Baylor ends Oklahoma’s streak
Bohanon throws for a touchdown and runs for two more scores to help the Bears stop the nation’s longest win streak at 17 games.
WACO, Texas — Gerry Bohanon had a hard time finding the words to describe just how he felt after Baylor ran over Oklahoma, ending the Sooners’ 17-game winning streak, the longest in the nation.
The hard-nosed quarterback does know what it means for the resurgent Bears going forward.
“I know we’ll keep going,” Bohanon said. “I know that was just motivation for what we can do and we can be as a team.”
Bohanon threw a touchdown pass and ran for two scores in the fourth quarter, and Baylor’s defense harassed both Oklahoma quarterbacks in a 27-14 win Saturday that kept the Bears in contention for a spot in the Big 12 title game, a week after an unexpected loss at struggling Texas Christian.
“It’s controlled confidence. You know, we put in the work and we expected results,” said linebacker Terrel Bernard, who had nine tackles and two sacks for Baylor (8-2, 5-2 Big 12). “We didn’t play up to our standard last week. And, we corrected some things on tape. We put in a great game plan and came out here and executed.”
The Sooners (9-1, 6-1) were held to 260 total yards, their fewest with Lincoln Riley in his five seasons as coach and two seasons as offensive coordinator before that. It was their fewest points in a regular-season game since a 48-14 home loss to Baylor in 2014.
“Disappointing, no other way to put it,” Riley said. “Still a whole lot left for this football team. That’s the advantage of winning your first nine games, is you do set yourself up to be able to overcome something like this. We’ll bounce back like we always do and like we fully expect to.”
Abram Smith had 148 yards rushing, including a 75-yard scamper to set up the first of Bohanon’s rushing touchdowns for a 17-7 lead early in the fourth quarter. Bohanon, who threw an interception near midfield with a minute to go in the 30-28 loss at TCU, ran for 107 yards against the Sooners while hitting 12 of 21 passes for 117 yards and an interception.
Baylor fans stormed the field when they thought the game was over, but there had been a timeout, and three seconds remained. Pretty much all of Oklahoma’s team had left the field and it took several minutes to clear the field and get 11 Sooners back out for the final snap after officials spoke with an irate Riley. Isaiah Hankins then kicked a 32-yard field goal for points that could come into play in a Big 12 tiebreaker, and the fans then swarmed the field again.