Sooners drops first road game 17-10 to Michigan
No. 11 Oklahoma dropped its first road game of the season, 17-10, at Michigan Saturday in front of a crowd of 111,240. It was the largest crowd to ever watch an Oklahoma football game.
The Sooners (1-1) scored on their first two possessions of second half to tie the game, 10-10, with 11:49 left to play. Following an interception deep in OU territory, the Wolverines (2-0) scored on a 1-yard rush by Jordan Marshall to take a 17-10 lead with 7:53 to go in the game. Oklahoma could not even the score with any of its final three possessions as the Sooners dropped to 2-1 all-time against Michigan.
A 0-0 deadlock was broken by a 38-yard touchdown run by Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood with 47 seconds left in the first quarter. The Wolverines led 10-0 at halftime after adding a Trey Butkowski 40-yard field goal with 2:28 remaining in the second quarter.
The Sooners answered out of the half, cutting the deficit to 10-7 after a 90-yard drive resulted in a 22-yard Mackenzie Alleyne touchdown reception. It was his first reception as a Sooner. Reggie Powers III sacked Underwood for a seven-yard loss to stunt Michigan’s next drive before Tate Sandell tied the game at 10-10 with a 34-yard field goal.
Mike: On the road
MIKE’S BLOG
Saturday, Sept. 12. 3:11 pm. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Sooner fans showed up. In droves. Unfortunately, the Sooners contingent who invaded Michigan Stadium (commonly referred ato as the “Big House”) didn’t bring a football team capable of overcoming multiple penalties and overthrown passes.
This was a fun experience to attend a game here. The Michigan fans were cordial and friendly hosts. Not as passionate as what we are used to — maybe the excessiveness and aggressiveness of in Oklahoma has something to do with the uncomfortable weather at lower latitudes that is missing int the Great Lakes region. But good fans who revere good college football are here in these Michiganders.
They just didn’t see good college football today. You don’t have 20 penalties total in a game and call it that.
For us Sooner fans the offense was a disappointment. That first half had us scratching our heads to the point we must now have hairless patches. How do you call a QB run on third and 10 with 2 minutes left in the half when you are scoreless?