No. 2 Oklahoma Rolls Over Kansas, 41-10

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Jason White threw for 389 yards and four touchdowns against a defense geared up to stop Adrian Peterson, and No. 2 Oklahoma defeated Kansas 41-10 on Saturday.<br> <br> White threw touchdowns of 69, 61, 41 and eight yards and the Sooners (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) held Kansas to 256 yards offense in a homecoming rout. The Heisman Trophy winner was 27-for-44.<br> <br> Peterson, needing 99 yards to tie Emmitt Smith and Marshall Faulk as the quickest freshmen to gain 1,000 yards, gained 126 yards on 22 carries - all but 23 coming in the fourth quarter.<br> <br> Peterson now has 1,027 yards.<br> <br> Kansas (3-4, 1-3) lost its third straight to Oklahoma, this time in coach Mark Mangino&#39;s first trip back to Norman since he left Oklahoma as offensive coordinator in 2001 to take the Jayhawks&#39; job.<br> <br> Kansas&#39; defense kept the game close for a while, but the Sooners used three Jayhawks&#39; turnovers to score or set up touchdowns and turn the game into a blowout in the second half.<br> <br> The Jayhawks held Peterson to just 21 yards on 10 carries and prevented Oklahoma from converting on a fourth-and-three at the Kansas 28 in the first half. They also blocked a field goal attempt in the first quarter and trailed just 14-10 at halftime.<br> <br> But Kansas failed to contain White. <br> <br> With Peterson neutralized, White went over the defense to hit a wide-open Mark Clayton in stride for a 61-yard score and threw 41 yards later in the second quarter to Travis Wilson for a TD.<br> <br> In the third quarter, White hit Brandon Jones over the middle and he raced past two Kansas defenders for a 69-yard score that put Oklahoma up 21-10. Clayton finished with five catches for 112 yards.<br> <br> Lance Mitchell picked up Jason Swanson&#39;s fumble and ran 28 yards for another Oklahoma score, and Peterson finally broke through in the fourth quarter for an 11-yard TD.<br> <br> Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops poured it on his former assistant with White&#39;s 8-yard scoring pass to Mark Bradley with 35 seconds left to make it 41-10.<br> <br> Two plays after Clayton&#39;s TD put the Sooners up 7-0, Adam Barmann threw just above the fingertips of Oklahoma safety Brodney Poole to Brandon Rideau along the sideline for a 78-yard score.<br> <br> A bad snap on an Oklahoma punt gave Kansas the ball at the Sooners 36 with 46 seconds left in the second quarter and set up Johnny Beck&#39;s 43-yard field goal as time expired.<br> <br> Barmann, spelled in the second and third quarters by Swanson, led the Jayhawks with 12-for-22 passing for 160 yards but he also threw two costly interceptions. Rideau had four receptions for 96 yards.

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