Greatest Games in Rivalry History

No. 5 Texas rallied past No. 1 Oklahoma in a game that swung repeatedly before the Longhorns pulled away in the fourth quarter.

Key Moments:

• • Colt McCoy threw for 277 yards and one touchdown
• • Jordan Shipley caught 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown
• • Shipley also returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown
• • Texas moved to No. 1 in the following AP poll

Impact:

Texas went on to finish 12-1 and beat Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. The Longhorns' only loss came at Texas Tech on November 1.

Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech each finished 7-1 in the Big 12 South: Texas beat OU, OU beat Tech, and Tech beat Texas. The division tiebreaker used the November 30 BCS standings, where Oklahoma ranked ahead of Texas, .9351 to .9223. That sent OU to the Big 12 Championship Game, not directly to the national title game. The Sooners then beat Missouri 62-21 and reached the BCS Championship Game against Florida.

Texas led 45-24 in the third quarter, Oklahoma rallied to tie it, and Cameron Dicker won the game with a 40-yard field goal in the final seconds.

Key Moments:

• • Sam Ehlinger accounted for five touchdowns: two passing and three rushing
• • Lil'Jordan Humphrey caught nine passes for 133 yards and a touchdown
• • Kyler Murray threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns
• • Dicker's 40-yard field goal broke a 45-45 tie with nine seconds left

Impact:

The win ended Texas's two-game losing streak in the rivalry. The teams met again that December in the Big 12 Championship Game, which Oklahoma won 39-27.

No. 1 Texas and highly ranked Oklahoma played to a 15-15 tie at the Cotton Bowl. Texas tied the game with a field goal in the final seconds.

Key Moments:

• • Rain shaped a low-scoring afternoon
• • Texas tied the game with a last-second field goal
• • The teams would tie once more, 24-24 in 1995. NCAA Division I-A adopted regular-season overtime in 1996
• • The result became one of five ties in series history

With Oklahoma leading 7-3 late in the fourth quarter, Roy Williams leaped over Texas's blockers and hit Chris Simms as he released a pass. Teddy Lehman intercepted the floating ball and returned it two yards for a touchdown.

Key Moments:

• • Lehman's interception-return touchdown came with 2:01 remaining; the extra point made it 14-3
• • Oklahoma's defense held Texas to just 3 points
• • Williams intercepted Simms again on Texas's next offensive play
• • The win kept Oklahoma's national championship hopes alive

Texas beat Oklahoma 49-0, its largest margin of victory in the series. It was the Longhorns' first shutout of the Sooners since 1965.

Key Moments:

• • Texas's first shutout of Oklahoma since 1965
• • Bijan Robinson rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns
• • Texas defense completely stifled Oklahoma's offense
• • Texas's largest margin of victory over Oklahoma in the series

Impact:

Quinn Ewers threw four touchdown passes in his return from injury, and Texas held Oklahoma scoreless.