NORMAN, Oklahoma (Ticker) -- Oklahoma found out last week that it has a healthy quarterback. Fresno State is desperately in search of one. Top-ranked Oklahoma will have Jason White at the controls when it hosts the Bulldogs, who could be down to a third-string freshman quarterback by the time they arrive at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. White threw a pair of long touchdown passes as the Sooners posted an impressive 20-13 win at Alabama last week. White suffered a season-ending knee injury in a September victory against Alabama last season, but looked completely healthy against the Crimson Tide, completing 21-of-35 passes for 259 yards without an interception. Fresno State (1-1) managed a 17-16 win over Oregon State on Friday when Brent Visintainer kicked a 47-yard field goal with 31 seconds left. Quarterback Jeff Grady shook off shoulder and hip injuries to lead the drive that set up Visintainer's field goal. Grady suffered a bruised left shoulder in a season-opening loss to Tennessee and will be rested as much as possible this week to keep him healthy. Freshman Tommy Barrington will play if Grady is not ready. Starting quarterback Paul Pinegar is out with a torn chest muscle and is not expected back until later this month. Oklahoma did not commit a turnover last week and its aggressive defensive recorded five sacks. Brandon Jones was the favorite target of White, catching seven passes for 86 yards and a score. His TD pass came after the Sooners converted a fourth-down pass out of punt formation. Saturday marks the first meeting between the schools. Oklahoma is 10-0 in non-conference home games under coach Bob Stoops.

White throws four TDs for Sooners NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma quarterback Jason White has come a long, long way since he crumpled to the field last year with his second major knee injury in two seasons. "He just had a great day. He was executing in an excellent way," coach Bob Stoops said after the No. 1 Sooners rolled to a 52-28 win over Fresno State on Saturday. "Hopefully he is playing to the level of a Heisman Trophy winner. We just need to keep winning." White threw for 338 yards and a career-high four touchdowns and Renaldo Works ran for two more scores as the Sooners (3-0) seized control early, scoring on all six of their first-half possessions en route to a 38-0 halftime lead. There would be no upset on a day when No. 6 Texas lost and No. 3 Ohio State escaped in triple overtime -- a fact not lost on the Sooners when a scoreboard displayed archrival Texas' surprising loss to Arkansas. The school-record crowd of 83,091 roared with approval. Fresno State (1-2) had nearly twice as many penalty yards (80) than offensive yards (43) in the first half. By then, the Bulldogs had only two first downs, one by penalty. With his offense clicking and his defense dominating, Stoops obviously didn't need any tricks to pull this game out. He still used a few anyway. A week after a fake punt helped the Sooners edge Alabama, Oklahoma converted two fourth downs in the first quarter and scored on a 2-point conversion run by holder Matt McCoy. That's the kind of day it was -- almost everything worked for the Sooners. In the first half, Oklahoma scored on drives of 57, 65, 71, 82, 87 and 32 yards, with White going 18-of-25 for 256 yards and three touchdowns. The Sooners had 370 yards of offense by halftime. "I thought we looked like deer in headlights," Fresno State coach Pat Hill said. "Everything they touched in the first half turned to gold. Their execution was awesome." That's in large part due to White. He's come quite a long way for a guy who was considered a long shot to recover from his second knee surgery, let alone reclaim his starting spot. Through three games, White has completed 69 of 107 passes (64 percent) for 845 yards and nine touchdowns. He's only thrown one interception. "Beautiful, isn't he?" said receiver Mark Clayton, who caught five passes for 110 yards and a touchdown. "As the weeks go on and we start to jell, when we finally hit our stride, it's going to be exciting." Brandon Jones added seven catches for 75 yards and another score. Fullback J.D. Runnels and backup tight end Lance Donley also teamed with White on scoring plays. Oklahoma's runners got involved in the rout, too, with Works scoring the Sooners' first two rushing touchdowns of the season. He finished with 88 yards on 18 carries. The Sooners had 556 yards of total offense, the most in Stoops' five seasons in Norman. Still, Oklahoma's postgame joy was tempered by the loss of preseason Butkus Award nominee Lance Mitchell, who left the field clutching his left knee in the second quarter. He didn't return. "It looks severe and it's a knee" was all Stoops would say after the game. Fresno State, which opened at Tennessee and faced Oregon State at home last week, was obviously weary after such an arduous schedule. Coach Pat Hill had said earlier in the week that last Saturday's 16-14 victory over Oregon State was "as violent a game as I've been a part of." Jeff Grady, nursing a bruised left shoulder and hip, finished 20-of-31 for 142 yards with two touchdowns. He also threw an interception. "I was not as nervous as I thought I would be," said Grady, a fifth-year senior starting only his fifth career game. "I just couldn't get any of my receivers open." There were a few bright spots for Fresno State, though. The Bulldogs blocked an extra point and two punts, the third straight game in which they've had a block on special teams. "Our punt protection is atrocious," Stoops said. "I'm trying to find a word negative enough to describe it." It was Fresno State's first-ever game against the nation's No. 1 team.

