What started as a 17-0 lead for No. 8 Oklahoma in the Sooners’ first-round College Football Playoff matchup turned into 27 unanswered points for No. 9 Alabama heading into the fourth quarter.
Oklahoma scored a touchdown at the start of the final frame to trim the Crimson Tide’s lead to a field goal, but Alabama answered with a score of its own to grow the lead back to two possessions. The Sooners got the ball back with under five minutes to play and got to the red zone, which set up Lou Groza Award-winning kicker Tate Sandell for a 36-yard field goal try.
