OU football vs. West Virginia recap: Dillon Gabriel has record-setting day in Sooners' win

The 17th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners host the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday in Week 11 of the college football season. Here's everything you need to know about the Big 12 showdown:

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FINAL: Oklahoma 59, West Virginia 20

The Sooners move to 8-2 overall and 5-2 in the Big 12.

The Mountaineers drop to 6-4 and 4-3.

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Fourth quarter: Dillon Gabriel scores his eighth touchdown

Dillon Gabriel ran for his third touchdown of the game, to put OU up 59-20 with 7:59 remaining.

Gabriel has also thrown for five touchdowns.

The Sooners’ 59 points are its most in a Big 12 game since a 62-9 win over Kansas in 2020.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

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Fourth quarter: Drake Stoops scores third TD as OU leads 52-20

Drake Stoops’ latest touchdown sent tempers flaring.

Stoops caught a 9-yard touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter, and was hit immediately by West Virginia’s Anthony Wilson in the end zone.

As the lights flashed in celebration, a shoving match broke out between the sides.

Wilson was initially called for targeting, but after review, the call was overturned.

Stoops has 10 catches for 164 yards and three touchdowns.

OU leads 52-20.

OU starting right guard McKade Mettauer was called for two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, as Mettauer and Wilson got into it once again. Mettauer was ejected and Wilson was flagged for a penalty of his own.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

End third quarter: Dillon Gabriel moves into NCAA top 10

Dillon Gabriel grew up idolizing Colt Brennan.

Now, Gabriel has passed his childhood hero for 10th in NCAA career passing yards.

Gabriel passed Brennan with a 12-yard pass to Drake Stoops late in the third quarter.

After three, the Sooners lead West Virginia 45-20.

Gabriel has thrown for 376 yards, giving him 14,227 career passing yards.

Next up on the list is former Washington State standout Luke Falk, who had 14,486 career passing yards.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

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Third quarter: Drake Stoops adds second TD; Dillon Gabriel closes in on NCAA top-10 list

The connection between Dillon Gabriel and Drake Stoops continues.

Stoops caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Gabriel with 4:34 left in the quarter to put the Sooners up 44-20.

Stoops has eight catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns.

For the second consecutive game, Stoops has set a career high in receiving yards.

OU has 494 total yards, its most since Sept. 30 against Iowa State.

Gabriel has 339 passing yards. He needs just three to pass Hawaii’s Colt Brennan for 10th in NCAA career history.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

Third quarter: Reggie Pearson interception puts OU back in business

OU’s Reggie Pearson came up with a big interception, turning the momentum back the Sooners’ way after West Virginia started to make a push in the third quarter.

The Mountaineers cut OU’s lead to 18 and then quickly got the ball back, but Pearson’s interception — the first of his Sooners’ career — gave OU a chance to squelch that.

The interception came off a tip from Billy Bowman.

The Sooners quickly drove to the West Virginia 22 and are threatening.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

Third quarter: Garrett Greene TD pass cuts OU lead to 38-20

West Virginia answered OU’s third-quarter touchdown with one of their own, cutting the Sooners’ lead to 38-20 early in the third quarter on Garrett Greene’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Devin Carter.

The Mountaineers went for two after the score, but Greene’s pass fell incomplete, keeping the Sooners ahead by 18.

OU is outgaining West Virginia 446-273.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

Third quarter: Drake Stoops' TD gives Sooners 38-14 lead

OU quarterback Dillon Gabriel made NCAA history.

It was fitting that it came to Drake Stoops.

Stoops caught Gabriel’s pass just outside the West Virginia 40, and found open space before Mountaineers’ defender Malachi Ruffin tried to corral him just outside the 5.

But Stoops kept fighting, dragging Ruffin on his back into the end zone, where he gave the ball an emphatic spike to give the Sooners a 38-14 lead just more than one minute into the second half.

Stoops was flagged for the celebration, but it didn’t wipe out the touchdown.

With the completion, Gabriel passes Marshall’s Rakeem Cato for 11th in NCAA passing history. Gabriel needs 56 more yards to pass Colt Brennan, his childhood hero, for ninth place.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

HALF: Oklahoma 31, West Virginia 14

Second quarter: OU penalties give WVU shot at points

West Virginia got on the board again just before halftime, as Kole Taylor hauled in Garrett Greene’s 3-yard pass with 0:07 to go before halftime to cut OU’s lead to 31-14.

The Sooners had scored 31 consecutive points.

The touchdown was set up after Kani Walker was called for pass interference on the previous play to give the Mountaineers first-and-goal from the 3.

OU it outgaining West Virginia 371-212.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

Second quarter: Sooners' defense delivers goal-line stand

OU’s defense came up with yet another big goal-line stand.

Late in the second quarter, West Virginia finally got some offensive momentum going, getting first-and-goal at the OU 3 on a 49-yard pass to Traylon Ray.

But from there, the Sooners’ defense bowed up.

The Sooners stopped the Mountaineers four consecutive times, the last when Da’Jone Terry and Robert Spears-Jennings stopped CJ Donaldson just outside the goal line on fourth down to give the ball back to OU.

The play was reviewed. Just like the first-down play on the stand, the call was upheld after review.OU leads 31-7.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

Second quarter: Jayden Gibson TD catch puts OU up 31-7

First Austin Stogner, then Jayden Gibson.

