It was certainly a better overall defensive outing than we witnessed throughout much of last season, when OU had trouble late putting opponents away, despite owning the nation’s best offense.
Outside of Florida Atlantic’s opening possession, in which the Owls recorded three first downs and moved the ball all the way to the Oklahoma 33-yard line before a 15-yard personal foul penalty thwarted their opening drive. After that, the Sooners allowed the FAU offense just a little over 100 total yards the remainder of the first half.
The game was effectively over by halftime, with Oklahoma holding Florida Atlantic to 133 yards of offense in the opening two quarters and taking a 42-0 lead into the locker room at the intermission.