NCAAF Game Recap - Oklahoma at Kansas
Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:30 PM EST

Mer
0
Bama
56
F
UVA
28
MiaFL
44
F
Okla
41
Kans
3
F
Cit
3
Clem
61
F
Mich
10
Wisc
24
F
ULMon
14
Aub
42
F
KY
13
UGA
42
F
Ill
14
OSU
52
F
Navy
17
ND
24
F
K St
45
OkSt
40
F
TCU
27
TxTch
3
F
UCLA
23
USC
28
F
Neb
44
PSU
56
F
UCF
45
Temp
19
F
Utah
30
Wash
33
F
MissSt
28
Ark
21
F
SMU
45
Mem
66
F
Cal
14
Stan
17
F
LSU
30
Tenn
10
F
MD
7
MSU
17
F
Tuls
20
SoFL
27
F
Tex
28
WVU
14
F
NCSt
24
Wake
30
F
C Mi
42
Kent
23
F
Ohio
34
Akr
37
F
WestMI
31
NIU
35
F
E Mi
27
MiaOH
24
F
Toled
66
BGSU
37
F
Buff
40
Ball
24
F
TnSt
6
JacSt
36
F
MidTN
38
W Ky
41
F(2OT)
UNLV
38
NM
35
F
Cin
20
ECU
48
F
Lib
19
ChaSo
20
F
JMU
31
Elon
3
F
MIN
0
NW
39
F
Rut
0
Ind
41
F
DelSt
6
FlaSt
77
F
Pitt
14
VaTec
20
F
Fres
13
Wyo
7
F
HBU
33
SamHu
53
F
Rice
21
OD
24
F
IASt
23
Bayl
13
F
Hawaii
0
UtSt
38
F
TxSt
12
ArkSt
30
F
SoAl
0
GaSo
52
F
AzSt
40
OreSt
24
F
LT
42
UTEP
21
F
UMass
16
BYU
10
F
UNCC
21
SMiss
66
F
WCU
10
UNC
65
F
SJSU
14
ColSt
42
F
Purd
24
Iowa
15
F
Syr
10
Lou
56
F
GATec
20
Duke
43
F
Hou
17
Tul
20
F
Wof
10
SCar
31
F
UAB
7
Fla
36
F
CoCar
13
Idaho
7
F
NMS
34
ULLaf
47
F
Army
49
NorTx
52
F
Ariz
28
Oreg
48
F
Marsh
7
UTSA
9
F
TxAM
31
Miss
24
F
FLInt
24
FlAtl
52
F
BC
39
UConn
16
F
MIZ
45
Vand
17
F
AF
19
Boise
44
F
NEV
23
SDSU
42
F
BGSU
31
E Mi
34
F
MiaOH
28
Ball
7
F
Kent
14
Akr
24
F

Nov 18, 2017, 3:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

(3) Oklahoma (10-1)

7

14

7

13

41

Kansas (1-10)

0

3

0

0

3

Mayfield snubbed as No. 3 Sooners roll 41-3 win over Kansas
Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:49 PM

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) On his way to the bus, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield stopped outside the visiting locker room at Memorial Stadium to sign a handful of autographs for wide-eyed kids who clearly idolize him.

Their opinions of him hadn't changed over the course of a blowout win over Kansas.

Those of many other people probably did.

After getting dissed by the Jayhawks' captains during the coin toss, the Heisman Trophy front-runner spent the rest of an otherwise ho-hum 41-3 victory trading insults with them. At one point he told Kansas fans behind the bench to "go cheer on basketball," and after throwing his third and final touchdown pass, video cameras caught him grabbing his crotch and cursing at the opposing sideline.

"I got caught up in a competitive game, a chippy game, but what I did tonight was unacceptable," said Mayfield, who threw for 257 yards in just over three quarters. "It's disrespectful. It's not the example I want to set. It's not the legacy I want to leave. I truly do apologize."

Everything began when Mayfield tried shaking hands with Daniel Wise, Dorance Armstrong Jr. and Joe Dineen Jr. after the coin toss, but they stared stoically back at him. Mayfield quickly pulled his hand away, clapped a couple of times and set about burnishing his Heisman Trophy candidacy.

He threw TD passes to Rodney Anderson and Marquise Brown in the first half, then founded Mark Andrews late in the third quarter, which prompted more insults between Mayfield and the Jayhawks.

That was the point when he grabbed his crotch and cursed the Kansas sideline from his own bench.

"It was chippy from the second their guys decided they didn't want to shake our hands," Sooners coach Lincoln Riley said. "Despite all that, there's no excuse for it. Baker's a competitive guy."

Riley said he would need to see video of the game before deciding whether punishment was needed, but he did point out that Mayfield was repeatedly hit after the whistle.

"I'm proud of our guys for getting to a point and not just - you're not going to take it anymore," Kansas coach David Beaty said. "You're going to stick your feet in the ground and you're going to defend your grass. I think we got to display it better than that, obviously, but I get it."

