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OU football: Jalen Hurts sets Sooner quarterback record

Jalen Hurts rushed for 103 yards in the first quarter Saturday night against UCLA. He became the first Oklahoma quarterback to rush for 100 yards in a first quarter.

Jamelle Holieway held the previous record. Holieway rushed for 98 yards in the first quarter against Missouri in 1985.

The Sooners averaged 16.1 yards per play in the first quarter against the Bruins.

Hurts had runs of 52 and 30 yards on OU's first drive. The latter went for a score.

Oklahoma's Jalen Hurts before a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Houston Cougars at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Oklahoma won 49-31. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]