(12/30) Sooners Beat Ducks in Holiday Bowl, articles and notes.

Oklahoma Football Notes and Articles

Sooners beat Ducks in Holiday Bowl win: Leave it to a Leaf. Brady Leaf has steered clear of older brother Ryan's legacy of boorish behavior, but he couldn't evade another of his sibling's other traits -- throwing interceptions. Oklahoma linebacker Clint Ingram made a leaping interception of Leaf's pass at the 10-yard line with 33 seconds left in the Holiday Bowl to preserve the Sooners' 17-14 upset of the fifth-ranked Oregon Ducks on Thursday night. "It was a good call, I just underthrew the ball a little bit," said Leaf, who had moved the Ducks into position to win it. "There is not much more to it. Ingram made a nice play." (USA Today - Stats)

Stoops brothers in attendance: Arizona coach Mike Stoops and UA defensive coordinator Mark Stoops attended the game. "We've got three (Arizona) staff members here, really," Mike Stoops said. He was referring to former Arizona tight ends coach Josh Heupel, who became OU’s quarterbacks coach earlier this month. "You never want to lose coaches, and he's a very good one," Mike Stoops said. (NewsOK.com)

Runnels first TD reception of the year: The 17-yard touchdown reception for OU senior fullback J.D. Runnels was his first touchdown reception of the season and the fifth of his career.

Record Holiday Bowl crowd: The Sooners played in front of a record Holiday Bowl crowd of 65,416 and improved to 6-0 in the all-time series against Oregon. Next meeting next September in Oregon.

AD First Sooner running back to 3,000 first 2 yrs: Adrian Peterson became the first Sooner running back to amass 3,000 rushing yards in his first two seasons. He finished with 84 rushing yards, including 76 in the second half.

Bomar completion %: Rhett Bomar became the first freshman (redshirt or true) quarterback in Sooner history to finish the season with a completion percentage over 50 percent.

Sooners hang on for Holiday Bowl win: SoonerSports.com

Sooners look to be back in 2006: The Oklahoman

ESPN gives bowl views A.D. all day: The Oklahoman

Sooners rally to roast Ducks: The Oklahoman

OU play impresses Long, Mike Stoops: The Oklahoman

California fans cheer on their Sooners: The Oklahoman

Leaf draws boos for brother: The Oklahoman

Ingram's clutch interception saves Sooners: The Oklahoman

Sooner magic: Norman Transcript

OU's new offense a wild ride: Norman Transcript

OU picks off Oregon: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

OU takes Holiday, 17-14: Dallas Morning News

Sooners mature in upset: Dallas Morning News

Peterson finds room: Dallas Morning News

Late Interception Dooms Ducks in Loss to Sooners: Washington Post

Sooners Upset Ducks in Holiday Bowl: New York Times

Peterson’s subpar night still enough for Sooners: MSNBC

Holiday Bowl by quarters: San Diego Union-Tribune

Snoozer of game turns exciting when Ducks, Sooners finally awake: San Diego Union-Tribune

Sooners shut down Ducks tricks: San Diego Union-Tribune

Late interception clinches Oklahoma's upset victory: San Diego Union-Tribune

Freshman QB, receivers spark Oklahoma attack: San Diego Union-Tribune

Sooners stuff Ducks' comeback: The Olympian

Ducks' spread gets smeared by Sooners: The Oregonian

UO comeback doesn't go far enough: The Oregonian

Sooners shut down Ducks tricks: San Diego Union-Tribune

Oregon's unhappy Holiday Bowl: Salem Statesman