ARLINGTON, Texas — Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for 186 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Spencer Rattler threw for 247 yards and three scores to lead the Oklahoma Sooners to a dominating 55-20 win over Florida in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl.
A limited crowd of 17,223 because of pandemic restrictions watched as the No. 6 Sooners rushed out to a 17-0 lead Wednesday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Oklahoma (9-2) intercepted Heisman finalist Kyle Trask on Florida’s first three possessions, including Tre Norwood’s 45-yard interception returned for a touchdown. The Sooners rushed for a Cotton Bowl-record 435 yards and gained 680 total yards.
The No. 7 Gators (8-4) turned to backup Emory Jones for several series. Jones helped lead Florida on its first touchdown drive in the second quarter. Jones rushed it in from one yard out to pull the Gators to within 17-10. A Florida field goal with 6:05 left in the first half closed the deficit to 17-13 but Oklahoma scored the next 38 points to close out the big win.
Trask did not throw a touchdown pass for the first time in his career.
It nearly was the Gators' largest defeat in the past 30 years until Florida scored a touchdown with 3:18 remaining.
