Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma: Game Grades, Analysis for Red Raiders and Sooners

The Oklahoma Sooners, fresh off their 55-0 shutout of the Kansas State Wildcats on the road last week, laid waste to the Texas Tech Red Raiders at home 63-27 Saturday afternoon. 

The two-headed monster rushing attack of Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon was in full force, and Baker Mayfield was efficient throughout the day as well, as Texas Tech's defense had no answers. 

With that, let's check out the game grades for both squads' positional units. 

Oklahoma Sooners

Rush Offense: A+ Samaje Perine racked up 201 yards and four scores, Joe Mixon added 154 yards and two more touchdowns, and the Sooners totaled 405 yards and seven touchdowns via the running game. Texas Tech had no answers, and the Sooners just rammed it up the middle all afternoon. 

Pass Offense: A- Baker Mayfield was undoubtedly efficient. His numbers weren't gaudy, as he went 15-of-22 for two touchdowns, one pick and 212 yards. But with the running game working as well as it did, Mayfield was the perfect complement that kept the Red Raiders honest. 

Rush Defense: B- The Sooners kept the Red Raiders, who are not known for a perennial rushing attack per se, to 173 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Those numbers dissolve a bit considering how many plays the Red Raiders usually get. It wasn't a fantastic effort, but the defense has to be just good, not great, when the offense hangs 63 points on the board. 

Pass Defense: B+ Patrick Mahomes is one of the best signal-callers in the Big 12. On Saturday, while he did have 233 yards and a better performance in the second half, the Sooners forced four interceptions that stymied much of Texas Tech's rally attempts. 

Special Teams: C When you win by nearly 40 points, special teams rarely have a big impact on the game, so the "C" grade shouldn't be worrisome. Austin Seibert missed his only field-goal attempt, a 32-yarder, but converted all nine of his PATs. 

Coaching: A After being upset by the Texas Longhorns, Bob Stoops has rallied his troops to the tune of two straight blowout wins. Oklahoma appears to be back on track; now it's just a matter of how the Sooners stack up against TCU and Baylor down the stretch. 

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Rush Offense: B- DeAndre Washington didn't have a terrible game by any means, rushing for 94 yards and a touchdown. But he never broke off a big play and was ultimately just the second option to Mahomes' arm. 

Pass Offense: C+ Mahomes is a good gunslinger. He just wasn't consistent Saturday, as his four picks swung the game way in Oklahoma's favor.  

Rush Defense: F There's nothing to say. Oklahoma ran it right at Texas Tech, which looked like perhaps the most maneuverable revolving door ever engineered. 

Pass Defense: C- The secondary wasn't tasked with defending the pass much, yet somehow Mayfield still had an excellent day with 212 yards and two touchdowns through the air. 

Special Teams: A No gripes here. Clayton Hatfield was 2-of-2 on short field-goal attempts and made all three of his PATs. Punter Michael Barden averaged 49.3 yards per punt. 

Coaching: D Oklahoma is a great team, and good coaches can lose to Bob Stoops and Co. Just look at what happened to Bill Snyder last week. But Texas Tech made it easy for Oklahoma, as Kliff Kingsbury couldn't even scheme a halfway suitable rush defense.