LOCAL connection How Stoops, Pelini fared

No. 4 Oklahoma 52, Cincinnati 26

NORMAN, Okla. — Sam Bradford overcame two interceptions and threw for a career-best 395 yards and five touchdowns for the Sooners (2-0), who are coached by Mooney High graduate Bob Stoops. Freshman Ryan Broyles had a breakout game with 141 receiving yards, Jermaine Gresham caught two touchdown passes and the Sooners extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 20 games. Broyles had a 27-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter and extended a key second-half drive with a leaping 43-yard catch to allow the Sooners to start pulling away with 24 consecutive points. Cincinnati’s Mardy Gilyard returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown to break one of the longest runback droughts in college football. The last score by the Bearcats (1-1) on a kickoff return came in 1995, and only two schools have gone longer than Cincinnati’s 145 games without one. Gilyard finished with a school-record 365 all purpose yards, including 119 yards receiving on seven first-half catches.

Nebraska 35, San Jose St. 12

LINCOLN, Neb. — Niles Paul ran back a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, allowing Nebraska to break open a close game. The Spartans made it 14-12 with a field goal early in the fourth. On the kickoff, Paul made a move to his left and headed up the sideline untouched. Roy Helu Jr. scored on a 14-yard run and Marlon Lucky from 5 yards out to put the game out of reach and send the Spartans (1-1) to their 12th straight nonconference road loss. Nebraska’s Joe Ganz was 17-for-25 for 216 yards and an interception. San Jose’s comeback hopes all but ended on the first play after Paul’s return when Zach Potter and Phillip Dillard knocked first-time starting quarterback Kyle Reed out of the game with a sack. It was the second win for Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, a Mooney High graduate.

Associated Press