Sanders leads No. 11 Oklahoma St. past Arizona St., 34-17

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) – Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy stated he noticed a few of the enchancment he was on the lookout for after what he thought-about a shaky opener.

Spencer Sanders handed for 2 touchdowns and ran for an additional, and No. 11 Oklahoma State defeated Arizona State 34-17 on a wet Saturday evening.

Sanders handed for 268 yards and ran for 54, and Dominic Richardson ran for 131 yards and a landing and caught 5 passes for 44 yards for the Cowboys (2-0).

The Cowboys had points in a 58-44 win over Central Michigan on Sept. 1, however overcame a few of them on Saturday.

“In order that (towards Arizona State) was a greater sport for us total as a staff,” Gundy stated. “We minimized missed assignments from the final sport. So I instructed the the staff and the coaches within the locker room that I used to be pleased with them.”

Emory Jones handed for 223 yards and a landing and Xazavian Valladay rushed for 118 yards and a rating for Arizona State (1-1). However Solar Devils coach Herm Edwards stated offense wasn’t efficient sufficient the assistance the protection.

“They have been aggressive,” he stated of the protection. “They performed as onerous as they may play. They simply finally wore down. That’s the character of the sport. You possibly can’t maintain asking the protection to maintain going on the market time and again and over.”

Within the second quarter, Oklahoma State’s Brock Martin’s hit Valladay onerous and compelled a fumble, Tyler Lacy recovered and the Cowboys took over on the Arizona State 37. Oklahoma State took benefit, and Richardson’s 3-yard landing run gave the Cowboys a 7-3 lead.

Later within the quarter, Sanders saved on the choice for a 6-yard landing run to place Oklahoma State up 14-3 with just below three minutes left earlier than halftime. His rating capped an 11-play, 96-yard drive. The Cowboys tacked on a area objective to guide 17-3 on the break.

Valladay’s 1-yard landing run, which got here shortly after a 73-yard reception by Giovanni Sanders, lower Oklahoma State’s result in 17-10.

After an Oklahoma State area objective, Jones linked with Elijhah Badger for a 21-yard landing that pulled Arizona State to 20-17 with 14:25 to play. The Cowboys responded with trickery as Sanders discovered Bryson Inexperienced large open on a flea-flicker, and the 31-yard rating put Oklahoma State in management for good.

“We now have an opportunity to be taught from this sport,” Edwards stated. “There’s a variety of soccer left, so hopefully we will proceed to be taught from the state of affairs and shut the staff collectively.”

THE TAKEAWAY

Arizona State: The Solar Devils struggled with their passing sport, finishing simply 12 of 24 passes. Defensively, Arizona State allowed simply 120 yards the earlier week towards Northern Arizona, however surrendered 465 yards on Saturday.

Oklahoma State: The Cowboys gave up 546 yards within the opener towards Central Michigan, however they bounced again and held the Solar Devils to 354 whole yards.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

There’s room for the Cowboys to maneuver up into the Prime 10 after Texas A&M and Notre Dame misplaced on Saturday.

CAREER MILESTONE

Valladay surpassed 4,000 profession all-purpose yards on Saturday. The switch from Wyoming entered the day with 3,987 profession all-purpose yards and now has 4,105.

Valladay entered the week because the FBS’ profession energetic speeding chief.

CLOSING IT OUT

Oklahoma State struggled to shut out their opener towards Central Michigan, however the Cowboys have been a lot better within the fourth quarter towards Arizona State.

The Cowboys possessed the ball for 10:33 within the fourth quarter, outgained the Solar Devils 156-70 within the interval and most vital, outscored Arizona State 14-7 within the closing quarter-hour.

“A lot, a lot better speeding the soccer and we’re a lot, rather more bodily within the second half, and our working backs broke some tackles in key third downs and conditions to maintain us going,” Gundy stated.

UP NEXT

Arizona State hosts Japanese Michgan.

Oklahoma State hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

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