No. 1/1 Football dominates in the Allstate Red River Rivalry and remains undefeated

34

winner

Texas
TEX

6-0, 2-0

3

Oklahoma
OK

4-2, 1-2

winner

34

3

Points by quarters

team	1	2	3	4	F
TEX Texas	0	21	3	10	34
OK Oklahoma	3	0	0	0	3

Match Review: Football | 12/10/2024 | Chris Allen Brown

Texas moves to 6-0 for the first time since 2009

DALLAS, Texas – The clock struck 6:05 p.m. Central Time in the Cotton Bowl and the Golden Hat Trophy hung on the head of the Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian as his top-ranked Longhorns celebrated their 34-3 win over the 18/16-ranked Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday afternoon.

It took six games into the 2024 season for an opponent to take a lead against Texas (6-0, 2-0), but the Longhorns quickly overcame Oklahoma's 42-yard field goal against that of the Sooners (4-2, 1-0). 2). ) third offensive drive of the game, a drive that lasted 4:42 seconds and saw OU move the ball just 38 yards on 11 plays. The drive, which began with 4:52 left in the first quarter and ended with 10 seconds left, was the only one of the day for the North team that did not end in a punt, a turnover or the end of the half.

After receiving the ensuing kickoff a few minutes later, quarterback Quinn EwersIn his first appearance for Texas since UT's 56-7 victory over UTSA on Saturday, September 14, he orchestrated a 10-play, 75-yard drive that resulted in a 7-yard touchdown reception from the redshirt Junior signal caller to tight end ended Gunnar Helm three minutes and 50 seconds later. The drive was the first of six different scoring opportunities – on 12 offensive possessions – for the Longhorn offense, which totaled 406 yards of offense in 61 plays against a Sooner defense that ranked 43rd nationally in total defense.

Over the final five minutes of the second quarter, Texas capped its 21 unanswered second quarter points with consecutive touchdowns Silas Bolden fell on a loose football in the end zone after a 36-yard run Quintrevion Wisner. During the Longhorns' next offensive series, Wisner again fired up the Sooner defense for another long run as the sophomore running back from Glenn Heights, Texas, trotted into the end zone from 43 yards out for a one-play touchdown after the first drive to score from two lost Oklahoma fumbles on consecutive drives.

Although Ewers and wide receiver Ryan Wingo were unable to score on a 4th-and-2 play at the Oklahoma 10-yard line during Texas' first possession of the third quarter. Bert Auburn extended the Longhorns' 21-3 halftime lead the next time the offense took the field when the senior kicker scored from 41 yards out. The Flower Mound, Texas native made a 29-yarder with 7:44 to play to extend UT's lead to 27-3.

After shutting down Oklahoma's offense, which had accumulated 168 yards of total offense over its 17 plays, with 5:21 remaining, the Texas defense stopped it on fourth down at its own 32-yard line with 6:21 left in the contest . Helm jumped over two members of the Sooner secondary on a pass from the wide receiver Matthew Golden from 30 meters away. The Longhorn tight end fell to the ground at the 2-yard line to set up a 1-yard rush Jerrick Gibson That led to a 1-yard touchdown run by Ewers.

The Southlake, Texas native's rushing touchdown capped a second half in which the Texas offense scored on the last three possessions of the game and six of the last nine came on the Ewers-to-Helm passing touchdown early in the second quarter.

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With ESPN's College GameDay taking place next Saturday in Austin, Texas, the top-ranked Texas Longhorns host the No. 5/4 Georgia Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1) in a matchup presented by Truist at 6:30 p.m. CT.

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