NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Sooner Schooner was parked on the sideline and there were swaths of empty seats when Oklahoma kicked off Sunday against No. 19 Mississippi after the Rebels didn't arrive in time to play the game as scheduled the previous day.
Oklahoma fans who braved rain and chilly temperatures booed loudly when the Rebels ran out on the field before the start of the game.
Ole Miss arrived in Oklahoma City on Saturday night. The FAA’s decision to ground all flights on Friday sent sports teams nationwide scrambling for new travel accommodations.
While some other games adjusted kickoff times, Mississippi-Oklahoma was the only FBS game pushed back a day until Sunday.
Oklahoma athletic director Roger Denny was upset with the decision, saying the Southeastern Conference threatened the Sooners with a forfeit if they didn't agree to play Sunday.
“I understand that difficult decisions sometimes must be made under extraordinary circumstances,” Denny said in a statement on Saturday. “Put simply, this decision isn’t fair to our athletes, our institution or to Sooner nation.”
Clint and Kelsey Epperson, with their son and a buddy, stood in a steady rain outside Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium before kickoff. They drove three hours from Commerce in northeast Oklahoma — where baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle grew up — to celebrate their son's 10th birthday.
They had bought game tickets in advance and paid $140 to stay in Norman an extra night.
“We were coming, no matter what,” said Clint Epperson, who agreed with Denny that SEC Commissioner Greg Stankey didn’t have enough consideration for the fans in changing the game. “We were an afterthought.”
On a normal game day, the streets outside the stadium are lined with tailgating fans. The mood was subdued Sunday, with a sprinkling of fans wandering around and tents and outerwear dominating the scene.
Oklahoma cut the prices of beer and other concessions to draw fans, and moved basketball and wrestling events to later in the day. Football tickets were available online for as low as $20 in the hours leading up to kickoff.
The temperature when the game started just after noon local time was 44 degrees with 19 mph wind gusts making it feel closer to freezing. The game had originally been scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Saturday, when it was about 10 degrees warmer.
Ole Miss officials insisted they did everything possible to avoid postponing the game, and had every intention to fly to Oklahoma on Friday night and play Saturday. They also reiterated Sankey’s remarks that the school's charter company could not accommodate a late Friday night departure after the stoppage was lifted.
“At that hour, due to the time required to rescreen the party and travel to the Tupelo airport, the crew’s duty time would have expired prior to departure,” Ole Miss said in its statement Saturday. “There were no other flight options at that point, and we determined it was too late to put our student-athletes on a bus trip of eight or more hours. In addition, the flight crew’s duty time restrictions prevented us from being able to fly out until Saturday afternoon at the earliest.”
Ken Gallon, a 20-year Sooners season ticket holder, drove three hours as usual for the game and, like most fans wandering around the stadium before kickoff, was draped in a jacket and a rain poncho.
“I have to agree with the (Oklahoma) AD,” Gallon said. “I think that the commissioner took into account Ole Miss’s whatever and did whatever they wanted and they certainly didn’t do what we wanted, which was play on Saturday.”
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Oklahoma student section cheer in the rain before an NCAA college football game against Mississippi in Norman, Okla., Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
MUNICH (AP) — Amon-Ra St. Brown wore lederhosen, carried a German flag onto the field, and then went out and scored two touchdowns.
Talk about a homecoming.
The German-speaking St. Brown, whose mother is from Leverkusen, said it's been a trip he'll “never forget.”
St. Brown caught two touchdown passes and Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 153 yards and two scores in a 35-10 win over the New England Patriots, who lost quarterback Drake Maye to an ankle injury on their opening drive Sunday.
“Being in Germany, number one, was a blessing, it’s been amazing,” St. Brown said. “But being able to win like that — with the guys, my teammates in front of the fans here in Germany, it’s like a dream come true.”
The Lions (7-2) have won five straight games but also lost edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson, who appeared to hurt his knee while celebrating the sack that knocked Maye out of the game.
“Nothing new — we’ll know more when we get back in the States,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said. “Anytime you lose a player like that and you don’t know the entirety of it ... it hurts a little bit.”
Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes, along with two interceptions, completing 20 of 31 passes for 303 yards.
St. Brown caught a 56-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to give Detroit a 7-3 lead. And his 28-yard TD reception — after teammates pushed him over the goal line in a scrum with Patriots defenders — made it 28-3 in the third quarter.
St. Brown, who wore lederhosen for his arrival to the stadium, charged onto the field carrying a German flag. St. Brown and his two brothers spent many summers in their childhood visiting the country.
In between St. Brown's scores, Goff found Isaac TeSlaa for a 12-yard touchdown pass and a 14-3 lead after a 97-yard drive, and Gibbs ran it in from 5 yards one play after he rumbled down the sideline for a 50-yard reception.
Gibbs added a 28-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to make it 35-10. He is the first NFL player since Priest Holmes in 2002 to produce more than 150 yards rushing with two rushing touchdowns and at least 95 yards receiving in a game, the Lions said.
Gibbs caught seven passes for 99 yards. St. Brown finished with four receptions for 98 yards.
The Patriots (5-5) have lost back-to-back games and three of their past four.
Tommy DeVito completed 12 of 24 for 81 yards with one interception and a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Lan Larison for New England.
On his only drive, Maye completed three of four passes for 48 yards. He also scrambled for 11 yards. Hutchinson sacked Maye at the Detroit 15-yard line on third down. Andy Borregales then kicked a 33-yard field goal.
New England coach Mike Vrabel he didn’t know the extent of Maye's injury: “We’ll have to get some more tests run and we’ll see when we come back what it ends up being and the severity of whatever injury he has."
After DeVito entered the game, the Patriots punted on four straight possessions. DeVito then threw an interception to Roger McCreary late in the first half. The Lions couldn't capitalize, though. Goff was picked off in the back of the end zone by Kevin Byard III.
Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez had his first interception of the season in the first half. Mack Hollins led the Patriots with five catches for 48 yards.
“We’re heading into the bye and we have to get some things fixed and changed and corrected and figure out ways to win as opposed to what we’re doing right now, which is not giving ourselves enough of a chance,” Vrabel said.
Immediately after the game, workers will start installing a new field. Bayern Munich hosts Cologne on Friday night in a Bundesliga game. The NFL wouldn’t confirm a German media report that said the league would pay up to 200,000 euros ($220,000) for the new pitch. In a statement to AP, the league said only that it will “work in partnership with Allianz Arena to replace the field following Sunday’s game.”
Patriots: Besides Maye, WR A.J. Brown left in the second half with a hamstring injury. Brown had missed the past two games with ankle and knee problems... RT Morgan Moses left in the first quarter but returned before halftime ... RB TreVeyon Henderson, who didn’t make the trip, was placed on injured reserve Saturday.
Lions: Hutchinson left in the first quarter and was later ruled out.
Patriots: Bye week.
Lions: Host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next Sunday.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tommy DeVito (16) passes the ball during an NFL football game against Detroit Lions in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye (10) leaves the field after an injury during an NFL football game against Detroit Lions in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) reacts after scoring a touchdown during an NFL football game against New England Patriots in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (0) reacts after scoring a touchdown during an NFL football game against New England Patriots in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) runs through to score a touchdown during an NFL football game against New England Patriots in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
