RODNEY HALTOM SPORTS EDITOR

Oklahoma State (OSU) running back Ollie Gordon’s 12-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion catch in the second overtime pushed No. 16 Oklahoma State past Arkansas 39-31 on Saturday.

Arkansas held Gordon in check for most of the game as he finished with 49-yards on 17 carries. OSU quarterback Alan Bowman passed for 326 yards and wide receiver Brennan Presley had 91 yards receiving and caught a touchdown pass and ran for a score.

Arkansas (1-1) outgained Oklahoma State 648 yards to 385. But the Razorbacks missed two of their three field goals and had three turnovers to one for Oklahoma State (2-0).

The second half was all Cowboys after trailing the Razorbacks 21-0. Oklahoma State’s Logan Ward hit a 38-yard field goal with 55 seconds remaining to put Oklahoma State up 31-28. Arkansas, with no time outs, drove 48 yards in eight plays, and Kyle Ramsey’s 44-yard field goal as time expired forced overtime.

Both teams failed in kicking field goals in the first overtime. Oklahoma State scored first in the second overtime, then the Cowboys stopped the Razorbacks on a fourth-and-short to end the game.

Oklahoma State wide receiver Rashod Owens, left, tries to catch a potential touchdown pass from quarterback Alan Bowman as South Dakota State cornerback Colby Humphrey tries to defend during last Saturday’s game at Boone Pickens Stadium. The pass ended up just falling off Owens’ fingertips for an incomplete pass.

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