The histrionics added at least some interest to a game that figured to be a blowout. The Sooners (10-1, 7-1) are fourth in the College Football Playoff ranking and clinched a spot in the revived Big 12 title game, while the Jayhawks (1-10, 0-8) have yet to beat a Football Bowl Subdivision foe.

Mayfield got most of the fourth quarter off as the defensive-minded Sooners won their 17th straight road game and 15th in a row in the Big 12, setting a league record. It was also their 12th consecutive win over the Jayhawks, their longest winning streak against any opponent.

Carter Stanley had 117 yards passing for Kansas. Khalil Herbert had 37 yards rushing.

The Jayhawks actually forced the Sooners into four three-and-outs in the first half, one of the worst defenses in the nation holding in check one of its best offenses. But they still trailed 21-3 at the break as a result of their own miscues more than anything else:

- The Jayhawks held Oklahoma to fourth-and-3 at their own 34-yard line, and had Mayfield in trouble when they inexplicably stopped covering Anderson. He caught a pass in the middle of the field and outran the defense to the end zone to give the Sooners a 7-0 lead.

- Deep in the Jayhawks' own territory, Stanley skipped a pass off the hands of wide receiver Evan Fairs that was picked by Emmanuel Beal. Jordan Smallwood scored three plays later for a 14-3 lead.

- And late in the first half, after the Sooners took over at their own 16, a 30-yard pass play was augmented by a roughing-the-passer penalty. The Jayhawks got hit with defensive holding on the next play, and Brown's 24-yard TD catch with 10 seconds left capped a three-play, 84-yard drive.

The Sooners eventually hit their stride in the second half, when the animosity between their star quarterback and the Kansas defense reached a crescendo, and easily pulled away.

"They have great players on defense. They kind of set the tone with how they were feeling with the coin toss," Mayfield said. "They did a great job of being physical. It's a team that's given us fits."

THE TAKEAWAY

Oklahoma could have run up the score but instead coasted, perhaps a result of the friendship between Riley and Beaty. Still, it was an oft-underwhelming performance by a team with national title hopes.

Kansas hardly had reason to celebrate Senior Day. Less than half the announced crowd of 22,854 showed up, and half of that were Oklahoma fans. The coin-toss snub and the embarrassing antics toward Mayfield by several people on the Jayhawks' sideline only underscored a dismal home finale.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma wraps up the regular season against West Virginia next Saturday.

Kansas concludes the season at No. 13 Oklahoma State next Saturday.

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Passing

Okla Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
B. Mayfield 30 20 66.7 3 257 34 0 126.7
K. Murray 5 3 60.0 0 55 33 0 97.9
Kans Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
C. Stanley 33 19 57.6 0 123 34 1 53.0
P. Bender 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6

Rushing

Okla Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
R. Anderson 16 77 4.8 16 0
K. Murray 3 33 11.0 18 0
Kans Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
K. Herbert 13 38 2.9 8 0
D. Williams 6 18 3.0 8 0

Receiving

Okla Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
G. Calcaterra 4 67 16.8 20 0
M. Andrews 4 42 10.5 24 1
Kans Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
S. Sims Jr. 2 38 19.0 34 0
E. Fairs 6 29 4.8 10 0

Fumbles

Kans F FL
D. Williams 1 1

Returning

Okla KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
C. Lamb 0 0 0 3 6.7 0 21
Kans KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
R. Schadler 4 20.3 0 24 0 0 0
J. Ehambe 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

Punting

Okla Punt Yds Avg LgPu
A. Seibert 7 288 41.1 56
Kans Punt Yds Avg LgPu
C. Moos 9 336 37.3 52
K. Thompson 1 40 40.0 40

Takeaways

Okla Int Yds InTD
E. Beal 1 3 0

Team Stats Comparison

Okla Kans
Points For 41 3
Total Yards 469 155
Rushing Yards 157 32
Passing Yards 312 123
Passing Completions / Attempts 23/35 19/34
Turnovers 0 2
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 1/1
First Downs 24 10
Penalties - Yards 8/63 5/60
Time Of Possession 19:19 41:41
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 3/14 2/16
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 2/2 0/0
Punts - Average Yards 7/41 10/38

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Okla Kans
Okla 08:20 TD Rodney Anderson 34 yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Austin Seibert kick) 7 0
2nd Quarter Okla Kans
Kans 00:43 FG Gabriel Rui 23 yd FG 7 3
Okla 07:33 TD Jordan Smallwood 3 yd run (Austin Seibert kick) 14 3
Okla 14:50 TD Marquise Brown 24 yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Austin Seibert kick) 21 3
3rd Quarter Okla Kans
Okla 10:08 TD Mark Andrews 3 yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Austin Seibert kick) 28 3
4th Quarter Okla Kans
Okla 01:02 FG Austin Seibert 27 yd FG 31 3
Okla 02:51 TD Trey Sermon 25 yd run (Austin Seibert kick) 38 3
Okla 10:21 FG Austin Seibert 32 yd FG 41 3

Game Information

Stadium: Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Attendance: 22,854
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