Sooners Lead Seminoles At Halftime
Oklahoma's football team leads 13th-ranked Florida State 17-11at halftime of the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday.
Florida State got the ball to start the game and used a 26-yard pass from Jordan Travis to Johnny Wilson, then a 22-yard rush by Treshaun Ward to get to the Sooner 5-yard line.
The Seminoles stalled there, and had to settle for a 22-yard field goal by Ryan Fitzgerald to take a 3-0 lead with 11:26 to play in the first quarter.
Oklahoma's first possession ended in a touchdown, with OU marching 75 yards in 13 plays, with Dillon Gabriel passing to Jalil Farooq for a 22-yard score to give the Sooners a 7-3 lead with 7:01 left in the first quarter.
Florida State's next drive ended just short of midfield, as Jeffrey Johnson tackled Trey Benson for a loss of a yard on 4th and 1, and OU took over on downs at the FSU 47-yard line.
OU had to punt to end their ensuing possession, and Florida State went three-and-out before punting back to the Sooners.
Oklahoma then marched 49 yards in eight plays, with Gabriel keeping on a bootleg run for an 8-yard touchdown to give OU a 14-3 lead with 14:31 to play in the first quarter.
Florida State turned the ball over on downs on their ensuing possession, as Travis threw incomplete on 4th and 9 at the OU 43.
Oklahoma got a big play when Gabriel passed deep to Marvin Mims for a gain of 46 yards to the Seminoles' 16-yard line.
OU went backwards from there, and Zach Schmit missed a 45-yard field goal just wide left with 9:47 to play in the first half.
The Seminoles then put together their first touchdown drive, going 72 yards in six plays.
Travis passed to Ontaria Wilson for a 16-yard touchdown.
On the two-point conversion, Wyatt Rector passed to Brian Courtney to cut the OU lead to 14-11 with 7:18 to play in the second quarter.
The two teams exchanged punts, then OU used the running game to get a field goal to add to their lead.
Gavin Sawchuk gained 25 yards on one run, and the drive ended in a 41-yard field goal by Schmit to give OU a 17-11 lead with 16 seconds left in the first half.
Jordan Travis gained 28 yards to get into OU territory with 4 seconds left, but Ryan Fitzgerald was short on a 54-yard field goal attempt as time expired in the half.
This is the eighth meeting between the two schools, with OU leading the series 6-1, and the fifth meeting in a bowl game, with OU leading 3-1 in those games.