Texas A&M
4-6-0 , 2-4
(#1) Oklahoma
10-0-0 , 6-0
Aggies Fall to No. 1 OU, 77-0
Nov 08, 2003 | Football
November 08, 2003
Jason White tied a school record with five touchdown passes and Oklahoma's defense didn't allow a touchdown for a second straight week in the top-ranked Sooners' 77-0 rout of Texas A&M on Saturday.
The Sooners (10-0, 6-0 Big 12) exacted a brutal revenge against the team that derailed their national title hopes in a 30-26 upset last season, remaining on the fast track to the Big 12 title and the national championship game -- the Sugar Bowl.
The win also put the wraps on a Sooners' payback tour that included last week's 52-9 win over Oklahoma State, the only other team to defeat them last season. Oklahoma scored more than 50 points for a school-record sixth time.
It was Oklahoma's most lopsided victory since a 77-0 win over Missouri in 1986 and was A&M's worst loss ever. The margin of victory could have been bigger, but coach Bob Stoops called four straight runs into the middle of the line in the shadow of the A&M goal line midway through the fourth quarter.
In a season full of blowouts and impressive wins, the Sooners established a standard of dominance with this latest victory.
Oklahoma scored touchdowns on 10 of its first 11 possessions and got its final score of the day when cornerback Derrick Strait scooped up a fumble and returned it 17 yards to the end zone late in the third quarter.
The 77 points and 636 yards of offense were both the most in Stoops' five years in Norman.
White's equaled the school's single-game record for touchdown passes -- in the first half. He completed his first 15 passes and finished 16-of-18 for 263 yards.
Mark Clayton caught seven passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns, extending his own single-season record for touchdowns to 12.
Donta Hickson ran for 131 yards and a touchdown, Kejuan Jones rushed for 120 and two scores and reserve quarterback Paul Thompson added 79 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
White and most of Oklahoma's offensive starters spent much of the second half on the sideline with their helmets off.
The Sooners' defense put together its most dominant performance since the Barry Switzer era.
Texas A&M had more penalty yards (63) than offensive yards (54) and more punts (12) than first downs (3), none in the second half. The Aggies (4-6, 2-4) didn't even cross their own 40 all game.
Dennis Franchione, who nearly engineered an upset of Oklahoma in Norman last season when he was at Alabama, suffered the worst loss of his 21-year head coaching career. He spent most of the chilly, drizzly afternoon stalking up and down the sidelines, rarely looking up from his clipboard.
The Aggies are 1-11 against No. 1 teams, with the lone victory coming against Oklahoma last year.
Team Stats
TA 0, OU 7
OU - Clayton, Mark 40 yd pass from White, Jason (DiCarlo, Trey kick) 5 plays, 59 yards, TOP 2:19
TA 0, OU 14
OU - Jones, Kejuan 6 yd run (DiCarlo, Trey kick), 12 plays, 66 yards, TOP 4:17
TA 0, OU 21
OU - Clayton, Mark 42 yd pass from White, Jason (DiCarlo, Trey kick) 3 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:11
TA 0, OU 28
OU - Rankins, Jejuan 7 yd pass from White, Jason (DiCarlo, Trey kick) 8 plays, 82 yards, TOP 3:02
TA 0, OU 35
OU - Jones, Kejuan 7 yd run (DiCarlo, Trey kick), 2 plays, 22 yards, TOP 0:30
TA 0, OU 42
OU - Clayton, Mark 28 yd pass from White, Jason (DiCarlo, Trey kick) 4 plays, 41 yards, TOP 1:19
TA 0, OU 49
OU - Wilson, Travis 12 yd pass from White, Jason (DiCarlo, Trey kick) 5 plays, 50 yards, TOP 0:42
TA 0, OU 56
OU - Thompson, Paul 29 yd run (DiCarlo, Trey kick), 4 plays, 41 yards, TOP 1:13
TA 0, OU 63
OU - Thompson, Paul 3 yd run (DiCarlo, Trey kick), 8 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:04
TA 0, OU 70
OU - Hickson, Donta 2 yd run (DiCarlo, Trey kick), 10 plays, 68 yards, TOP 4:45
TA 0, OU 77
OU - Strait, Derrick 17 yd fumble recovery (DiCarlo, Trey kick)
