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Oklahoma sophomore receiver Ryan Broyles caught 13 passes for 156 yards and three touchdowns to help propel the Oklahoma Sooners to a 31-27 win over No. 21 Stanford during Thursday's Sun Bowl in El Paso, Tx.
But as big as his day was receiving, it was Broyles' 42-yard punt return late in the third quarter that set up running back DeMarco Murray's critical over-the-top one-yard touchdown run that broke a 24-24 tie and gave the Sooners (8-5) the breathing room they needed. Broyles' 30-, 13- and 6-yard touchdown receptions established a new Sun Bowl record.
Broyles also had some help on the offensive side of the ball. Redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones, who was pressed into duty this season when Sam Bradford went down with injury, ended the campaign in impressive fashion. Jones threw for 416 yards passing and three touchdowns while completing 30 of 51 passes to salvage an otherwise disappointing season while providing hope for 2010.
The Sooners, who began the season as the third-ranked team in the nation and as the co-favorites to win the Big 12, won a bowl game under Bob Stoops for the first time since the 2005 Holiday Bowl.
Stanford, meanwhile, saw an exciting season come to a deflating end. With starting freshman quarterback Andrew Luck unable to go because of surgery to his right index finger, the Cardinal offense struggled to get going with backup Tavita Pritchard running the offense. Running back Toby Gerhart, the nation's leading rusher and the Heisman Trophy runner up, was the lone spark with 133 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries.
Outside Gerhart's production on the ground, Stanford (8-5) managed just 261 yards of total offense and converted just one of 12 third downs against an aggressive Oklahoma defense.
But it still managed to be a fairly exciting game with Stanford taking an early lead until Oklahoma rallied with 14 unanswered points in the third quarter. Even in the fourth quarter, the Cardinal pulled within four points when place-kicker Nate Whitaker nailed a 22-yard field goal with 12:43 to play.
And in the final three minutes of the game after a missed field goal by OU, Stanford had a chance to reclaim the lead but the Sooners' defense held to force the Cardinal to turn the ball over on downs to end the threat.
Stanford was appearing in its first bowl game under Jim Harbaugh and the first for the program since facing Georgia Tech in the 2001 Seattle Bowl. The Sooners were playing in their 11th straight bowl game under Stoops.
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