OU football hosts in-state opponent the Tulsa Golden Hurrican Saturday at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Quick Facts:

• OU is 15-7-1 all-time against Tulsa and has won the last four meetings between the teams, the last (a 62-21 OU victory) back in Sept. 2007.

•The Golden Hurricane led the nation in total offense in each of the last two seasons with 534.9 and 569.9 yards per game, respectively.

•OU has won 25 straight home games, the longest current streak in the nation and a mark that equals the school record. With a win tomorrow, the Sooners would set a new school record.

Keys to the Game:

1) The Offense. For both teams. The Sooners showed major offensive improvement from the season opening loss to BYU in Saturday’s 64-0 nuking of Idaho State (the four failed attempts to reach the end zone from the goal line on the opening drive excluded, of course). Idaho State was a good confidence booster for Landry Jones, but the Golden Hurricane rank 34th nationally in total defense, providing Jones with a legitimate test. On the other hand, although David Johnson, the primary reason Tulsa led the nation in total offense the past two seasons, isn’t back at quarterback, seven starters from the offense are. Sophomore dual-threat quarterback G.J. Kinne (No. 6 in the nation in passer efficiency) leads a Tulsa offense that averages nearly 41 points per game. Whether Tulsa wins or loses will likely depend on Kinne’s performance.

2) Damaris Johnson. The sophomore wide receiver for Tulsa leads the nation in all-purpose yardage (240 yards per game) after two games. In the season opener, Johnson proved he could do it all as he totaled 252 all-purpose yards, tallying 31 rush yards, 60 receiving yards, 76 kick-off return yards and 85 punt return yards. If OU’s special teams unit has trouble containing Johnson, Tulsa could very easily be starting many of their offensive drives close to or in Sooner territory.

3) Wide Receiver. Ryan Broyles caught seven passes for 155 yards and three touchdowns last week. The next three leading receivers in that game? Chris Brown, DeMarco Murray and Jermie Calhoun—all running backs. The trio combined for six catches and 90 yards. To be fair, Adron Tennell didn’t play, but Brandon Caleb and Cameron Kenney did, and they only had one reception each. Idaho State is one thing, but if these guys pull the same Invisible Man Act against Tulsa, the score might be a lot closer than most people would like it to be.

OU will win if: If Landry Jones can pick up where he left off last week, and the defense continues to play as well as it has been. Travis Lewis and Gerald McCoy have been spectacular thus far, and they will be the keys to stopping Tulsa’s offensive attack.

Tulsa will win if: G.J. Kinne and Damaris Johnson both have career days, and even that may not be enough. These two will have their work cut out for them to keep pace with OU’s offense. Even if they only get stopped defensively a few times, that would likely be the difference in the game’s outcome.

They said it:

•Bob Stoops on Tulsa’s offense: “They use all of their pieces. They spread the ball around to everyone. They do a nice job of mixing it up, run and pass, moving the pocket. They do a little bit of everything so they give you a lot to work on.”

•Stoops on Sam Bradford’s leadership on the sidelines: “He’s just a great team guy. I know he’s given Landry (Jones) a lot of support. His fire, his spirit is still there with the team. His presence around practice every day and in the locker room, you know he does all that he can and he’s awfully good at it.”

•Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson on last Saturday’s game: “There were some strides made for sure, a lot of young guys had a chance to compete and play. We struggled on the goal line again, which is a concern and we need to do better on third downs. But we’re getting better and have a lot of work to do. We’re going in a positive direction but have some work we need to keep plugging at.”

•Junior CD Dominique Franks on if last Saturday’s game showed more of how OU is as a defense: “Yes it did. But at the same time, we’re just focusing on really just doing the stuff that we need to do. We don’t want to give up big plays and it’s just going to be us tackling in space, not giving up big plays and making them drive.”