Missouri leads Oklahoma, 3-0, in 2nd quarter: Score, live updates of important SEC game with potential College Football Playoff ramifications originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Following two clutch road wins at generally hostile Southeastern Conference venues, Oklahoma returns home with a chance to grab destiny.
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The Sooners are at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium for the next two games, and should OU win both, the Sooners can wrap up a berth in the College Football Playoff. First up is a Saturday morning kickoff against former longtime Big 8/Big 12 foe Missouri.
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Oklahoma (8-2) comes in ranked No. 8 in the latest College Football Playoff poll. The Sooners won on the road at Tennessee earlier this month; then last week, upended Alabama for the second straight year, this time a hard-fought 23-21 win inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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And now OU, which lost to Ole Miss in its previous last game at home, can continue its late-season charge.
The Sooners can also gain a measure of revenge after perhaps the most perplexing loss of their ill-fated 6-7 finish a year ago. Trailing in the fourth quarter, OU rallied to take a 23-16 lead, only to give up two touchdowns to Missouri in the final 1:03, the latter a fumble return with 22 seconds left that gave the Tigers a 30-23 win.
Missouri comes into Saturday’s game at 7-3 overall, and the Tigers are No. 22 in the latest CFP rankings. Last week, the Tigers rolled past Mississippi State, 49-27, breaking a two-game losing streak.
This will be the 98th meeting in the series between Oklahoma and Missouri. OU is 67-25-5 all-time, and the Tigers haven’t beaten the Sooners in Norman since 1966.
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MISSOURI 3, OKLAHOMA 0 2ND QTR.
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SECOND QUARTER
– OU finally picks up its first first down of the game, a third-down completion. Then the Sooners get another first down.
– Missouri’s punt is downed at the OU 3-yard line. Sooners need to get something going offensively – and fast.
– OU DB Robert Spears-Jennings nearly comes down with an interception, but is still on the ground and appears to be shaken up.
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– OU gets a stop on third down, but a Sooner player is flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. Missouri gets an automatic first down.
– Missouri starts the second quarter with a second-down play near midfield.
FIRST QUARTER
– Looks like OU will finish the opening quarter with minus 7 total yards and having the ball for only 2:45.
– OU going backward on its second series. Mateer gets sacked on third down and it looked like Missouri was going to be flagged for a horse collar, but no call. Sooners punt again.
– Missouri holds a 58-0 edge in rushing yards, though OU has yet to execute a running play. Sooners start their second series at their 30 after Missouri was penalized for an illegal formation during the punt, giving OU 5 extra yards after a fair catch.
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– OU finally able to stop Missouri, thanks in large part to a second-down sack. Then Roberts gets stuffed on third down. Tigers to kick it away.
– Ahmad Hardy breaks off a 20-yard run and Missouri advances to its 40.
– Missouri starts inside its 20 following OU’s punt.
– Missouri’s opening drive time: 8:23. Oklahoma’s opening drive time: 0:56.
– Back-to-back incomplete passes for John Mateer; then on third down, a short pass over the middle but well short of the first down. Sooners will punt.
– Fair catch on the kickoff; OU will start its first series at its own 25.
– FIELD GOAL MISSOURI. Robert Meyer’s 39-yard attempt is nearly blocked, but the ball is able to sneak through the uprights. Missouri took 8:23 off the clock in the opening drive. Now, OU finally will get its hands on the football. (Missouri, 3-0 | 6:37, 1st)
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– OU’s defense holds and forces a field goal attempt.
– Good opening drive for Missouri so far. Tigers have taken the first six-plus minutes off the clock and is approaching the OU red zone.
– Tigers convert another third-and-short and have the ball inside the Oklahoma 40.
– Missouri already into OU territory.
– OU edge rusher R Mason Thomas is still out of action for today’s game. Thomas, who got injured during his fumble return in the Tennessee win, missed the Alabama game last week.
– Missouri converts on a third-and-short and the Tigers are at their 36.
– Missouri QB Beau Pribula, who had been out the past several weeks with an injury, is starting today.
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– Oklahoma will kick off to start things. Sooners won the toss and deferred.
PREGAME
– Oklahoma is going to wear its alternate Unity uniforms for today’s game.
– Live from Norman, Oklahoma attempts to get even closer to landing a College Football Playoff berth as the Sooners return home to take on Missouri.
Oklahoma 2025 Schedule
Aug. 30 Illinois State W 35-3
Sept. 6 Michigan W 24-13
Sept. 13 at Temple W 42-3
Sept. 20 Auburn W 24-17
Oct. 4 Kent State W 44-0
Oct. 11 vs. Texas in Dallas L 23-6
Oct. 18 at South Carolina W 26-7
Oct. 25 Ole Miss L 34-26
Nov. 1 at Tennessee W 33-27
Nov. 15 at Alabama W 23-21
Nov. 22 Missouri
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Nov. 29 LSU
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