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Oklahoma 35 – Stanford 29

September 9, 1978 ▪ at Palo Alto ▪ Attendance 58,883


Temperature: 65 F

Scoring

TEAM 1 2 3 4   1H 2H   F
#4 Oklahoma (0-0) 14 14 0 7 28 7 35
Stanford (0-0) 7 3 10 9 10 19 29

Team Stats

Stat OU OPP
First Downs 24 22
Total Yards 496 401
– Plays 80 79
– Yards/Play 6.2 5.1
Rushing Yards 375 102
– Attempts 67 30
– Yards/Attempt 5.6 3.4
Passing Yards 121 299
– Completions-Attempts 5-13 32-49
– Completion % 38% 65%
– Yards/Completion 24.2 9.3
Return Yards *
Turnovers (Fum-Int) 5 (4-1) 5 (1-4)
Penalties-Yards 3-22 4-30
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

Rushing Att Yards TD Long Y/A
Billy Sims 19 107 1 5.6
Kenny King 19 102 5.4

 

Stanford

Passing Cmp Att Yards TD Int Long Cmp% Eff Y/C Y/A
Steve Dils 32 48 299 3 4 28 66.7% 123.0 9.3 6.2

 

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.