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Oklahoma 14 – Penn State 0

December 31, 1972 ▪ at New Orleans ▪ Attendance 80,123

Scoring

TEAM 1 2 3 4   1H 2H   F
#2 Oklahoma (10-1) 0 7 0 7 7 7 14
#5 Penn State (10-1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team Stats

Stat OU OPP
First Downs 20 11
Total Yards 453 196
– Plays 88 59
– Yards/Play 5.1 3.3
Rushing Yards 278 49
– Attempts 76 28
– Yards/Attempt 3.7 1.8
Passing Yards 175 147
– Completions-Attempts 7-12 12-31
– Completion % 58% 39%
– Yards/Completion 25.0 12.3
Return Yards *
Turnovers (Fum-Int) 5 (5-0) 5 (4-1)
Penalties-Yards 3-55 3-15
Time of Possession
* Based on available return stats; Prior to the mid-2000s, this usually meant punt and interceptions returns, at best.

Player Stats

Oklahoma

Receiving Rec Yards TD Long Y/R
Tinker Owens 5 132 1 26.4

Penn State

Passing Cmp Att Yards TD Int Long Cmp% Eff Y/C Y/A
Hufnagel 12 31 147 0 38.7% 0.0 12.3 4.7

 

Note: Opponent player stats only reflect bests against OU based on certain minimums and available research, plus a few select games that have all players listed.