Longest Plays ▪ Oklahoma
These lists are based on the official records from recent media guides and stats supplements. I am working my way backwards through older media guides and have added plays from 2012 to present that fall between the 'official' minimum yards (shortest listed play) and my own minimums (below the category subtitle). The rows for those additional plays will be shaded gray and have no ranking since the data is incomplete (see Notes).
All Plays | Runs | Passes | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Interception Returns | Fumble Returns | Field Goals | Punts
Punts
Minimum 55 yards
Yards | Player | Class | Pos | Season | Opponent | Result | 1. | 91 | Wahoo McDaniel | JR | FB | 1958 | A | Iowa State | W | 20-0 | 2. | 87 | Joe Wylie | SO | RB | 1970 | H | Kansas State | L | 19-14 | 3. | 85 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | N | #21 Texas | W | 55-48 | 85 | Tress Way | SO | P | 2010 | H | Utah State | W | 31-24 | 5. | 81 | Brian Lewis | SO | P | 1996 | A | Oklahoma State | W | 27-17 | 81 | Darrell Royal | JR | QB | 1948 | A | Oklahoma State | W | 19-15 | 7. | 79 | Jack Jacobs | JR | B | 1940 | H | #12 Nebraska | L | 13-0 | 8. | 78 | Brian Lewis | FR | K | 1995 | A | Missouri | W | 13-9 | 78 | Scott Blanton | JR | K | 1993 | N | Texas Tech | W | 41-10 | 78 | Todd Thomsen | JR | PK | 1987 | A | Iowa State | W | 56-3 | 78 | Mike Keeling | JR | K | 1981 | H | Kansas | W | 45-7 | 78 | Billy Pricer | SR | FB | 1956 | H | North Carolina | W | 36-0 | 78 | Darrell Royal | SO | QB | 1947 | A | #17 Missouri | W | 21-12 | 14. | 77 | Jimmy Carpenter | SR | LH | 1961 | H | #10 Colorado | L | 22-14 | 77 | Huel Hamm | SR | B | 1942 | A | Iowa State | W | 14-7 | 77 | Jack Jacobs | JR | B | 1940 | H | Kansas State | W | 14-0 | 77 | Jack Jacobs | JR | B | 1940 | H | Kansas State | W | 14-0 | 18. | 76 | Joe Washington | SR | LHB | 1975 | N | #5 Texas | W | 24-17 | 76 | Jack Jacobs | SR | B | 1941 | H | #8 Santa Clara | W | 16-6 | 20. | 75 | Tress Way | SR | P | 2012 | A | TCU | W | 24-17 | 75 | Michael Cohen | JR | P | 2006 | A | #21 Texas A&M | W | 17-16 | 75 | Darrell Royal | SR | QB | 1949 | N | #3 North Carolina | W | 14-6 | 75 | Jack Jacobs | JR | B | 1940 | A | Kansas | W | 13-0 |
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71 | Tress Way | SR | P | 2012 | A | Texas Tech | W | 41-20 | |||
70 | Jed Barnett | SR | P | 2014 | A | West Virginia | W | 45-33 | |||
67 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | H | #24 Oklahoma State | W | 28-13 | |||
67 | Reeves Mundschau | SO | P | 2019 | H | Texas Tech | W | 55-16 | |||
66 | Jed Barnett | SR | P | 2014 | N | Texas | W | 31-26 | |||
63 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | H | #24 Oklahoma State | W | 28-13 | |||
63 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | H | Iowa State | W | 28-21 | |||
63 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | H | TCU | W | 52-31 | |||
63 | Jed Barnett | SR | P | 2014 | N | #18 Clemson | L | 40-6 | |||
61 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | A | Iowa State | W | 27-13 | |||
61 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | H | Iowa State | W | 28-21 | |||
61 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | H | Iowa State | W | 28-21 | |||
61 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | A | #18 Baylor | L | 27-14 | |||
61 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | A | Kansas | W | 35-23 | |||
60 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | A | Iowa State | W | 27-13 | |||
60 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | A | TCU | L | 55-24 | |||
60 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | H | Kansas State | L | 41-34 | |||
60 | Tress Way | SR | P | 2012 | H | #5 Notre Dame | L | 30-13 | |||
58 | Luke Elzinga | SR | P | 2023 | N | #14 Arizona | L | 38-24 | |||
58 | Luke Elzinga | SR | P | 2023 | H | UCF | W | 31-29 | |||
58 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | A | TCU | L | 55-24 | |||
58 | Reeves Mundschau | JR | P | 2020 | H | #14 Oklahoma State | W | 41-13 | |||
58 | Reeves Mundschau | SO | P | 2019 | A | Kansas | W | 45-20 | |||
58 | Austin Seibert | FR | K | 2015 | H | #23 West Virginia | W | 44-24 | |||
58 | Tress Way | SR | P | 2012 | N | #10 Texas A&M | L | 41-13 | |||
57 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | A | #18 Baylor | L | 27-14 | |||
57 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | H | Western Carolina | W | 76-0 | |||
57 | Austin Seibert | JR | K/P | 2017 | N | #3 Georgia | L | 54-48 (2OT) | |||
57 | Austin Seibert | JR | K/P | 2017 | A | Baylor | W | 49-41 | |||
56 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | A | Texas Tech | L | 51-48 (1OT) | |||
56 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | A | Nebraska | W | 49-14 | |||
56 | Reeves Mundschau | SO | P | 2019 | N | #1 LSU | L | 63-28 | |||
56 | Jed Barnett | SR | P | 2014 | A | #25 TCU | L | 37-33 | |||
56 | Jed Barnett | JR | P | 2013 | N | #3 Alabama | W | 45-31 | |||
56 | Jed Barnett | JR | P | 2013 | H | #10 Texas Tech | W | 38-30 | |||
55 | Luke Elzinga | SR | P | 2023 | A | BYU | W | 31-24 | |||
55 | Luke Elzinga | SR | P | 2023 | A | Oklahoma State | L | 27-24 | |||
55 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | H | #24 Oklahoma State | W | 28-13 | |||
55 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | A | West Virginia | L | 23-20 | |||
55 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | H | #19 Kansas | W | 52-42 | |||
55 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | N | Texas | L | 49-0 | |||
55 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | A | TCU | L | 55-24 | |||
55 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2022 | H | UTEP | W | 45-13 | |||
55 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | A | #7 Oklahoma State | L | 37-33 | |||
55 | Michael Turk | SR | P | 2021 | H | TCU | W | 52-31 | |||
55 | Reeves Mundschau | SO | P | 2019 | N | #11 Texas | W | 34-27 | |||
55 | Jed Barnett | SR | P | 2014 | H | #10 Baylor | L | 48-14 | |||
55 | Jed Barnett | JR | P | 2013 | A | #5 Baylor | L | 41-12 | |||
Notes
- According to official records, Jack Jacobs did have two punts of 77 yards against Kansas State. In the only game story I have found so far that mentions his punts, the Norman Transcript says that "Jacobs twice kicked over the Wildcat goal line from his own 27" which would be 73 yard punts.
- Plays below the official minimum might always be incomplete since longest plays per player in season stats were not listed until 1972, and bowl games were not included until 2002. Additionally, actual lists weren't published until the early 1990s. And finally, players could have had multiple long plays in a category, but only one may be listed unless the others were longer than the 'official' minimum or was the longest listed in older media guides.