That scoop-and-score, them high knees, ball security. “Oh man, he could take my spot,” Brooks joked. The score gave the Sooners a 14-7 lead with nine seconds left in the first half. Oklahoma’s Key Lawrence jarred the ball loose from Purdy, and Redmond got the perfect bounce in stride and took it 42 yards for a touchdown. Late in the second quarter, Iowa State drove into Oklahoma territory. Williams broke loose for a 74-yard touchdown run - the longest play of the season for the Sooners - to tie the game at 7 in the first quarter. “We never die easy, but man we find some crazy ways to lose sometimes,” Kolar said. The previous week, the Cyclones lost at Texas Tech on a 62-yard field goal as time expired. The Cyclones drove to the Oklahoma 21, but Pat Fields intercepted a pass by Purdy with 15 seconds remaining to end the threat. Iowa State got the ball at its 14-yard line, trailing 28-21 with two minutes left in the game. Brock Purdy passed for 281 yards and a touchdown for Iowa State (6-5, 4-4), which was eliminated from the Big 12 title race.
Iowa State tight end Charlie Kolar, playing in his hometown of Norman, Oklahoma, had career highs of 12 catches and 152 yards.
The Sooners pushed through, despite at times missing more than 20 players during the week with the flu. We’ve been in a lot of battles against those guys.” “That’s a darn good football team,” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said.