the rushing total. Utah State The Sooners' third game of the season brought in the Utah State Aggies of the Western Athletic Conference, led by head coach Brent Guy. Oklahoma and Utah State had only met three times before with the Sooner winning all three by a combined score of 176–24. Utah State came into the game 0-2, but they held 4th quarter leads in both games. Going into the game, the Sooners were favored by about 46 points. Utah State received the kickoff to start the game but were unable to produce a first down. Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford opened the game with eleven straight pass completions including three passes for 30 yards in the opening drive. The Sooners' touchdown came from a 35-yard rush from wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias. The Sooner defense again stopped Utah State and they again had to punt the ball. On the next Sooner possession, Bradford completed a 48-yard pass to Iglesias and a 27-yard touchdown pass to Malcolm Kelly. Sooner running back Allen Patrick, who had been recovering from an ankle injury during the last two games, scored a touchdown on a 69-yard run in the 2nd quarter. The Aggies were unable to score a touchdown the whole game and their only points came off a field goal by Peter Caldwell late in the 2nd quarter. Halftime came with the Sooners up 38–3. Stoops began pulling his starters midway through the 3rd quarter. This move followed a 92-yard touchdown run from DeMarco Murray, the third longest in school history. Oklahoma quarterback Bradford came out of the game at this time after he completed nineteen of his 26 pass attempts for 255 yards and three touchdowns. He was replaced at quarterback by Keith Nichol. This was the first time Nichol followed Bradford as Joey Halzle had been the first backup the previous two games. The Sooners added 16 points in the 3rd quarter and did not score in the 4th quarter. According to Utah State's coach, they just "weren't good enough." The Sooners, again, accomplished much in this game. Through three games, Oklahoma had scored 184 points. This set a new school record, breaking the previous record of 179 points in 1986. They had also won their first three games by 158 points, the most since 1972 when they outscored their first three opponents by 163 points. For the second time this season, and