Why Oklahoma didn’t actually set a new sack record vs. Auburn

BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesThe 2025 Oklahoma Sooners defense made history, but then that also became history.

The Sooners recorded a program-record 10 sacks in their 24-17 win over former OU quarterback Jackson Arnold and the Auburn Tigers on Saturday. After the game and postgame press conference, though, a stat correction erased one of the Sooners’ sacks on the stat sheet and instead gave OU a record-tying nine sacks.

Sooners tie program sack record

Defensive end R Mason Thomas ultimately won the game by sacking Arnold in the end zone for a safety to destroy what could have been Auburn’s game-winning drive in the final minutes. That sack gave OU the ball…