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Oklahoma State football highlights vs. Central Michigan

robb hibbard and robert read, oklahoman
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The No. 12 Oklahoma State football team opened the 2022 NCAA season against Central Michigan at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.

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The Cowboys finished the 2021-22 season with a 12-2 record, including 8-1 in the Big 12, and a 37-35 Fiesta Bowl win against Notre Dame Jan 1.

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The Central Michigan Chippewas finished the 2021 season at 9-4, including 6-2 in the Mid-American Conference, and won the 2021 Sun Bowl 24-21 against Washington State Dec. 31.

Oklahoma State football highlights vs. Central Michigan

View highlights from the game below.

Final: Oklahoma State defeats Central Michigan, 58-44

Chippewas, Cowboys trade fourth-quarter touchdowns

Central Michigan cuts into huge Oklahoma State lead

Cowboys extend lead to start the second half

Sanders connected with Bryson Green for a seven-yard score to cap off a two-play, 29-second scoring drive to begin the second half.

Oklahoma State, Central Michigan trade touchdowns before halftime

The Cowboys lead the Chippewas, 44-15, at halftime. This is the highest-scoring first half for Oklahoma State since 2017.

Another Spencer Sanders touchdown brings him to 5 scores in first half

The veteran starter has accounted for five touchdowns (three passing, two rushing) so far in the first half after a 23-yard scoring run put Oklahoma State on top of Central Michigan, 37-7, with 4:32 remaining in the second quarter. The five touchdowns in a half are a career-high for Sanders.

Running back Jaden Nixon scores touchdown on screen pass to extend the Oklahoma State lead

Make it 23 unanswered points for Oklahoma State after running back Jaden Nixon took a screen pass 17 yards for a touchdown. The Cowboys lead, 30-7, midway through the second quarter.

Spencer Sanders connects with Braydon Johnson for another Oklahoma State score

Wide receiver Braydon Johnson beat the defender on his route in the end zone for a 13-yard touchdown at the 11:32 mark of the second quarter. Quarterback Spencer Sanders now has three total scores on the night as the Cowboys lead, 23-7.

Spencer Sanders extends Oklahoma State lead with rushing touchdown

A 17-yard touchdown on a quarterback draw up the middle puts Oklahoma State up 16-7, its biggest lead of the night, at the end of the first quarter.

Oklahoma State punter Tom Hutton pins Central Michigan deep, Cowboy defense forces safety

After Cowboys punter Tom Hutton forced the Chippewas to start a drive at their own 2-yard line, Oklahoma State's defense stuffed a rushing attempt up the middle, resulting in a safety. Oklahoma State now leads, 9-7.

Central Michigan ties Oklahoma State with first-quarter touchdown

The Chippewas responded with a touchdown drive of their own to tie the game at 7-7 midway through the first quarter. Central Michigan quarterback Daniel Richardson completed a 15-yard pass to Carlos Carriere, who beat man coverage over the middle of the field, for the touchdown.

Quarterback Spencer Sanders connects with John Paul Richardson for 45-yard touchdown

Oklahoma State is on the board for the first time this season after wide receiver John Paul Richardson broke free for the score on the first Cowboys possession of the season. Oklahoma State leads Central Michigan, 7-0.

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