October 17, 1998

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Wade Perkins returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown as No. 20 Missouri beat Oklahoma 20-6 on Saturday - the Tigers first win over the Sooners since 1983.

Devin West ran for two touchdowns for Missouri (5-1, 2-0 Big 12), which held Oklahoma to two first downs and 48 yards in the first half. The Sooners finished with 247 total yards, with 60 of them coming on a third-quarter shovel pass to De'Mond Parker.

Playing in front of a sellout crowd of 61,586, Missouri ended a 12-game losing streak against Oklahoma. The teams had not met since 1995, when Missouri went to the North Division of the Big 12 and Oklahoma (2-4, 0-3) to the South. Oklahoma is now 8-0 against South division teams.

Sooners coach John Blake, under fire in his third season, is 9-20 and his team has managed only three field goals the last two weeks.

Perkins, with five interceptions this season, victimized two Oklahoma quarterbacks. On the game's third play, he picked off a sideline pass from Brandon Daniels and ran it in for an easy 36-yard score. He also intercepted Patrick Fletcher in the second quarter.

Blake, who has used five quarterbacks this year, used three Saturday and they totaled three interceptions. Eric Moore, who entered in the second quarter, was the most effective before leaving with a neck injury with 3:39 to play.

Missouri, which has won five straight at home, also struggled to move the ball against Oklahoma's 46 defense. West, the nation's No. 2 rusher with an average of 191.6 yards per game, scored on runs of 1 and 22 yards, but totaled 93 yards on 26 carries. It's his second-lowest total of the season, seven yards more than he got against Ohio State Sept. 19.

West got 30 yards on 10 carries in the first quarter, then just two yards on three attempts in the second. He finally broke loose with a 22-yard run that made it 20-6 with 6:09 to play.

Oklahoma held Texas' Ricky Williams to 139 yards, 78 shy of his season average, in a 34-3 loss last week.