The Oklahoma Sooners travel to face the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday in Week 3 of the college football season. Here's everything you need to know:
It didn’t matter much, as Ethan Downs was right behind Kanak and finished off the sack. On the next play, he had his sights on Thompson in the backfield, but Thompson ducked the tackle. It was just OU’s seventh time beating Nebraska by 20 or more points in Lincoln. [Hollywood script has former OU quarterback Charles Thompson's son leading Nebraska](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/09/16/ou-vs-nebraska-football-casey-thompsons-sooners-connections-amaze/69496107007/) Nebraska football](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/09/16/oklahoma-vs-nebraska-football-barry-switzer-tom-osborne-sooners-cornhuskers-rivalry/69498526007/) [Playoff, TV contracts could get OU and Texas into SEC by 2024](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/09/15/college-football-playoff-affect-when-ou-texas-sec-move/69496076007/) [Did the 'Big Bang Theory' start Cornhuskers' demise?](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/09/16/ou-vs-nebraska-football-did-big-bang-theory-start-cornhuskers-demise/69498902007/) [Why OU football's win at Nebraska in 1972 was 'like a volcano exploding' for Sooners](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/09/16/ou-vs-nebraska-football-lucious-selmon-sooners-recall-1972-win/69496752007/) Still, though, it was the most points the Sooners have ever scored at Nebraska. [Nebraska, 49-14, on Saturday at Memorial Stadium](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/09/16/ou-vs-nebraska-football-how-to-watch-score-predictions-odds/69486908007/). [Brent Venables’ first OU football team](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/09/01/ou-football-oklahoma-sooners-2022-season-schedule-depth-charts/65462471007/). [How OU football standout Reggie Grimes is embracing his return to Nebraska roots](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/09/17/ou-football-reggie-grimes-embraces-nebraska-return-roots-with-sooners/69497275007/) [Dillon Gabriel, OU offense still have questions]
Highlights and reactions from the big Oklahoma win at Nebraska on the Week 3 college football schedule.
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Nebraska scored on its opening drive to take a 7-0 lead, but Oklahoma answered with seven touchdowns, as the No. 6 Sooners rolled to a 49-14 victory to ...
The sack yardage knocked Nebraska's rushing total to just 40 yards on 25 carries in the half, despite 40 yards on nine carries from Allen and 30 yards on 11 totes from Allen. About 10 minutes later, OU ended the first-half scoring with 16-yard touchdown run by Eric Gray to close a five-play, 65-yard drive. Marcus Major put OU up 21-7 just 12 seconds into the second period on a one-yard touchdown run to end a five-play, 23-yard drive that took just 55 seconds. Farooq finished the game with three receptions for 58 yards, while Marvin Mims led the Sooner receivers with four catches for 66 yards on the afternoon. Purdy closed out the march with his eight-yard touchdown run to produce the final score. - Nebraska scored on its opening drive to take a 7-0 lead, but Oklahoma answered with seven touchdowns, as the No.
The Huskers failed to impress in the first game of the post-Scott Frost era on Saturday.
Kanak led the Sooners with 10 tackles in less than half a game, and he caused major issues for Nebraska's protections. The Sooners posted 355 yards on 8.1 yards per play and held the Cornhuskers to 3.4 yards per play. Oklahoma played well in its first two games against UTEP and Kent State, but the first half against Nebraska was perfect football. The opening scripted drive spread the ball around, but after a few quarterback hits, the body language quickly fell. The 49 points mark the most scored by the Sooners against the Cornhuskers in the 88 meetings between these two programs. However, a porous offensive line allowed the Sooners to get four sacks off Thompson and produced just 2.8 yards per carry for starting running back Anthony Grant.
The college football world took to Twitter to react to the Nebraska Cornhuskers' rough performance on Saturday.
Nebraska struck first with the first touchdown of the game, but have since given up 35 unanswered points. The Big Ten program is currently trailing the No. "What a mess Nebraska football has become.
Hey, at least we didn't have to suffer through another one score loss?
Let’s just go enjoy the chaos elsewhere in college football and the Big Ten in particular. On a third down play, the Sooners got flagged for pass interference and give the Husker offense a bit of life. The Sooners are near midfield. First and goal for the Sooners. The Sooners started carving up the Blackshirts to get across midfield. The big tight end caught a pass for a short gain. Ajay Allen enters the game and busts off a 10 yard run. Sooner ball at the 12. A false start slowed the momentum, but only temporarily. Alante Brown and Trey Palmer moved the Huskers past midfield in short order. The defense played well (except for one big run by the Sooners), and notched a sack from Luke Reimer to get off the field quickly. Greg Sharpe mentioned in the pregame show that the Husker offense is gaining an average of 492 yards/game.
Things looked a little hairy for OU after an early punt and Nebraska score, but Dillon Gabriel quieted the crowd with a 61-yard touchdown run. Buy Sooners ...
The defense looked physical, punishing and relentless. The Sooners defense kept Casey Thompson and the Cornhuskers’ offense from getting into any kind of rhythm. Wanya Morris came in at right tackle after not starting the game and the unit dominated Nebraska’s front seven from then on. Major had a rushing touchdown and receiving score for another solid day at the office. 6 Oklahoma Sooners left very little to chance in a massive 49-14 win against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Gray finally found the end zone, finishing the day with 113 yards and two touchdowns.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers hosted the Oklahoma Sooners in a one-sided contest at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska football absorbed a crushing 49-14 defeat, ...
He had less than a week to prepare the team for a game against a top-ten-ranked opponent. A win is feasible if the Huskers’ offense can get back on track and the defense improves. The team’s next opponent is Indiana, who has a 3-0 record but has weaknesses that Nebraska can exploit. Will it trigger a stronger response for the rest of the season? It was the end of a wild week for Nebraska football. It’s difficult to predict what can turn the Nebraska defense around when there isn’t much good improvement from week to week. Though the defense pushed several drives to a halt, the scores it gave up much outweighed those. It was essentially a nightmare for the Nebraska defense. Nebraska football absorbed a crushing 49-14 defeat, falling to 1-3 in the 2022 college football season. The Cornhuskers’ blowout defeat against the Sooners, though, was simply the culmination of a difficult week. Following that, the Huskers had to turn around and prepare for a game against No. The Nebraska Cornhuskers hosted the Oklahoma Sooners in a one-sided contest at Memorial Stadium.