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Longest Plays ▪ Oklahoma

These lists are based on the official records from recent media guides and stats supplements. I am working my way backwards through older media guides and have added plays from 2012 to present that fall between the 'official' minimum yards (shortest listed play) and my own minimums (below the category subtitle). The rows for those additional plays will be shaded gray and have no ranking since the data is incomplete (see Notes).

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Minimum 80 yards

  Yards Play TD Player (Pass From) Class Pos Season   Opponent Result
1. 100 Int Return Y Billy Bowman JR DB 2023 A BYU W 31-24
  100 Kick Return Y Alex Ross SO RB 2014 A West Virginia W 45-33
  100 Int Return Y Julian Wilson SR CB 2014 H Tennessee W 34-10
  100 Kick Return Y Roy Finch JR RB 2012 H Kansas W 52-7
  100 Kick Return Y Mark Bradley JR DB 2003 A Iowa State W 53-7
  100 Kick Return Y Buster Rhymes FR RB 1980 H Kansas State W 35-21
  100 Int Return Y Al Needs FR DB 1945 A Kansas State W 41-13
8. 99 Run Y Abdul Adams SO RB 2017 A Baylor W 49-41
  99 Kick Return Y Jerome Ledbetter FR HB 1980 A Colorado W 82-42
  99 Int Return Y Joe Golding JR DB 1946 N #1 Texas L 20-13
11. 97 Kick Return Y Joe Mixon SO RB 2016 H #3 Ohio State L 45-24
  97 Int Return N Derrick Strait SR DB 2003 A Texas Tech W 56-25
13. 96 Run Y Jeff Frazier JR HB 1995 H North Texas W 51-10
  96 Int Return Y Randy Hughes JR SS 1973 H #16 Colorado W 34-7
  96 Run N Buck McPhail JR FB 1951 A Kansas State W 33-0
  96 Punt Return Y Darrell Royal JR QB 1948 H Kansas State W 42-0
17. 95 Run Y Damien Williams JR RB 2012 N #15 Texas W 63-21
  95 Int Return Y Rickey Dixon SR DB 1987 H #12 Oklahoma State W 29-10
  95 Kick Return Y Jerome Ledbetter FR HB 1980 H Oklahoma State W 63-14
  95 Pass Y Ben Hart (Ronnie Fletcher) JR RH 1965 N Florida State L 36-19
  95 * Kick Return Y George Thomas SR RB 1949 A Boston College W 46-0
22. 94 Int Return Y David Baker SR QB 1958 N #16 Duke W 48-21
  94 Kick Return Y Otis Rogers JR B 1937 A Kansas State W 19-0
24. 93 Kick Return N J.T. Thatcher SR DB 2000 N #8 Kansas State W 27-24
  93 Punt Return Y Eddie Hinton SO HB 1966 A Colorado L 24-21
26. 92 Run Y DeMarco Murray FR RB 2007 H Utah State W 54-3
  92 Kick Return Y Orville Mathews JR B 1940 A #15 Santa Clara L 33-13
28. 91 Kick Return Y Alex Ross SO RB 2014 N Texas W 31-26
  91 Punt Return Y Jalen Saunders SR WR 2013 H Iowa State W 48-10
  91 Kick Return Y DeMarco Murray FR RB 2007 H Baylor W 52-21
  91 Punt Return Y Antonio Perkins SO DB 2002 A Tulsa W 37-0
  91 Punt N Wahoo McDaniel JR FB 1958 A Iowa State W 20-0
  91 Punt Return Y Tommy McDonald JR LH 1955 H Iowa State W 52-0
  91 Run Y Jimmy Harris SO QB 1954 A Kansas W 65-0
35. 90 Kick Return N Alex Ross JR RB 2015 A #9 Oklahoma State W 58-23
  90 Punt Return Y Justin Brown SR WR 2012 H Kansas W 52-7
  90 Pass Y P.J. Mills (Eric Moore) SR FL 1995 A Iowa State W 39-26
  90 Run Y Mike Thomas SO RHB 1972 H Oregon W 68-3
  90 Pass Y Lance Rentzel (John Hammond) SR HB 1964 A Maryland W 13-3
  90 Run Y George Thomas SR RB 1949 H Oklahoma State W 41-0
41. 89 Run Y Damien Williams JR RB 2012 H Florida A&M W 69-13
  89 Kick Return Y Brandon Daniels SR WR/RB 1999 A Notre Dame L 34-30
  89 Run Y Darrell Shepard JR QB 1980 A Colorado W 82-42
44. 88 Pass Y Dede Westbrook (Baker Mayfield) SR WR 2016 H Kansas State W 38-17
  88 Kick Return Y Juaquin Iglesias SO WR 2006 A Baylor W 36-10
  88 Kick Return Y Antwone Savage JR WR 2001 H North Carolina W 41-27
  88 Run Y Keith Jackson SO TE 1985 H #2 Nebraska W 27-7
48. 87 Pass Y Marquise Brown (Kyler Murray) SO WR 2017 H Tulane W 56-14
  87 Punt Return Y Ryan Broyles SO WR 2009 H #11 Oklahoma State W 27-0
  87 Punt Return Y Darrius Johnson JR CB 1994 H Missouri W 30-13
  87 Punt N Joe Wylie SO RB 1970 H Kansas State L 19-14
  87 Pass Y Max Boydston (Buddy Leake) SR RE 1954 A #12 California W 27-13
53. 86 Run Y Kennedy Brooks FR RB 2018 H Kansas State W 51-14
  86 Pass Y CeeDee Lamb (Kyler Murray) SO WR 2018 H Baylor W 66-33
