With Bradford helplessly watching on the sideline, his right arm in a sling, BYU upset No. 3 Oklahoma 14-13 on Saturday night.
Max Hall threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide-open McKay Jacobson in the back of the end zone with 3:03 left.
The Sooners' last hope to recover and win without their star quarterback Bradford ended when Tress Way came up short on a 54-yard field goal with 1:23 left. BYU players exchanged flying chest bumps right away, then celebrated even more wildly when their upset was complete, a stunning end to the first college football game — and first regular-season game — ever played at the nearly $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium.
Bradford was hit by Brigham Young linebacker Coleby Clawson in the closing seconds of the first half Saturday night. Bradford got rid of the pass in time to avoid a sack, then he and Clawson landed flush on his right arm. It was a clean hit.
Bradford writhed in pain, putting his left hand on the shoulder. Trainers rushed to him and brought him to the sideline where he was examined on a table, then taken into the locker room.
The No. 3 Sooners kicked a field goal on the next play to take a 10-7 lead at halftime over the No. 20 Cougars.
As he headed to the locker room, coach Bob Stoops told ESPN, "We'll go in the locker room here and see what we can find out."
Backup Landry Jones entered the game in the second half for the Sooners.
Bradford was 10-of-14 for 96 yards and a touchdown. He broke the school passing record held by Jason White with an 18-yard completion to Brandon Caleb.