Williams throws 6 TD passes, No. 4 Oklahoma routs Texas Tech

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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma is starting to enactment it each together.

Caleb Williams threw for 402 yards and six touchdowns and No. 4 Oklahoma rolled past Texas Tech 52-21 connected Saturday.

The Sooners won six of their archetypal 8 games by 12 oregon less points, and the offense, defence and peculiar teams had spent overmuch of the play bailing each different out.

This time, Oklahoma produced the benignant of ascendant triumph fans expected from the commencement of the season.

“Fantastic squad win,” Oklahoma manager Lincoln Riley said. “Just a implicit show each the mode around. Offense, defense, peculiar teams — immense contributions from everybody. Really loved the week of preparation. The guys did a truly bully occupation carrying it implicit from from the signifier tract to the crippled field.”

Williams — a existent freshman — tied Kyler Murray and Landry Jones for the second-most touchdown passes successful a crippled successful schoolhouse history. Baker Mayfield threw 7 against Texas Tech successful 2016.

He bounced backmost from a unsmooth archetypal series.

“I thought helium had a truly wide caput the full mode and evidently settled successful determination quickly,” Riley said. “Really bully occupation of things wrong the pocket, and obviously, made immoderate cardinal plays retired of it.”

Riley said the program wasn’t to propulsion specified a ample percent of the time. Williams threw 30 passes. The Sooners ran the shot conscionable 20 times — galore of which came aft Williams near the game.

“Just benignant of however it evolved,” helium said. “We’ve shown we tin beryllium a squad that tin tally it beauteous well. Today was 1 of our amended games throwing the football.”

Marvin Mims caught 4 passes for 135 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Mario Williams had 5 receptions for 100 yards and a people to assistance the Sooners (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) widen their nation-leading winning streak to 17 games.

Oklahoma held Texas Tech to 373 yards of full discourtesy and forced 3 turnovers.

Donovan Smith passed for 192 yards for the Red Raiders (5-4, 2-4) successful Sonny Cumbie’s archetypal crippled arsenic interim manager since Matt Wells was fired. Erik Ezukanma caught 8 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown.

Mims caught a 67-yard touchdown walk from Williams precocious successful the archetypal 4th — the longest drawback of his vocation — to enactment the Sooners up 14-7.

Williams passed for 268 yards and tossed 4 touchdowns to 4 receivers successful the archetypal fractional to assistance Oklahoma instrumentality a 28-7 lead. He past threw touchdown passes of 43 yards to Mims successful the 3rd 4th and 9 yards to Austin Stogner successful the fourth.

Cumbie said the modulation was nary excuse for the mediocre performance, but helium believes its an perfect clip for Tech’s upcoming bye.

“It’s the aforesaid mindset successful West Texas — what happens erstwhile things spell poorly successful the lipid business?” helium said. “What happens erstwhile things spell poorly successful the fabric industry? What you bash is you excavation your heels successful and you combat and you support showing up each azygous day. And that’s what we’re going to do.”

THE TAKEAWAY

Texas Tech: The Red Raiders looked level and didn’t play the control-the-clock crippled arsenic overmuch arsenic galore opponents that person had occurrence against the Sooners.

Oklahoma: The Sooners learned they could power a crippled with Williams’ arm. The Sooners rushed for conscionable 72 yards, yet the discourtesy moved the shot conscionable fine. Williams focused connected staying successful the pouch overmuch of the crippled and often was rewarded for his patience.

RATTLER SHINES

Williams replaced Rattler during the Texas crippled and has started the past 3 contests. Rattler entered Saturday’s crippled successful the 4th fourth and completed 5 of 5 passes for 67 yards, including a 42-yard touchdown walk to Brian Darby. The location crowd, which booed Rattler earlier successful the play against West Virginia, gave him a lasting ovation erstwhile helium entered the game.

Rattler’s teammates celebrated with him aft the touchdown. Riley hoped that ocular would extremity the speech that Rattler is selfish and distant from his teammates.

“That communicative is over, and I anticipation each 1 of you constitute it,” Riley said. “Because that communicative is over. He’s been a large squad guy. He’s worked, he’s gotten better, he’s taking vantage of the reps.”

BRKIC BOOMS

Oklahoma kicker Gabe Brkic deed a 53-yard tract extremity into the upwind successful the 3rd quarter. He has made 5 of six tract goals of 50 oregon much yards this season. He has made 2 from 56 yards - tied for the longest tract goals successful the federation heading into the week.

STEPPING UP

Oklahoma antiaircraft lineman Isaiah Thomas forced a fumble and recovered it connected the aforesaid play erstwhile helium swiped the shot distant from Smith and had 2 batted balls and 1.5 tackles for loss.

UP NEXT

Texas Tech: At Iowa State connected Nov. 13.

Oklahoma: At Baylor connected Nov. 13.

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