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Fresno State........  0  0  7 21  - 28       Record: (1-2)
Oklahoma............ 16 22  0 14  - 52       Record: (3-0)

Scoring Summary:
1st 13:36 OU - Trey DiCarlo 41 yd field goal, 6-57 1:24, FS 0 - OU 3
    08:32 OU - J.D. Runnels 2 yd pass from Jason White (Trey DiCarlo kick blockd), 10-65 3:46, FS 0 - OU 9
    01:12 OU - Renaldo Works 6 yd run (Trey DiCarlo kick), 11-71 4:54, FS 0 - OU 16
2nd 08:37 OU - Brandon Jones 13 yd pass from Jason White (Matt McCoy rush), 12-82 4:55, FS 0 - OU 24
    03:48 OU - Renaldo Works 15 yd run (Trey DiCarlo kick), 7-87 3:15, FS 0 - OU 31
    00:35 OU - Mark Clayton 17 yd pass from Jason White (Trey DiCarlo kick), 5-32 0:58, FS 0 - OU 38
3rd 09:06 FS - Berrian, B 11 yd pass from Grady, Jeff (Visintainer, B kick), 4-45 1:10, FS 7 - OU 38
4th 13:28 OU - Lance Donley 14 yd pass from Jason White (Trey DiCarlo kick), 8-76 3:12, FS 7 - OU 45
    11:22 FS - Sumlin, Bryson 5 yd run (Visintainer, B kick), 5-67 1:53, FS 14 - OU 45
    07:56 OU - Paul Thompson 4 yd run (Trey DiCarlo kick), 8-80 3:26, FS 14 - OU 52
    04:35 FS - Vercher, Roshon 3 yd pass from Grady, Jeff (Visintainer, B kick), 8-61 3:11, FS 21 - OU 52
    01:02 FS - Wright, Dwayne 24 yd run (Visintainer, B kick), 4-34 1:48, FS 28 - OU 52


                                     FS       OU
FIRST DOWNS...................       13       32
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   22-123   48-212
PASSING YDS (NET).............      142      344
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  31-20-1  38-26-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   53-265   86-556
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     3-38     4-26
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........    5-101     1-14
Interception Returns-Yards....      0-0      1-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   6-39.8   4-22.5
Fumbles-Lost..................      0-0      1-0
Penalties-Yards...............     8-80     9-79
Possession Time...............    24:02    35:58
Third-Down Conversions........  5 of 13 11 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 0   2 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      3-3      8-8
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      1-7      1-4

RUSHING: Fresno State-Wright, Dwayne 8-83; Sumlin, Bryson 11-35; Davis, Rodney 1-4; Grady,
Jeff 2-1. Oklahoma-Renaldo Works 18-88; Kejuan Jones 17-59; Paul Thompson 4-48; Donta Hickson 7-10;
Jason White 1-7; Brandon Jones 1-0.

PASSING: Fresno State-Grady, Jeff 20-31-1-142. Oklahoma-Jason White 25-37-0-338; Paul
Thompson 1-1-0-6.

RECEIVING: Fresno State-Berrian, B 6-24; Jennings, Adam 3-27; Spach, Stephen 3-14; Wright,
Dwayne 2-8; Greco, Alec 1-32; Jamison, J 1-17; Sumlin, Bryson 1-9; Jones, Jamal 1-6; Vercher, Roshon
1-3; Davis, Marque 1-2. Oklahoma-Brandon Jones 7-75; Mark Clayton 5-110; Jejuan Rankins 4-67; Will
Peoples 3-29; J.D. Runnels 3-18; Lance Donley 2-26; Kejuan Jones 1-18; Renaldo Works 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Fresno State-None. Oklahoma-Brodney Pool 1-0.

FUMBLES: Fresno State-None. Oklahoma-Kejuan Jones 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): Fresno State-Morris, Brian 1-0. Oklahoma-Larry Birdine 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Fresno State-Sanchez, Manuel 5-2; Adamo, David 5-2; Andrews, Dwayne 4-3;
Diles, Awan 3-4; Culver, Tyrone 3-4; Morris, Brian 4-1; Booker, Donyell 4-1; Meza, Dee 3-2; McGill,
Bryce 3-1; Sanders, James 2-2; Garcia, Todd 2-1; Goodwin, Alan 2-1; Sanders, Claude 2-0; McIntyre, G
1-2; Miller, Ricky 1-2; Washington, R 1-2; Hawkins, Del 1-2; Mann, Eddie 1-0; Marshall, R 1-0;
Jennings, Adam 1-0; Satele, Fai 0-1. Oklahoma-Antoni Perkins 8-1; Dont Nicholson 2-4; Brando Everage
3-1; Gayron Allen 2-2; Lewis Baker 2-1; Teddy Lehman 2-0; Brodney Pool 2-1; Larry Birdine 2-0; Matt
McCoy 1-3; Dusty Dvoracek 1-2; Derrick Strait 1-0; Pasha Jackson 1-0; Chris Chester 1-0; Eric Bassey
1-0; Travis Wilson 1-0; Kory Klein 1-0; Dan Cody 1-0; Jowahn Poteat 1-1; Clint Ingram 0-2; Jonath
Jackson 0-2; Russe Dennison 0-1; Dan Townsend 0-1; Blake Ferguson 0-1; Lynn McGruder 0-1; Tommie
Harris 0-1; Brandon Shelby 0-1.

Attendance: 83,091

Updated: 09/15/03