Alan Bowman threw for 396 yards and 5 touchdowns Saturday as No. 13 Oklahoma State roared out to a 28-0 halftime lead on its strategy to a 45-10 street rout of Tulsa.
Bowman accomplished 24 of 31 passes with an interception because the Cowboys improved to 3-0. Oklahoma State outgained the Golden Hurricane 560-352 in its closing non-conference tune-up earlier than opening Massive 12 play subsequent week at residence towards Utah.
Kirk Francis hit 14 of 31 passes for 153 yards with an interception for Tulsa (1-2), which got here into the competition averaging 43 factors per sport. The aggressive Cowboys notched seven tackles for loss, together with a pair of sacks, and permitted simply 5 of 16 Third-down conversions.
Bowman began his aerial assault with a 1-yard scoring strike to Brennan Presley on the 8:38 mark of the primary quarter, capping a game-opening 16-play, 75-yard drive. It grew to become 14-0 simply over two minutes into the second interval on Bowman’s 8-yard landing go to De’Zhaun Stribling.
That kicked off a 21-point quarter that put the sport out of attain for the Golden Hurricane. Bowman discovered Talyn Shettron for a 78-yard strike on Oklahoma State’s subsequent possession, then capped a 274-yard half by hitting Josh Ford for an 18-yard landing with 3:23 left within the second quarter.
Bowman related with Stribling, who completed the sport with seven grabs for 174 yards and two scores, on a 63-yard scoring strike over the center on the 8:19 mark of the third quarter. Logan Ward tacked on a 43-yard area purpose and Sesi Vailahi scored on a 1-yard run with 10:05 left within the sport to cap the Cowboys’ scoring.
Tulsa averted a shutout by scoring on its final two possessions. Seth Morgan booted a 43-yard area purpose with 6:15 remaining and backup quarterback Stephen Kittleman reached the top zone on a 9-yard run on the primary play after the two-minute timeout.
Oklahoma State working again Ollie Gordon II, who was thought-about a Heisman Trophy candidate by some previous to the season, was held to 41 yards on 17 carries.
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