What on earth happened here? Murray has bigger raw numbers, but in the passing game in particular, it’s best to grade the two QBs on efficiency stats because of how often Tagovailoa’s been yanked early. Tagovailoa put up better numbers in his first six games than any of those Heisman QBs ever put up in their best six games if someone cherry-picked them. As a junior, Billy Simms led the nation in rushing as he set a Big Eight single-season rushing record with 1,762 yards on 231 carries. Both of those are slated to break Baker Mayfield’s all-time record of 198.9, set last year (and previously set by Mayfield in 2016). Murray joins Billy Vessels (1952), Steve Owens (1969), Billy Sims (1978), Jason White (2003), Sam Bradford (2008), and Baker Mayfield (2017) as Sooners who have claimed the sport’s top award. He topped the 200-yard mark in four different games (a school best) during the 1978 season. In 1991, Owens was named to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and was the Walter Camp Foundation Alumnus of the Year. The Tuttle, Okla., native put up an impressive four to one touchdown to interception ratio and set the program record at the time for touchdown passes with 40 and twice posted five touchdowns in one game. The average OU opponent is 71st. Some of his statistical highlights include leading the nation in total yards (school-record 4,945), points responsible for (306), passing efficiency rating (205.7), yards per pass attempts (11.9), and yards per completion (16.8). Baker Mayfield, who wears jersey No. pic.twitter.com/qn0jr8hUKL, More Heisman voting numbers. Vessels, a Cleveland, Okla., native, was a versatile component of the Sooner offense, even connecting on seven passes for two touchdowns. As a sophomore, Vessels started on the 1950 squad, scoring 15 touchdowns. 22 in total offense (264.0). 2 at OU. He finished his career with 4,041 yards on the ground, the third most in school history. In 1953, Vessels turned pro for the Edmonton Eskimos and won the Schenley Award as the top player in Canada. In his Heisman season, Steve Owens tallied 1,523 yards on 358 carries and scored a then-school record 23 touchdowns. Kyler Murray won, but Tua Tagovailoa had a strong showing. At a school where the points have flown like an Oklahoma gusher, White led the OU team that outscored all of its predecessors (601 total points). The Sooners need a bigger trophy case! He also ranks second in passing touchdowns (41), third in total offense (357.7 ypg) and fourth in passing yards (333.8 per game). The biggest difference in their numbers comes on the ground. Here’s a look at some of OU’s rich Heisman history and the elite group of Sooners Murray joins. The others were Ohio State (Archie Griffin in 1974 and '75), Army (Felix "Doc" Blanchard and Glenn Davis in 1945 and '46) and Yale (Larry Kelley and Clinton Frank in 1936 and '37). Entering their meeting in the Playoff’s Orange Bowl semifinal, Murray has the best season passer rating in FBS history, and Tagovailoa has the second-best. He becomes just the fifth player and first since Georgia's Herschel Walker from 1980 to '82 to finish in the top four of Heisman Trophy balloting three times. Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray won the 2018 Heisman Trophy, beating out Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins from an all-QBs … The Oklahoma City native earlier won the Davey O'Brien Award and Sammy Baugh Trophy in addition to being named a first-team All-American. The 1952 Sooners went 8-1-1, finishing fourth in the nation, and won Oklahoma's ninth conference title. Billy Sims, a 6-0, 205-pound junior from Hooks, Texas, swept through defenses like a tornado flying across the Oklahoma landscape. Bama’s chosen to keep Tagovailoa cleaner, running him 37 times for 289 yards and five TDs. Oklahoma is just the fourth school with back-to-back Heisman winners. The latest chapter in the beef is the lamest one yet. OU dropped a 27-21 decision to Notre Dame and then finished strong by sweeping the last three games. Seven Sooners have collected the prestigious honor, tied for the most of any program. Mayfield leads the nation in completion percentage (.710), passing efficiency rating (203.8; would break his own FBS record of 196.4 set last year), yards per pass attempt (11.8), yards per completion (16.6) and pass of plays of 20-plus yards (75). Full Coverage >>. Spurred by Owens' effort, Oklahoma averaged 28.5 points a game in 1969. video platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. It seemed like they were getting closer when Murray had 478 total yards and four total TDs in a Week 13 barnburner at West Virginia. And it definitely seemed like the gap was tightening when Murray had a flawless, three-TD Big 12 Championship on the same day Tagovailoa was having his worst outing. Billy "Curly" Vessels was the man who started it all. The Oklahoma City, Okla., native also led the nation in passing efficiency and scored five rushing touchdowns. Baker Mayfield, who wore jersey No. OU edged Nebraska 31-24 in the second meeting between the top-10 schools. OU’s first Heisman winner, Billy Vessels rushed for 1,072 yards on 167 carries and scored 17 touchdowns during his senior season en route to the trophy. He started putting up absurd numbers right away for the best team in the country. But in an incredibly close race, quality of opposition put Tagovailoa over the top for me. 103 UCLA, and the average number for OU goes up to 69. Those early hooks meant Tagovailoa was getting way fewer touches per game than previous Heisman-winning QBs, but his performances were so bonkers that he