COLUMBIA, Mo. — When it comes to breaks, Oklahoma has been catching them like a clueless fisherman, with nothing left to talk about but the ones that got away. But something funny happened at Faurot Field.

Missouri’s Chase Coffman was streaking downfield uncovered as Chase Daniel lofted a perfectly thrown pass his direction. A certain touchdown, Coffman dropped it, and the breaks never stopped coming for the 19th-ranked Sooners on their way to a 26-10 victory over the No. 23 Tigers Saturday afternoon.

“Sometimes you get lucky,” OU coach Bob Stoops said. “We got lucky on that play for sure. All those things that happen in games. Sometimes you just get a break.”

Luck has been non-existent for the Sooners over most of the last two seasons. The bad breaks that have gone against them are almost too numerous to count. But that one dropped pass seemed to turn everything around.

One play later, Zach Latimer, intercepted a Daniel pass. The pick was the start of a tidal wave of Missouri miscues OU (6-2, 3-1 Big 12) feasted upon.

Two interceptions, a fumble, a blocked punt and a roughing the punter penalty set up all of the Sooners’ points.

“There are all kinds of momentum plays out there and unfortunately most of them didn’t go our way,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “We had our opportunities. It’s not complex.”

It wasn’t.

Missouri (7-2, 3-2) actually took the first lead on Jeff Wolfert’s 39-yard field goal less than 4 minutes into the game.

Every time the Sooners caught a break Saturday, they ran with it.

Paul Thompson, who was 11-for-19 for 127 yards, turned Latimer’s pick into a 3-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter.

Minutes later, OU got the ball back when Tony Temple fumbled and Lendy Holmes recovered at the Sooner 42. The drive ended with Thompson’s 18-yard scoring pass to Joe Jon Finley on the first play of the second quarter.

But after OU took a 14-3 lead, the Sooners appeared more interested in running the clock than lighting up the scoreboard.

Allen Patrick, who was making his second start in place of Adrian Peterson, continued to put up Peterson-like numbers.

He rushed for 162 yards on 36 carries. The totes were a season-high for a Sooner ball-carrier and matched the most since Peterson had 36 against Kansas State in 2004.