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Mateer lives up to hype, leads Sooners to 35-3 opening day win over Illinois State

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A new-found passing game and a resilient defense gave the No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners a 35-3 win in their first outing against Illinois State on Saturday night, but a struggling rushing game does not bode well for next week when a more formidable foe in the Michigan Wolverines comes to town.

One thing is certain: John Mateer lived up to his hype, completing 30 of 37 passes. His side-arm throws were launched with a quick release, and his targets were considerably better than last year’s wide receiver corps.

Transfer Keontez Lewis, who caught 9 of 11 passes his way for 119 yards and two touchdowns.

Deion Burkes caught passes on 88 yards and one touchdown.

Mateer, who completed 81 percent of his passes, set a school record for most yards passing in an Oklahoma debut, passing Baker Mayfield’s 388 yards against Akron in 2015.

Another highlight was former linebacker and now tight end Jaren Kanak, who had five catches for 90 yards, and appeared to be one of Mateer’s favorite targets.

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GAMEDAY – Oklahoma vs. Illinois State

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The 18th ranked Sooners kick off their 2025 campaign today at 5 pm in a non-conference match against the Illinois State Redbirds in Norman. The game will be televised on SEC Network+ and ESPN+.

The opponent isn’t the focus for most fans looking for a cleansing of the palette after a dismisal 6-7 season last year, concluded by an unrecognizable OU team that lost to Navy in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth last December.

The focus will be on glimpses that this Sooners bunch is different than that. And there is reason to think they are.

Obviously the heralded Washington State transfer John Mateer at quarterback brings a seasoned leader to an offense that struggled in the last season. But it doesn’t stop there. Transfer wide receiver Isaiah Sategna III from Arkansas and running back Jadyn Ott hope to infuse energy in an offense that struggled, in part due to injuries and inexperience.

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The Sooners’ wins and losses in 2025

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Consider this year two in the SEC experiment of re-shaping the expectations of Oklahoma football fans. The question is, will this be Brent Venables’ last year as the king lab rat?

There is little doubt the Oklahoma Sooners will be better than last year. That 2024 offensive line, those bandaged wide receivers watching from the sideline, and an inexperienced but heralded quarterback who became afraid of his shadow, torpedoed any chance of success last year. 

A healthy and more experienced O-Line, a wide receiver corps and running back room bolstered by good transfers and a QB (John Mateer) that some have already placed on a Heisman watch list, should change things in 2025. 

But the same murder’s row schedule for Oklahoma means they could lose four football games and still be good – maybe good enough to sneak into a playoff. Maybe.

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