Baker Mayfield recalls greatest QB dual in CFB history versus Patrick Mahomes: “It was electric”

The great thing about sports is you never know what to expect when you walk into the stadium, or plop down on the couch and put the game on the big screen. Some games are hyped up, and fail to live up to that hype. Some games come flying in under the radar and are instant classics that will go down in history forever.

Mayfield vs. Mahomes: history made

This one was hyped up, lived up to the hype and became not just an instant classic, but one of the most memorable games in the history of college football. The 2016 Texas Tech versus Oklahoma University. Baker Mayfield versus Patrick Mahomes. Mayfield would go on to win the Heisman that year. Patrick Mahomes would go on to become the NFL’s best quarterback of this generation.

To make the Big 12 game in Lubbock, Texas even sweeter Mayfield spent a year at Texas Tech before heading to Oklahoma in 2014. That just amplified the atmosphere as the Texas high school legend returned to the place he once called home, only to be greeted by chants of “F*** you, Baker.” Baker, who paid the Kelce brothers a visit on their podcast New Heights recalled that night saying, “It was good. It was electric. Nipples could cut glass on those,” referring to the atmosphere in Jones AT&T Stadium.

The ingredients were all laid out for this to be a classic college football game, but no one could have anticipated what would happen over the next four quarters. What played out was one of the most high octane, high scoring, explosive games anyone has ever seen. “It felt like it was Oklahoma vs. Pat (Mahomes). We had to score a TD every single drive in the second half just to win the game,” said the former OU QB.

Total points: 125, Total yards: 1,708

The score: Oklahoma 66 - Texas Tech 59. That should tell you everything you need to know about the game but that just paints a shade of the story. Baker Mayfield threw seven TD passes and had 545 yards passing in a game that broke the NCAA record for combined total offense. Joe Mixon, currently playing on the Houston Texans, rushed for 263 yards on 31 carries, but the Red Raiders had Patrick Mahomes.

Texas Tech went into the game 3-3, and weren’t projected to win the Big 12 or even compete in the conference, but they did have a not-so-secret weapon. Before Patrick Mahomes was a three time Super Bowl winner, before he had a couple NFL MVPs, he was one of the most electrifying players college football had ever seen. Mahomes threw 88 passes! He complete 52 of them for 734 yards, threw five TDs and one interception. He also ran for 85 yard ending the game with 819 total yards.

Oklahoma went into halftime up 30-24. Their defense miraculously held the Mahomes to a three and out after the halftime break, and then held serve the rest of the way. Each team swapped touchdown drives over the next 10 possessions until the clock ran out with Oklahoma up by 7. It was one of the most incredible, unforgettable games ever that may never be topped.