahoma freshman Danny Stutzman, a second-string linebacker, led the Sooners with 8 tackles. He wounded his limb though, and said connected Twitter that he’s getting a CT scan connected Sunday morning.

THE TAKEAWAY

Western Carolina: The Catamounts were overmatched and were ne'er successful the game. Oklahoma led 17-0 astatine the extremity of the archetypal 4th and 45-0 astatine halftime.

Oklahoma: The Sooners got much retired of their moving crippled this week, posting 277 yards connected 38 attempts.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

The Sooners could determination up a spot due to the fact that No. 3 Ohio State mislaid astatine location to No. 12 Oregon.

UP NEXT

Western Carolina hosts Samford connected Saturday.

Oklahoma hosts Nebraska connected Saturday.

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