No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners face the Iowa Cyclones on Saturday’s college football schedule at the Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA.
Oklahoma (5-2) suffered a terrible 31-30 defeat in the hands of Kansas State on October 18, which probably removed them out of contention for the college football playoff. With two losses, it would be impossible for them to be considered on the top four even if they wind up winning all their games.
”Coaches told us the season is not over yet,” defensive lineman Chuka Ndulue said. ”We can still win the Big 12, so get ready. We can’t take anything for granted. We do this because we love it, and we still love it. We’re just going to keep playing hard.”
The Sooners had all the chances of winning the game but Michael Hunnicutt missed two short field goal and a block extra-point.
Trevor Knight completed 26 of 32 passes for 318 yards and three touchdowns against one interception. Sterling Shepard had 197 yards and one touchdown in 15 receptions.
Knight and Shepard will absolutely the key duo for the Sooners to beat Iowa State. Offensively, Oklahoma averages 266 yards in passing and 192 in rushing. Defensively, Oklahoma yields 268.4 in rushing and 122.3 in rushing.
The Iowa State Cyclones (2-5) could derail the chances of the Sooners in this match. The Cyclones lost close games to Kansas State by four and Texas by three. They were playing well against Oklahoma State until they were outmatched late in the game to a 37-20 loss.
”It’s still not good enough for what we expect,” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. ”We want more. But yeah, it is fair to compliment when you see what these other teams are doing to everyone else. If you are going to compare apples to apples, they’re pretty difficult in the way they play to hold down.”
Offensively, Iowa State averages 246.9 yards in passing and 117.1 in rushing. Defensively, Iowa averages 246.7 in passing and 209 in rushing.
Oklahoma Sooners vs Iowa State Cyclones football start time is at 12:00 PM ET. Oklahoma vs Iowa State tv channel schedule is on FS1. Oklahoma vs Iowa State scores and results will be posted here after the game.
No. 19 Oklahoma outlasts Iowa State 59-14