Box Score Oklahoma Panhandle State defeated the Wayland Baptist Pioneers on Saturday afternoon in Greg Sherwood Memorial Bulldog Stadium, 55-0.
Besides incurring lots of penalty yards, about the only thing the Aggies (7-3) did wrong all day was miss a PAT kick after their final touchdown; it hit the upright.
It was Wayland's first shutout loss since falling to Adams State, 44-0, in the season-opener last season. (Wayland fell to Langston, 33-0, in the season-finale a year ago before Langston was forced to forfeit.)
The Pioneers (3-7), after winning back-to-back games for the first time since restarting football three years ago, simply never got anything going.
Wayland managed only six first downs while giving up 30. The Pioneers passed for 164 yards and were limited to minus-10 on the ground.
OPSU threw for 346 and ran for another 251 for 597 total.
Wayland also was hurt by four turnovers, including three lost fumbles, one of which was returned 32 yards for a touchdown. The Pioneers took it away from the Aggies twice.
About the only statistic that wound up in Wayland's favor was penalties. Wayland was flagged four times for 17 yards while OPSU drew eight penalties, many of them for unsportsmanlike conduct, for 117 yards.
The WBU defense held OPSU's offense scoreless on its first four possessions. Then the Aggies completed a 54-yard pass that led to a short touchdown run with 58 seconds left in the first period.
The flood gates opened after that.
The Aggies got the ball back on the ensuing kickoff when the Pioneers didn't field a high kick, and OPSU scored on a 39-yard pass on the second play of the second quarter.
It was 21-0 after OPSU returned a fumble 32 yards for a touchdown, then the Aggies tacked on another TD to make it 28-0 at the half.
OPSU scored seven more in the third then tacked on three more TDs in the final quarter.
The game was called with just under a minute remaining after a the teams were involved in an altercation at the end of a Wayland kickoff return.
The win in OPSU's final regular-season game helped the Aggies reach seven wins for the first time since 1984.
Wayland wraps up its season at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 when the Pioneers host Oklahoma Baptist (6-3 overall, 0-2 CSFL). The Bison hosted Bacone College on Saturday.
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