Gibson caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from Dillon Gabriel with 6:20 remaining in the second quarter to put OU up 31-7 on West Virginia.

It was Gibson’s first catch since Oct. 21 vs. UCF and his first touchdown since Sept. 30 against Iowa State.

The touchdown was Gibson’s third of the season.

It was the third big play of the drive for OU.

Drake Stoops caught a 23-yard pass on the second play of the drive, followed two plays later by a 26-yard pass from Gabriel to Jalil Farooq.

Gabriel has 222 yards passing, going 12 of 19.

The Sooners are outgaining West Virginia 337-93, with the Mountaineers not picking up a first down since the game’s first drive.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

Second quarter: Austin Stogner, Sooners rolling up 24-7

Austin Stogner has his first touchdown catch in his return to OU.

Stogner caught a 3-yard touchdown pass from Dillon Gabriel to put the Sooners up 24-7 on West Virginia with 9:06 to go in the second quarter.

Stogner has three catches for 34 yards, tying his season high in receptions and his most yards in an OU uniform since the 2021 Bedlam game.

Stogner played at South Carolina last season before transferring back to Norman.

OU is outgaining the Mountaineers 251-88.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

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Second quarter: Schmit puts Sooners up 17-7

OU’s offense showed explosiveness.

But this time, the Sooners couldn’t find the end zone.

Zach Schmit’s 23-yard field goal put the Sooners up 17-7 with 13:54 to go in the first half.

A 63-yard reception by Nic Anderson gave the Sooners first-and-goal at the West Virginia 5 but from there, the OU drive stalled.

Anderson has three catches for 94 yards so far.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

End first quarter: Sooners 14, Mountaineers 7

OU’s defense did its job.

But then the turnover big came back to bite the Sooners’ once again.

OU punt returner Gavin Freeman called for a fair catch after a second consecutive three-and-out for West Virginia, but Kani Walker fall into Freeman, knocking the ball free where it was recovered by West Virginia’s Jared Bartlett.

The defense bowed up, though, holding the Mountaineers to a three-and-out again, and then West Virginia’s field goal went wide to keep the Sooners ahead 14-7.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

First quarter: Dillon Gabriel adds another rushing TD for OU

Last week in Bedlam, Dillon Gabriel didn’t do much with his feet.

In the first quarter Saturday against West Virginia, the quarterback run game has already been a big piece of the OU offense.

Gabriel ran for a 3-yard touchdown — his second of the game — to put the Sooners ahead 14-7 with 3:16 to play in the first.

Earlier in the drive, Gabriel had a 13-yard run.

The touchdown run was Gabriel’s 10th of the season.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

First quarter: Dillon Gabriel, Sooners march down field to tie game at 7-7

Dillon Gabriel’s 2-yard touchdown run capped a quick drive that lifted the Sooners back into a tie with West Virginia, 7-7, less than halfway through the first quarter.

The Sooners had back-to-back big plays on the drive — a 23-yard completion to tight end Austin Stogner after Gabriel made a nifty move to escape a blitz, buying himself time to loft a pass to Stogner, then a 30-yard run by Gavin Sawchuk.

Sawchuk was tripped up at the two, setting up Gabriel’s touchdown run — his ninth of the season.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

First quarter: Mountaineers strike on first drive

With Danny Stutsman back, OU used a different combination at linebacker — starting Stutsman next to Kip Lewis, who has served as Stutsman’s backup at the weakside spot.

But the early results from the Sooners’ defense weren’t good.

West Virginia ripped off an eight-play, 75-yard drive to start the game and take a 7-0 lead on the Sooners on CJ Donaldson Jr.’s 13-yard touchdown run.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

Pregame: Danny Stutsman warms up for Sooners

OU linebacker Danny Stutsman, who missed last week's Bedlam loss with an ankle injury, appears to be ready to return for the Sooners' game against West Virginia on Saturday night.

Stutsman went through warmups with the linebackers and is expected to play in the game. He also went through warmups before Bedlam.

The Sooners' leading tackler was replaced in the lineup at weakside linebacker last week by redshirt freshman Kip Lewis, who had 15 tackles in the loss.

While Stutsman appears to be ready to return, the Sooners will be without an offensive lineman.

Starting right tackle Tyler Guyton was in street clothes during warmups and will miss Saturday's game.

—Ryan Aber, Staff writer

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2023 Oklahoma football schedule

What's the best-case and worst-case scenario for each game in 2023? Ryan Aber breaks it all down.

• Sept. 2: Oklahoma 73, Arkansas State 0

• Sept. 9: Oklahoma 28, SMU 11

• Sept. 16: Oklahoma 66, Tulsa 17

• Sept. 23: Oklahoma 20, Cincinnati 6

• Sept. 30: Oklahoma 50, Iowa State 20

• Oct. 7: Oklahoma 34, Texas 30

• Oct. 21: Oklahoma 31, UCF 29

• Oct. 28: Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33

• Nov. 4: Oklahoma State 27, Oklahoma 24

• Nov. 11: vs. West Virginia, 6 p.m. (Fox)

• Nov. 18: at BYU, TBA

• Nov. 24 (Friday): vs. TCU, 11 a.m. (Fox)

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