NORMAN, Okla.-- The third-ranked Oklahoma Sooners escaped by the skin of their teeth, beating Nebraska 23-16 at Gaylord Family Members-- Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday in a video game that came down to the cord. It ultimately ended when DaShaun White and Jaden Davis transported down Rahmir Johnson simply short of the first-down pen at the Nebraska 25 on fourth down.

Below are 5 quick takeaways from the win: Violation unsettled however run game maintains Sooners ahead Oklahoma's infraction looked shaky for much of the game, as Spencer Rattler had numerous questionable passing decisions in the initial half specifically as well as the Sooners battled to locate much of an offensive rhythm.

In the second half, Oklahoma leaned far more heavily on its run video game, with Eric Gray do with 84 lawns rushing and also Kennedy Brooks 75 lawns and also a rating. The Sooners 'offensive line had a hard time at times versus the Cornhuskers'front as well as Costs Bedenbaugh made a relocation, changing facility Robert Congel with Andrew Raym

in the very first half. The Sooners selected points up on the ground after Raym's entry.

Oklahoma do with 408 overall backyards.

D.J. Graham turns up large-- however should he have? Simply timid of the navel of the fourth quarter, Sooners

'cornerback D.J. Graham jumped to take down an interception that was the most impressive catch in years by an Oklahoma defensive back.

The catch attracted"ooohs"and also "aaahs"from the group and also lit up social media with response to the play, but it wasn't in the Sooners' support for Graham to

finish off the catch. Graham's interception began 4th as well as 17 for the Cornhuskers from the Sooners '24. Had Graham knocked the sphere to the ground,

Oklahoma would certainly've had the round there. Rather,the Sooners' started from their own 3 and also eventually had to punt from there. Nebraska then started the next drive on

the Oklahoma 38 and also three plays later on, Adrian Martinez

struck Omar Manning for a 21-yard touchdown to cut the Sooners 'lead to 23-16 with 5:38 remaining.' Allow's go out as well as do it': Jeff Kinney matured a Nebraska follower, then scored four TDs in Game of the Century Prominent special interplay After Adrian Martinez cut the Sooners result in 4 with his 4-yard goal in the subsiding secs of the 3rd quarter, Isaiah Coe thought of

a massive play that aided tip the energy in Oklahoma's favor. Coe bullied his way through the line, elevated his hands and knocked the ball, which fluttered back to Pat Fields about a lawn deep in the long run area.

Fields caught the sphere simply inside the hashmarks to his left, as well as immediately went large towards the sidelines prior to heading upfield.

Justin Broiles and also Jaden Davis grabbed Fields, and also were quickly joined by Shane Whitter and D.J. Graham in escorting Fields into the contrary end zone for a two-point conversion.

It was the Sooners' initial protective two-point conversion since Robert Barnes returned an interception for a conversion in the 2018 video game at Texas Tech.

The Sooners had not returned a blocked kick for a conversion since Zack Sanchez did it in 2013 at TCU.

Sluggish initial half The Sooners got off to a solid start offensively, with a 14-play, 75-yard drive

that finished in a 1-yard touchdown run by Spencer Rattler. Rattler was solid on the series, finishing 7 of 8 passes for 55 yards on the drive.

Yet from there, Oklahoma's violation battled for the rest of the fifty percent, with simply 120 yards combined on their four various other first-half drives.

Rattler was just 6 of 11 for 50 lawns on those drives-- 34 of those lawns beginning his four completions on the last drive of the half, when the Sooners obtained the ball back at their own 10 with just 57 secs left.

Oklahoma's 7 first-half factors were its fewest given that going into half in a 3-3 connection on Sept. 9, 2017 at Ohio State.