logo
welcome
FOX Sports

FOX Sports

When Patrick Mahomes threw for 734 yards — and lost to Baker Mayfield

FOX Sports
Summary
Nutrition label

73% Informative

Patrick Mahomes threw for 734 yards and seven touchdowns in a college football record-breaking game in October 2016 .

Baker Mayfield returned to Lubbock , where he had started for Texas Tech as a true freshman walk-on three years earlier .

The two teams combined to score touchdowns on 10 straight drives in the second half , the last nine all at least 75 yards long.

Baker Mayfield returned to his former school and torched Texas Tech for 545 yards and 7 touchdowns without throwing an interception.

The game had seven scoring drives of less than two minutes .

The Red Raiders held the lead for all of 20 seconds before the next Mayfield touchdown gave Oklahoma a 30 -24 lead.

Texas Tech junior QB Patrick Mahomes was a one -man wrecking crew against Oklahoma in 2016 , flashing his potential as a pro.

Mahomes also had 12 carries for 85 yards and 88 passes.

The next-closest to that total he had in any college game was 77 , and his NFL high is 74 .

VR Score

72

Informative language

70

Neutral language

28

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

25

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Affiliate links

no affiliate links