OU was behind the eight ball in the second and third quarters. Only two of OU’s drives during those periods started outside its 20-yard line.

Nebraska punter Dan Titchener set a title-game record for most punts inside the 20-yard line with six.

“We had the short field several times,” Nebraska coach Bill Callahan said. “But their defense was just too stingy.”

Nebraska’s worst starting position in the second half was its own 47-yard line. But none of those seven positions yielded points.

Bad beat

Oklahoma had a blocked field goal and a touchdown return from Lendy Holmes negated by a penalty Saturday night, but the Huskers didn’t get the snap off before the play clock expired.

If they would have gotten the play off a second earlier, the Sooners would have had a 21-7 lead long before they really had a 21-7 lead.

It turned out to be the oddest sequence of the game. Nebraska attempted to convert a fourth-and-6, but was hit with a false start. The Huskers finally punted facing fourth-and-11.

More offensive line injuries

Trent Williams left the game on a stretcher with just under 9 minutes left in the game.

Williams, a true freshman, was forced into starting duty Oct. 21 when Branndon Braxton went down with a broken leg.

Notes of note