stacked up well against them anyway. Mayfield is the first player since the NCAA allowed the creation of athletics scholarships in 1950 to start his football career as a walk-on athlete and go on to win the award. Creating a new meaning for the word "versatile," the Cleveland, Okla., slasher was part of every phase of the Sooner offensive attack. Vessels then served as an officer in the U.S. Army. Murray has thrown for 4,053 yards this season and tallied 40 touchdowns to just seven interceptions while also rushing for 892 yards and 11 touchdowns. White captured player of the year honors from the Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, and CNNSI.com. By Saturday evening, he was -260 to win, and Tagovailoa was +210. To read more about Murray’s Heisman-winning season and to keep an eye on the Sooners in the Orange Bowl, visit SoonerSports.com. Sims still ranks as OU's all-time career rushing leader with 4,118 yards from 1975-79 and No. Backup Jalen Hurts won the game for Bama after Tagovailoa exited injured in the fourth. By winning the 2018 version of college football's most prestigious individual honor, Murray vaulted OU to a tie for the lead with Notre Dame and … He was the first Lion to gain over 1,000 yards in a season and was an All-Pro selection in 1971 and 1972. Heisman results by region. Shaq is really upset that Dwight Howard won a ring. pic.twitter.com/qD96HwISpT. OU opened with a 21-21 tie with Colorado and then reeled off five straight wins, averaging 46 points a game. He also won the Davey O'Brien Award and the Jim Thorpe Courage Award. In Oklahoma’s 13 games, he’s been through-the-roof awesome 10 times and merely “good” three times, with no games nearly as bad as the one Tagovailoa put up against Georgia. In 2018, Murray has put together an incredible season while he has guided the Sooners to a fourth straight Big 12 title and a third College Football Playoff appearance. Consider the number of first-place votes players have gotten since then, via Sports Reference: The final vote in this race put it close to 2012’s between Manziel and Te’o. Murray’s numbers there are every so slightly better, but Tagovailoa’s have come against notably (though not hugely) better defenses. OU is now tied with Notre Dame and Ohio State for the most Heisman Trophies won by a school. Owens holds the record for the most carries in a game (55) and career (958). It’s not a huge difference. The 1950 Sooners, under the direction of head coach Bud Wilkinson, went 10-1 to give the Sooners their first of seven national championships. Kyler Murray made history when he was named the Sooners' seventh Heisman Trophy winner. White set school records at the time for touchdown passes in a season (40) and game (5, twice). Tagovailoa’s at 202. Sims led the nation in rushing, averaging more than 7.0 yards per carry. That meshes with how the season ended for both. Vessels was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1974. Jason White and the 2003 Sooners scored 601 total points on the season, then a school record. I’m a voter for that one but not the Heisman, though I would’ve made the same Heisman vote. He is the school's all-time leading scorer with 57 touchdowns during his career. Brett Phillips drove in Randy Arozarena on one of the wildest game-winning runs in World Series history. 18 in interception percentage (2.22) and No. In a school-record four games, the Hooks, Texas, native recorded at least 200 yards. Every single Alabama game until November featured between two and four passing TDs by Tagovailoa, him averaging at least 10.6 yards per throw with no interceptions, and Nick Saban taking him out in the second half in granting mercy to the other team. He led the nation in passing efficiency and also scored five rushing touchdowns on the year. Owens holds five Sooner records. Murray has a 206 passer rating. By winning the 2018 version of college football's most prestigious individual honor, Murray vaulted OU to a tie for the lead with Notre Dame and Ohio State for the most Heisman Trophies won. Injuries certainly played a role, but he went 10-of-25 for 164 yards, a touchdown, and two interceptions (making up half his season total of INTs). Oklahoma's Steve Owens was a 6-2, 215-pound powerhouse from Miami, Okla., who ravaged defenses from 1967-69, setting four conference records of the day. Additionally, OU is just the fourth school with back-to-back Heisman winners and the first to have quarterbacks claim the honor in consecutive seasons. His season passing total ranked No. 7 in passing efficiency (158.11), No. The game, which will be televised by ESPN, is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT on Dec. 29. OU responded by clubbing OSU, 62-7, and then was re-matched with the Cornhuskers in the Orange Bowl. Sims ran for 153 yards, but it was not enough as the Sooners fell 17-14. And in the SEC Championship against Georgia, he was horrible. Bradford became the fifth Sooner to win the award joining Jason White (2003), Billy Sims (1978), Steve Owens (1969) and Billy Vessels (1952). Additionally, OU is just the fourth school with back-to-back Heisman winners and the first to have quarterbacks claim the honor in consecutive seasons. 4 Sooners will face No. "Curly" connected on seven passes for two touchdowns in 1952. The Vikings are terrible, and have no clear path forward. In Bama’s 13 games, Tagovailoa’s been great in 10. Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray won the 2018 Heisman Trophy, beating out Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins from an all-QBs trio of finalists at Saturday’s ceremony in New York.