Landry Jones is bringing a 3-0 bowl game record as Oklahoma's starting quarterback to the fight against Texas A&M at the Cotton Bowl on January 4. In those three bowl games combined, Jones completed 80 of 125 pass attempts (64 percent) for 1,008 yards with 7 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. That computes to a passer rating of 145.4.
Texas A&M’s defense is about on par with the other defenses that the Sooners played in each of those three bowl games. Below is a comparison of defensive statistics prior to meeting OU in a bowl game.
Defenses faced by Oklahoma in bowls (2009-12)
Year
Bowl
Opponent
Total Def. (YPG)
Pass Def. (YPG)
2012
Cotton
Texas A&M
389.3
248.4
2011
Insight
Iowa
387.0
228.1
2010
Fiesta
Connecticut
353.7
206.4
...
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