Dillon Gabriel threw for 322 yards and accounted for two touchdowns as No. 16 Oklahoma welcomed Cincinnati to the Big 12 Conference with a 20-6 defeat...
Oklahoma responded at the end of the first quarter, capping a six-play, 66-yard drive with a 5-yard strike from Gabriel to Nic Anderson.The Sooners grabbed a 10-3 lead on a 34-yard field goal with 8:40 to go before halftime.Cincinnati quarterback Emory Jones threw a pass into double coverage in the end zone on the ensuing drive, resulting in an interception by safety Key Lawrence. The turnover was the closest the Bearcats would come to a touchdown.
Oklahoma’s offense countered with a nine-play, 75-yard surgical drive. Gabriel punctuated it by calling his own number on a 1-yard score to put the Sooners ahead 17-6 with 5:23 before the fourth. Oklahoma surged ahead 20-6 following a 30-yard field goal in the fourth, and then the Sooners defense picked off Jones for the second time.The Sooners’ march toward a 15th and final Big 12 title got off to a solid start. Oklahoma,
, has more conference championships than any other Big 12 program. No other program has more than three. Oklahoma has now held opposing teams to 17 or fewer points in each of its first four games.A morning of celebrating ahead of their first Big 12 game ended in an afternoon of despair as the Bearcats failed to get anything going offensively under offensive-minded, first-year coach Scott Satterfield. Cincinnati lost back-to-back games at home for the first time since 2017.
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Oklahoma proves to be a cut above Big 12 newcomer CincinnatiDillon Gabriel and the Sooners gave Cincinnati a rude welcome to the Big 12, showing the Bearcats they still have work to do on the Power 5 level.
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