Jackson Arnold threw for four touchdowns and No. 16 Oklahoma’s defense forced five turnovers in a 51-3 victory in the teams’ season opener on Friday in Norman, Okla.

It was Arnold’s home debut as a starter after starting the Sooners’ Alamo Bowl loss to Arizona in December.

Purdue transfer Deion Burks caught three touchdowns — all in the first half. It was Burks’ first career three-touchdown game.

Arnold had a decent but not flashy performance, completing 17 of 25 passes for 141 yards. His Temple colleague struggled from the start.

Forrest Brock, making his first Division I start, missed his first five pass attempts, with his sixth going for a loss of 2 yards. His seventh was intercepted by the Sooners’ Kani Walker.

Before Brock intercepted the ball, he dropped the ball on a hit by Ethan Downs, giving the Sooners the ball in Temple territory.

Five plays later, Arnold scored a touchdown against Burks, giving Oklahoma a 14-0 lead.

The Sooners got on the scoreboard with Arnold’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Bauer Sharp on their first offensive drive of the game.

Tyler Keltner scored three field goals, including one of 50 yards in the first quarter.

The Sooners didn’t score on third down until Taylor Tatum made an 8-yard touchdown run with just over three minutes left. Oklahoma was 0-for-11 on third down before the conversion.

The Owls lost two more fumbles in the second quarter, resulting in 10 points for the Sooners.

The final turnover of the first half came just over a minute before halftime, when Joquez Smith fumbled the ball, giving Oklahoma the ball back at Temple’s 6-yard line.

Brock completed 12 of 25 for 128 yards and two interceptions. The Sooners sacked Brock six times.

Jaren Kanak scored on a 21-yard fumble return after an Oklahoma punt early in the fourth quarter. The fumble was Temple’s sixth turnover of the night.

Oklahoma outrebounded the Owls 378-197, limiting Temple to just 69 rushing yards.

–Field Level Media