Associated Press

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Ollie Gordon II’s 12-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion catch in the second overtime pushed No. 16 Oklahoma State past Arkansas 39-31 on Saturday.

Gordon, last season’s winner of the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s best running back, was limited to 49 yards on 17 carries.

His teammates took over. Alan Bowman passed for 326 yards and Brennan Presley had 91 yards receiving, caught a touchdown pass and ran for a score.

The Cowboys (2-0) came back from a 21-7 halftime score.

“Those are the games we always talk about,” Bowman said. “We don’t want to get into those situations too often. I think we started off really slow. But we’ve got to be able to bounce back and fight and trust — it’s obviously a great win.”

Arkansas (1-1) outgained Oklahoma State by 648 yards to 385. But the Razorbacks missed two of their three field goals and had three turnovers to Oklahoma State’s one.

“It’s one loss,” Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said. “It’s not an SEC loss. It’s one where we learn from it and flush it and come back. I feel like we’ve got a really good football team. We just can’t win games by turning the ball over.”

Taylen Green passed for 416 yards and ran for 61 for Arkansas. Ja’Quinden Jackson ran for a career-high 149 yards and three touchdowns and Andrew Armstrong had career-bests of 10 catches and 164 yards for the Razorbacks.

Oklahoma State came back from a 21-7 halftime score.

“At halftime, our coaches were fantastic, the adjustments we made,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “Players were very good at absorbing information, not panicking, not pointing fingers, taking it out on the field and executing it and playing much better.”

Presley caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Bowman and De’Zhaun Stribling’s two-point conversion catch tied the score at 21-21 early in the fourth quarter.

Oklahoma State got a fourth-down stop, then went to razzle-dazzle. Bowman’s pass off a reverse flea flicker went 63 yards to fullback Jake Schultz to put the Cowboys in the red zone. Presley’s 3-yard touchdown run put the Cowboys up 28-21 with 5:13 left.

Green came right back with a 43-yard touchdown pass to tight end Luke Hasz, and Arkansas tied the game with 4:01 left.

Oklahoma State’s Logan Ward hit a 38-yard field goal with 55 seconds left to put Oklahoma State up 31-28. Arkansas, with no timeouts, threw 48 yards on eight plays, and Kyle Ramsey’s 44-yard field goal just before time expired forced overtime.

Ward and Ramsey both missed field goals in the first overtime — Ramsey from 46 yards, then Ward from 41. Oklahoma State scored first in the second overtime, then the Cowboys stopped the Razorbacks on a fourth-and-short to end the game.

“I think we won the game because we were in better shape,” Gundy said. “The last part of the third quarter, the fourth quarter and overtime — when you get tired, the first thing you miss is your mind. Mentally, you’re not playing well. You’re making mistakes. That didn’t happen.”

THE PICKUP

Arkansas: Mistakes helped the Razorbacks give away a game they had firmly in control. Gordon’s winning touchdown run came on a personal foul against Arkansas. During the drive that gave Oklahoma State a 3-point lead late in the fourth quarter, the Razorbacks committed two pass interference penalties against Presley.

Oklahoma State: The Cowboys proved they can win when Gordon doesn’t put up big numbers. He allowed just 69 yards and one touchdown from scrimmage a week after producing 146 yards and three touchdowns rushing and receiving against South Dakota State.

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It was a tough day for Ramsey, who was trying to step into big shoes.

Ramsey replaced Cameron Little, who now kicks for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Ramsey missed field goals of 41 and 46 yards.

Pittman said Ramsey will likely compete with Matthew Shipley for the job in the future.

“I think so,” Pittman said. “I mean, it’s always a competition, but I think so. I mean, I hate it, you know, I hate it for him. You know, I know we missed a couple, but he made one. He put us in overtime. And if we had played a little bit better, maybe that wouldn’t have come up, you know?”

OLIVER OUT

Gundy said Oklahoma State linebacker Collin Oliver will be out indefinitely with a right leg injury.

Oliver, a preseason All-Big 12 selection, was injured on a pressure charge that led to a 73-yard interception touchdown from Kale Smith.

“I think he’s done for the year,” Gundy said. “I’m not sure. I haven’t gotten an update other than the game where they said he wasn’t coming back and they thought maybe he had a fracture or a crack or something, but I’m not sure.”

NEXT

Arkansas: Hosts UAB on Saturday.

Oklahoma State: Visits Tulsa on Saturday.

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