Columbia, Mo. ? A swarming Oklahoma defense made life difficult on Chase Daniel and No. 23 Missouri, leading to a rare road win for the Sooners.
Paul Thompson threw two touchdown passes, Allen Patrick rushed for 162 yards, and No. 19 Oklahoma scored all of its points off Missouri’s mistakes in a 26-10 victory Saturday.
“Opportunistic, I guess,” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. “I don’t know that this should be a surprise because we’ve been playing this way for several weeks now.”
The Sooners (6-2, 3-1 Big 12) won for the first time this season away from Norman, Okla., and snapped Missouri’s eight-game home winning streak. After a 6-0 start, the Tigers (7-2, 3-2) have lost two of three.
The game was highly anticipated by Tigers fans buoyed by a 7-1 start, the team’s best since 1969. But after falling behind 3-0, the Sooners dominated in beating the Tigers for the fourth straight time and 16th in the last 17 meetings.
“They are good enough that you can’t make the mistakes that we made today,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “Obviously, that’s very disappointing. Critical penalties, critical kicking plays, critical turnovers – huge momentum plays.”
Two interceptions, a fumble, a blocked punt and a roughing-the-kicker penalty set up every score for Oklahoma.
Missouri came in averaging 33.1 points, but struggled against the Sooners’ 11th-ranked defense. Daniel was 23-for-44 for 284 yards and three interceptions. He also ran 20 times for 75 yards and a score.
