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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).

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Minimum 50 yards

  Yards TD Player Class Pos Season   Opponent Result
1. 96 Y Darrell Royal JR QB 1948 H Kansas State W 42-0
2. 93 Y Eddie Hinton SO HB 1966 A Colorado L 24-21
3. 91 Y Jalen Saunders SR WR 2013 H Iowa State W 48-10
  91 Y Antonio Perkins SO DB 2002 A Tulsa W 37-0
  91 Y Tommy McDonald JR LH 1955 H Iowa State W 52-0
6. 90 Y Justin Brown SR WR 2012 H Kansas W 52-7
7. 87 Y Ryan Broyles SO WR 2009 H #11 Oklahoma State W 27-0
  87 Y Darrius Johnson JR CB 1994 H Missouri W 30-13
9. 85 Y Freddie Nixon SO SE 1977 H #16 Iowa State W 35-16
10. 84 Y Antonio Perkins JR DB 2003 H UCLA W 59-24
11. 83 Y Buddy Jones JR LH 1949 H Iowa State W 34-7
12. 82 Y Gavin Freeman SO WR 2023 H Arkansas State W 73-0
  82 Y Antonio Perkins SO DB 2002 H South Florida W 31-14
14. 81 Y Jalen Saunders JR WR 2012 H #22 Oklahoma State W 51-48 (1OT)
  81 Y J.T. Thatcher JR DB 1999 H Oklahoma State W 44-7
  81 Y Jakie Sandefer JR LH 1957 H Iowa State W 40-14
17. 80 Y Joe Washington SO LHB 1973 A #10 Missouri W 31-3
  80 Y Merrill Green SR RH 1953 N #15 Texas W 19-14
  78 Y Patrick Collins JR HB 1986 H Minnesota W 63-0
  78 Y Orville Mathews JR B 1940 H Temple W 9-6
  77 Y Marcus Dupree FR HB 1982 A Colorado W 45-10
  75 Y Bill Pansze 1931 H Iowa State L 13-12
  75 Y Eddie Johnson 1922 H Missouri W 18-14
  74 Y Antonio Perkins JR DB 2003 H UCLA W 59-24
  74 Y Joe Washington SR LHB 1975 H #19 Colorado W 21-20
  73 Y Darrell Royal JR QB 1948 A Kansas W 60-7
  72 Y Larry Grigg SO B 1951 A Nebraska W 27-0
  71 Y Dede Westbrook SR WR 2016 H Kansas W 56-3
  71 Y Joe Wylie JR HB 1971 N #5 Auburn W 40-22
  71 Y Lance Rentzel JR HB 1963 A Kansas State W 34-9
  70 Y Jarrail Jackson SR WR 1999 H Missouri W 37-0
  70 Y Jack Mitchell SR QB 1948 H #9 Missouri W 41-7
  70 Y Jack Mitchell SO QB 1946 A Oklahoma State W 73-12
  69 Y Antonio Perkins JR DB 2003 H #24 Missouri W 34-13
  69 Y George Brewer 1947 A #17 Missouri W 21-12
  68 Y Ryan Broyles FR WR 2008 A Kansas State W 58-35
  68 Y Buster Rhymes JR SE 1983 A Stanford W 27-14
  68 Y Jimmy Harris SO QB 1954 H #20 TCU W 21-16
  68 Y Merrill Green SR RH 1953 H Iowa State W 47-0
  67 Y Jack Mitchell SR QB 1948 A Kansas W 60-7
  66 N CeeDee Lamb SO WR 2018 H UCLA W 49-21
  66 Y Orville Mathews SR 1941 H Oklahoma State W 19-0
  65 N CeeDee Lamb SO WR 2018 H Oklahoma State W 48-47
  65 Y Antonio Perkins JR DB 2003 H UCLA W 59-24
  65 Y Larry Shields SO HB 1963 A Missouri W 13-3
  65 Y Clendon Thomas SO LH 1955 H Oklahoma State W 53-0
  65 Y Jack Ging JR RH 1952 H Missouri W 47-7
  65 Y Jack Mitchell SO QB 1946 A Iowa State W 63-0
  64 Y Jalen Saunders SR WR 2013 A #6 Oklahoma State W 33-24
  63 Y Eddie Hinton SO HB 1966 H Oregon W 17-0
  62 Y Rod Crosswhite JR QB 1965 A Kansas State W 27-0
  60 Y Merrill Green SR RH 1953 H #1 Notre Dame L 28-21
  60 Y Jack Mitchell JR QB 1947 A Detroit Mercy W 24-20
  58 Y Otis Taylor JR ZB 1991 H Kansas W 41-3
  57 Y Joe Washington JR LHB 1974 H Oklahoma State W 44-13
  57 Y Larry Shields JR HB 1964 A Colorado W 14-11
  57 Y David Baker SO QB 1956 H Kansas State W 66-0
  56 Y J.T. Thatcher SR DB 2000 H Arkansas State W 45-7
  55 Y Jack Mitchell SR QB 1948 A Iowa State W 33-6
  53 Y Darrell Royal SR QB 1949 H Oklahoma State W 41-0
  52 Y Otis Taylor FR SE 1989 H New Mexico State W 73-3
  51 Y Antonio Perkins SO DB 2002 N #7 Washington State W 34-14
  51 Y Jarrail Jackson FR WR 1996 N #25 Texas W 30-27 (1OT)
  51 Y Elvis Peacock FR HB 1974 H Kansas State W 63-0
  50 Y Mark Clayton SR WR 2004 A #20 Oklahoma State W 38-35
  50 Y Buddy Jones SR LH 1950 H Missouri W 41-7

Notes

  • 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.