STILLWATER, OKLA. Close call for Oklahoma, 38-35

Adrian Peterson had 249 yards against Oklahoma State.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma survived another dicey trip to Oklahoma State, and the difference this time was Adrian Peterson.
The freshman rushed for 249 yards and Cowboys kicker Jason Ricks missed a 49-yard field goal with 11 seconds remaining, giving the second-ranked Sooners a 38-35 victory over their rivals.
Mark Bradley caught a career-high three TD passes for Oklahoma (8-0, 5-0, Big 12), which has won two straight over the Cowboys since losses in 2001 and 2002 that knocked the Sooners out of the national title hunt.
"I reminded the guys that our 2000 national championship run team won 12-7 here and went on to finish it out," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. "A lot of it sets up similarly here."
Breaks record
Peterson had an 80-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that put Oklahoma up 35-21 and a 56-yarder on his next carry that broke the school freshman rushing record of 1,184 yards set by De'Mond Parker in 1996.
Peterson has eight consecutive 100-yard games and 1,272 yards this year.
He won the running back battle over the Cowboys' Vernand Morency, who had just 93 yards on 17 carries, breaking his streak of nine straight regular season games with at least 100 yards.
But Morency, the nation's third leading rusher coming in, also had two touchdowns in the second half, including a 4-yard rush on an option that pulled Oklahoma State within 38-35 with 10:34 to go.
"I will take my football team and play anyone in this country," Oklahoma State coach Les Miles said. "I like this team. I like the fight in this ball club. I like the resolve."
No. 20 Oklahoma State (6-2, 3-2) took possession at its own 19 with 2:44 remaining. Donovan Woods' 17-yard completion to Morency and the quarterback's two 3-yard rushes put the Cowboys in Ricks' range.
Kick wide left
But the freshman pushed his kick wide left and Oklahoma ran out the clock. Ricks is 0-for-3 on kicks of more than 40 yards this season.
"I was not very nervous about the field goal," Sooners linebacker Rufus Alexander said. "If they make it, we go into overtime and play defense. We just wanted to win so we could get out of here."
Bradley caught TD passes of 72, 23 and four yards -- all in the first half as Sooners quarterback Jason White used the passing game to burn a defense focused on stopping Peterson.
Peterson got rolling in the second half after Woods' 39-yard TD pass to Prentiss Elliott pulled Oklahoma State to 28-21.
Peterson broke loose from his own 20, spinning through a tackle, bursting through the line and sprinting away from the pack to push the lead back to 14.