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
Punt Returns
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 |
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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.