Overview
- Oklahoma improved to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in SEC play, extending its bowl-eligibility streak to 27 seasons.
- The Sooners generated relentless pressure with six sacks, held South Carolina under 100 second-half yards and produced a safety.
- Reports vary on takeaways, with outlets crediting Oklahoma with either two or three turnovers, including Taylor Wein’s interception on a fake punt.
- True freshman Tory Blaylock paced the revitalized ground game with 101 rushing yards and a touchdown, and Xavier Robinson added 58 yards and a score.
- Quarterback John Mateer went 18-of-26 for 150 yards and a touchdown and pinned the Gamecocks at the 1-yard line with a punt that set up the late safety, as attention now turns to hosting No. 5 Ole Miss.