The No. 13 Sooners’ 64-0 water-logged victory over the Idaho State Bengals can mainly be attributed to the successful connection between freshman quarterback Landry Jones and sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles.

The two connected seven times for 155 yards, and Broyles caught all three of Jones’ touchdown passes. Overall, Jones completed 18 of 32 passes for 286 yards, three touchdowns and an interception before exiting the game early in the fourth quarter.

“It’s pretty easy to throw to Ryan, you just kind of have to put it out there and let him run to it,” Jones said. “I feel like we have a really good connection right now.”

The two’s connection was evident in the first drive, even though the offense was not able to put any points on the board.

The first play from scrimmage for the Sooners was a 34-yard screen pass to Broyles that put OU deep into the Bengals’ territory.

Of the three touchdowns, the most impressive came in the second quarter when Jones and Broyles connected in the back-corner of the end zone for an 11-yard score.

“The one in the corner was my favorite [touchdown],” Broyles said. “I knew that I got my foot down, but I didn’t know if I was inbounds. [The throw] was on the money, you couldn’t really get a better throw than that.”

One of the surprising things about Jones’ performance was that he was able to air the ball out despite the heavy rain that drenched the 84,749 fans who showed up to the game.

He said he had never thrown in conditions quite as bad as they were Saturday evening.

“[In] New Mexico you get like a drizzle, you never got something like that out there [Saturday],” Jones said.

Broyles said the team was prepared for the poor conditions, used a soggy field as an advantage over the defenders and did not see a major difference between how well Jones threw a wet ball compared to a dry ball.

“He can throw a dry [ball] or a wet one just as well, so we saw that [Saturday],” Broyles said.

The elements may have been a factor to the other receivers, though, because Jones received little help from anyone on the receiving corps outside of Broyles.

When the ball was not thrown to either Broyles or one of the running backs, Jones completed just three passes for 23 yards.

The three catches were less than the number of drops the receiving corps committed. Four of Jones’ passes went through his receivers’ hands.

“They need to continue to improve,” head coach Bob Stoops said. “We need more guys to step up and make plays.”

In the end, OU was able to get by the Bengals with the consistent play between Jones and Broyles.

“We all had confidence in [Jones], and he had confidence in himself, so whatever was called we had confidence in him and what he could do,” Broyles said. “We kept the game plan simple, and he did what he had to do.”