Oklahoma Sooners vs Kansas Jayhawks Match Player Stats On Oct 19, 2013

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 19, 2013

No. 18 Oklahoma 34, Kansas 19: Sterling Shepard had seven catches for 82 yards and two touchdowns as the visiting Sooners rallied to beat Kansas for the ninth straight time.

Blake Bell went 15-of-25 for 131 yards and two scores as Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) overcame a slow start. Damien Williams had 56 yards rushing and a touchdown and Bell added 53 yards on the ground.

James Sims had 129 yards and two scores on 23 carries for Kansas (2-4, 0-3), which finished with just 16 passing yards. Oklahoma outgained the Jayhawks 415-201 and held Kansas to 2-of-11 on third-down attempts.

Kansas jumped to 13-0 lead on Jake Heaps' 1-yard pass to Jimmay Mundine and Sims' 11-yard run with 14:49 left in the second quarter before Oklahoma closed the half on an 18-0 run. Bell hit Jaz Reynolds for a 16-yard touchdown, Matt Dimon blocked a punt into the end zone for a safety and Lacoltan Bester threw a double-reverse pass to Shepard for a 49-yard score - all in a span of 2:41 - as Oklahoma grabbed a 15-13 lead.

Shepard's 10-yard touchdown catch early in the third quarter pushed the lead to 25-13. Sims scored from 6 yards out with 10:15 left - one play after Josh Ford blocked a Sooners' punt - but the ensuing extra point was blocked and returned by Oklahoma's Aaron Colvin for two points and Williams sealed the win with a 6-yard run on the next drive.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Mundine has a touchdown in each of the past four games, the longest TD streak by a Kansas player since 2009. ... Oklahoma had as many offensive touchdowns Saturday (four) as it did in its first three Big 12 games combined. ... It was Oklahoma's first blocked punt since a 2010 game against Texas A&M.