  86 Kick Return N Tre Brown SO CB 2018 H UCLA W 49-21
  86 Pass Y Cameron Kenney (Landry Jones) SR WR 2010 A #10 Oklahoma State W 47-41
  86 Run Y De'Mond Parker FR HB 1996 A San Diego State L 51-31
  86 Run Y Anthony Stafford SR HB 1988 N Texas W 28-13
  86 Run Y Marcus Dupree FR HB 1982 A #3 Nebraska L 28-24
  86 Pass Y Wahoo McDaniel (Bobby Boyd) JR FB 1958 H #13 West Virginia W 47-14
  86 Run Y Leon Heath SR FB 1950 N #9 LSU W 35-0
62. 85 Punt Michael Turk SR P 2021 N #21 Texas W 55-48
  85 Punt N Tress Way SO P 2010 H Utah State W 31-24
  85 Int Return Y Dominique Franks JR DB 2009 A #24 Kansas W 35-13
  85 Int Return Y J.T. Thatcher SR DB 2000 H Texas Tech W 27-13
  85 Run Y Eric Mitchel SR HB 1988 H Kansas State W 70-24
  85 Punt Return Y Freddie Nixon SO SE 1977 H #16 Iowa State W 35-16
  85 Kick Return Y Joe Wylie JR HB 1971 A Pittsburgh W 55-29
  85 * Kick Return Y Montford Johnson 1914 N Texas L 32-7
70. 84 Pass Y Marquise Brown (Baker Mayfield) SO WR 2017 A #11 Oklahoma State W 62-52
  84 Run Y Adrian Peterson SO RB 2005 H Oklahoma State W 42-14
  84 Punt Return Y Antonio Perkins JR DB 2003 H UCLA W 59-24
  84 Run David Overstreet SR HB 1980 A Colorado W 82-42
  84 Run Y Elvis Peacock JR HB 1976 H Oklahoma State L 31-24
  84 Run Y Joe Looney JR RB 1962 A Colorado W 62-0
76. 83 Pass Y Virgil Boll (Monte Deere) JR RH 1962 A Colorado W 62-0
  83 Punt Return Y Buddy Jones JR LH 1949 H Iowa State W 34-7
78. 82 Punt Return Y Gavin Freeman SO WR 2023 H Arkansas State W 73-0
  82 Pass Y CeeDee Lamb (Kyler Murray) SO WR 2018 H Kansas State W 51-14
  82 Pass Y CeeDee Lamb (Baker Mayfield) FR WR 2017 H Tulane W 56-14
  82 Run Y Alex Ross SO RB 2014 A Tulsa W 52-7
  82 Pass N Jaz Reynolds (Blake Bell) SR WR 2013 H Tulsa W 51-20
  82 Punt Return Y Antonio Perkins SO DB 2002 H South Florida W 31-14
  82 Pass Y Artie Guess (Steve Collins) JR SE 1989 A #6 Nebraska L 42-25
  82 Run Y Eric Mitchel JR HB 1987 A Kansas State W 59-10
  82 Run Y Anthony Stafford SO HB 1986 H Missouri W 77-0
  82 Run Y Mike McClellan SR RH 1961 A Kansas State W 17-6
  82 Int Return Y Carl Dodd JR RH 1956 N #3 Maryland W 20-6
  82 Run Y George Thomas JR RB 1948 A Santa Clara L 20-17
  82 Int Return Y John West SO RB 1944 H Kansas State W 68-0
91. 81 Punt Return Y Jalen Saunders JR WR 2012 H #22 Oklahoma State W 51-48 (1OT)
  81 Pass Y Ryan Broyles (Landry Jones) JR WR 2010 H Colorado W 43-10
  81 Kick Return Y DeMarco Murray FR RB 2007 A Tulsa W 62-21
  81 Kick Return N Antwone Savage SR WR 2002 N #3 Texas W 35-24
  81 Punt Return Y J.T. Thatcher JR DB 1999 H Oklahoma State W 44-7
  81 Punt N Brian Lewis SO P 1996 A Oklahoma State W 27-17
  81 Punt Return Y Jakie Sandefer JR LH 1957 H Iowa State W 40-14
  81 Run Y Leon Heath JR FB 1949 H #19 Santa Clara W 28-21
  81 Punt N Darrell Royal JR QB 1948 A Oklahoma State W 19-15
  81 Run Y Joe Golding JR DB 1946 H Kansas State W 28-7
101. 80 Int Return Y Jordan Evans SR LB 2016 A #10 West Virginia W 56-28
  80 Kick Return N Alex Ross SO RB 2014 H Louisiana Tech W 48-16
  80 Pass Y Ted Long (Cale Gundy) JR ZB 1990 A #10 Colorado L 32-23
  80 Run Y Mike Gaddis SO TB 1989 H Oklahoma State W 37-15
  80 Int Return Y Scott Garl SR DB 1988 H Kansas W 63-14
  80 Run Y Spencer Tillman FR FB 1983 H Kansas W 45-14
  80 Run Y Marcus Dupree FR HB 1982 H Kansas State W 24-10
  80 Punt Return Y Joe Washington SO LHB 1973 A #10 Missouri W 31-3
  80 Int Return Y John Pellow SR LH 1958 A Kansas W 43-0
  80 Punt Return Y Merrill Green SR RH 1953 N #15 Texas W 19-14
  80 Pass Y Larry Grigg (Buddy Leake) SR RH 1953 A Pittsburgh T 7-7
  80 Kick Return N Jack Mitchell SO QB 1946 A TCU W 14-12

Notes

  • Plays below the official minimum might always be incomplete since longest plays per player in season stats were not listed until 1972, and bowl games were not included until 2002. Additionally, actual lists weren't published until the early 1990s. And finally, players could have had multiple long plays in a category, but only one may be listed unless the others were longer than the 'official' minimum or was the longest listed in older media guides.