Posted at 10:14 a.m., Saturday, October 20, 2007
CFB: No. 4 Oklahoma survives scare from Iowa St., 17-7
By LUKE MEREDITH
AP Sports Writer
D.J. Wolfe's end-zone interception midway through the fourth quarter helped turn the tide for the Sooners (7-1, 3-1 Big 12), who won at Iowa State for the 20th straight time.
It wasn't easy.
Oklahoma, which was stunned by Colorado 27-24 in its only other Big 12 road game, committed three turnovers and didn't take the lead until the fourth quarter.
The Sooners nearly gave it back.
Iowa State (1-7, 0-4), aided by a shanked punt, drove to the Oklahoma 8 with 7:24 left, where Bret Meyer converted a fourthth-and-1. However, Wolfe grabbed a tipped pass from Meyer to keep Iowa State from tying the game.
The Cyclones forced Oklahoma into a forurth-and-4 with 3:02 left, but Sam Bradford found Jermaine Gresham for a 14-yard reception. Garrett Hartley sealed the win with a 43-yard field goal with 1:38 left.
Down 7-0 at the break, Oklahoma came out for the second half intent on running it down Iowa State's throat. Demarco Murray picked up three first downs on the ground, and Brown capped the drive with an 8-yard TD run to tie the game at 7 with 8:35 left in the third quarter.
Bradford seemed to have trouble with a 15-mph wind at his back, as pass after pass sailed by Oklahoma's wideouts. But Gresham went 30 yards on a screen pass on the final play of the third quarter, and Brown gave Oklahoma its first lead, 14-7, on a 4-yard TD run.
