Murray leads No. 7 Oklahoma past Florida Atlantic
Sooners roll to easy home victory after leading 42-0 at half.
Kyler Murray, taking over for Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield this season, passed for 209 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 7 Oklahoma over Florida Atlantic 63-14 on Saturday in Norman, Okla.
Murray connected on 9 of 11 passes in just under one half of action. The firstround Major League Baseball draft pick also ran for 23 yards on four carries. It was just Murray’s second college start since transferring from Texas A&M after the 2015 season.
“I was pretty calm, pretty composed,” he said. “I’m a veteran as far as football goes. I’ve played a lot of football, so the nerves didn’t really hit me since I’ve been there and done it before.”
Marquise Brown caught six passes for 133 yards and a touchdown, and Rodney Anderson rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on just five carries. Lee Morris caught a 65-yard touchdown pass and blocked a punt for the Sooners. Oklahoma led 42-0 at halftime — the most points the Sooners have scored in a first half since 2008. By game’s end, Oklahoma outgained FAU 650 yards to 324.
Former Oklahoma quarterback Chris Robison passed for 157 yards for Florida Atlantic. Oklahoma dismissed him last year for violating team rules.
No. 2 Clemson 48, Furman 7: Freshman Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes and Clemson scored on all five of his drives in the season-opening rout. The Tigers’ front four on defense — who may all end up as NFL first-rounders — dominated Furman’s option attack. The Paladins gained just 163 yards and the one TD came with 1:18 left after Clemson emptied its bench.
No. 16 TCU 55, Southern U. 7: Shawn Robinson threw three TD passss and ran for two more scores while playing only the first half in TCU’s opening blowout. The Horned Frogs scored on their first six drives to take a 38-7 lead before fellow sophomore Michael Collins, a former transfer from Penn, took over after halftime in Fort Worth, Texas. Derius Davis caught a 12-yard scoring pass from Robinson and the true freshman later returned a punt 73 yards for a score as the Frogs won their 17th consecutive home opener under coach Gary Patterson.