College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 20
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 1, 2011
Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jay Strichuerez
Attendance: 67232

Landry Jones passed for 433 yards and three touchdowns and No. 7 Oklahoma ripped through the Connecticut defense en route to a 48-20 victory in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday night.

The Sooners (12-2) finished with 524 yards of total offense and were never seriously threatened after jumping out to a 14-0 first-quarter lead. The Sooners struck early on Jones’ 8-yard touchdown pass to James Hanna and a 3-yard touchdown run by DeMarco Murray.

Connecticut (8-5) cut the lead to 14-7 on Dwayne Gratz’s 46-yard interception return with 12:58 left in the first half before Jimmy Stevens kicked field goals of 41 and 24 yards for the Sooners to make it 20-7.

Dave Teggart’s 37-yard field goal with 26 seconds left in the first half pulled the Huskies within 20-10, but Oklahoma responded when Jones threw a 59-yard touchdown to Cameron Kenney and a Jamell Fleming 55-yard interception return for a touchdown made it 34-10 with 9:44 left in the third quarter.

Robbie Frey’s 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown after Fleming’s interception return brought UConn within 34-17, and Teggart’s 38-yard field goal with 5:04 left in the third made it 34-20.

Jones, who finished 35-of-50 passing, hit Ryan Broyles with a 5-yard touchdown pass with 7:49 left in the fourth quarter, and Tony Jefferson returned an interception 21 yards for a touchdown with 2:40 to go for Oklahoma.

Jordan Todman rushed for 122 yards on 32 carries for Connecticut.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Connecticut   Oklahoma
Jordan Todman Player DeMarco Murray
32 Attempts 25
121 Yards 93
3.8 Avg Yards 3.7
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
Connecticut   Oklahoma
Anthony Sherman Player Ryan Broyles
3 Receptions 13
63 Yards 170
21.0 Avg Yards 13.1
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Connecticut 335 112 223 0 2 1 0.0 2
Oklahoma 524 95 429 4 2 2 3.0 0