Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech: Score and Twitter Reaction from 66-59 Shootout

Fans of defense are likely sick to their stomachs after watching the No. 16 Oklahoma Sooners edge the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a 66-59 shootout at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, that featured a slew of NCAA records. 

Not only did the two Big 12 programs combine to post an FBS-record 1,708 total yards, according to CBSSports.com's Jon Solomon, but Red Raiders quarterback Patrick Mahomes II set the NCAA single-game record with 819 yards of total offense. 

Mahomes completed 52 of 88—yes, 88—passes for 734 yards, five touchdowns and an interception, and those numbers helped the junior signal-caller etch his name into the NCAA record books, according to Texas Tech's official Twitter account: 

College Football Talk's Bryan Fischer relayed a list of other statistical benchmarks that were shattered in the back-and-forth duel: 

As for the Sooners, quarterback Baker Mayfield completed 27 of 36 passes for 545 yards, a school-record seven touchdowns and zero interceptions. 

Mayfield—who has now topped 300 yards passing in three straight games—targeted No. 1 wideout Dede Westbrook all night long to tremendous results, and the senior pass-catcher broke loose for another monster performance. 

All told, Westbrook caught nine passes for 202 yards and two scores, including a 49-yard score in the second quarter that helped give the Sooners a 13-0 lead: 

PhillyVoice.com's Jimmy Kempski provided an overview of just how dominant Westbrook has been of late: 

The Red Raiders chipped away at Oklahoma's lead and lingered all game long.

Oklahoma entered halftime with a six-point lead and stretched that margin to 13 less than four minutes into the third quarter. 

Running back Joe Mixon—who tallied 377 total yards and five touchdowns—added a 43-yard touchdown with 7:59 remaining in the third frame to help push the Sooners' lead to 13, as Fox College Football documented on Twitter: 

That cushion proved to be enough, but Oklahoma's defense didn't do it any favors, per Fischer: 

Texas Tech was 20-of-25 on third-down conversions, and the Sooners had no answers for a Red Raiders aerial attack that tossed the rock at record rates. 

But considering the way the Sooners defense has performed of late, the near-letdown shouldn't have come as a major shock. 

Although the Sooners limited Kansas State to 17 points last Saturday, they surrendered 46 points in a win over TCU on Oct. 1 and 40 the following week in a victory over the Texas Longhorns. 

That sort of approach may allow Oklahoma to squeak by Kansas and Iowa State the next two weeks, but back-to-back games against Baylor and West Virginia on Nov. 12 and Nov. 19, respectively, could spell trouble for a program that has failed to effectively clamp down on some of the conference's less complete clubs. 

Postgame Reaction

"We went man... we went zone... they had guys running free all night... it was unacceptable," Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said, per ESPN.com's Jake Trotter. "We won. But it hurts when you don't hold up your end of the deal. Unacceptable on so many levels I can't even begin to define it." 

Speaking on Fox, Mayfield said he wasn't fazed by some unruly chants from Texas Tech's student section. 

"I enjoy it," he said, according to the Dallas Morning News' Chuck Carlton. "It makes it fun."

In other quarterbacking news, Mahomes told reporters he believes he could have piled up even more impressive numbers had he been sharper in the pocket. 

"Definitely could've done better," he said, per Trotter. "A lot of throws I underthrew, overthrew. ... it wasn't good enough."