Oklahoma Sooners vs Baylor Bears Match Player Stats On Nov 14, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Nov 15, 2015

WACO, Texas -- Oklahoma had all the answers it needed to win a Big 12 College Football Playoff elimination game at Baylor.

Sooners running back Samaje Perine rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Baker Mayfield threw a crucial fourth-quarter touchdown pass to lead No. 12 Oklahoma to a 44-34 victory No. 6 Baylor on Saturday night at McLane Stadium, handing the Bears their first loss and ending the nation's longest FBS home winning streak at 20 games.

Facing a third-and-goal from the Baylor 7 in the fourth quarter, Mayfield scrambled to buy time and found Dimitri Flowers open in the end zone for the touchdown, extending Oklahoma's lead to 10 points.

Perine's key run came midway through the third quarter with Oklahoma (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) already leading by seven. Perine found a seam in the middle and outran Baylor safety Orion Stewart to the end zone for a 55-yard touchdown.

But Baylor (8-1, 5-1) battled back as quarterback Jarrett Stidham threw a pair of touchdown passes to shrink the lead. He hit tight end LaQuan McGowan for a 5-yard touchdown and Jay Lee for a 17-yard score to cut the Sooners' lead to 37-34 with 10:29 left in the fourth quarter.

That's when Oklahoma put together a drive to take control.

The Sooners marched 78 yards in 10 plays, using up 5:42 of the fourth quarter. And Mayfield capped the drive with the toss to Flowers with 4:47 left.

Oklahoma safety Ahmad Thomas intercepted Stidham's pass on the second play of the ensuing possession to help ice the game.

Stidham, a freshman in his second start for the Bears, passed for 257 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Mayfield finished with 270 passing yards with three touchdowns and an interception.

Mayfield threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepard to put the Sooners ahead 13-6 midway through the second quarter.

Mayfield, though, handed the momentum back over to Baylor later in the period.

The Oklahoma defense forced Baylor to go three-and-out on two straight possessions in the second quarter. After the second, the Sooners had a chance to build momentum by driving for a two-score lead. However, Mayfield's pass on first-and-10 from the Oklahoma 42 was intercepted by Baylor nickel back Travon Blanchard.

The takeaway gave Baylor the ball in Sooners' territory and set up a Bears' touchdown drive. After a personal foul against the Oklahoma defense for a late hit on Stidham extended the drive on third-and-five from the 6, Bears running back Devin Chafin ran 3 yards for a touchdown to make it 13-13 with 2:58 left in the half.

Mayfield made up for his pick by guiding Oklahoma on a 71-yard touchdown drive at the end of the second quarter. Mayfield completed all four passes on the drive for 61 yards. He scored the touchdown by running around the left end for a 2-yard score, putting Oklahoma on top 20-13 at halftime.

NOTES: The Bears last lost in Waco against TCU on Oct. 13, 2012. ... Baylor had never defeated Oklahoma going into the 2011 season. But the Bears, led by eventual Heisman-winner Robert Griffin III, captured a 45-38 victory over Oklahoma in 2011 and have defeated the Sooners twice since. Oklahoma leads the series 22-3. ... Since losing to Texas 21-14, Oklahoma had beaten five straight opponents by an average of 38.4 points per game.