Oklahoma Beats Florida 23-7 Behind Mateer and Sandell
If you started John Mateer, you got 25.9 points and a normal Saturday. If you started anyone from Florida, you probably got a long night.
Oklahoma beat Florida 23-7 and led the entire way. Tate Sandell opened with a 41-yard field goal in the first quarter, and Mateer threw a 3-yard touchdown to Hayden Hansen in the second to make it 10-0. Florida answered with a 15-yard Jadan Baugh run with 3:00 left in the half, and it was 10-7. Sandell hit from 48 yards with 36 seconds to go before the break, and Oklahoma led 13-7 at halftime.
Then nothing, for a long while. Nobody scored in the third quarter, and the 13-7 score held until Mateer found Isaiah Sategna III from 6 yards with 4:56 left. Sandell added a 31-yard field goal with 1:56 to play for the final margin. Florida's lone touchdown was its only score, and Oklahoma ended the game with 10 straight points.
The yardage is lopsided, and the sacks and turnovers go the same direction. Oklahoma threw for 207 yards, which is more than Florida's 203 total yards. Florida ran 25 times for 70, threw for 133, and gave the ball away twice on interceptions. Oklahoma had 352 yards, no turnovers and three sacks.
Both teams are 5-4 now, though they got there by very different roads. Oklahoma got there with three Sandell field goals and two Mateer touchdown passes. Florida got there with one 15-yard run, which, to be fair, was enough to keep it from being a shutout. Five wins each is where they stand.