Texas-sized beatdown: Longhorns trample Oklahoma in Red River Showdown

DALLAS – The Texas Longhorns didn’t offer any quarter to the short-handed Sooners in the 118th meeting between the two rivals. Texas won 49-0 in the Cotton Bowl, breaking its record for margin of victory over Oklahoma in the process. The Longhorns beat Oklahoma by 33 points in 2005 and 1941. The win was the first for the program over Oklahoma since 2018, and only the fourth total win for Texas in the series since Colt McCoy graduated. 

The only thing up in the air at the State Fair was the status of Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel, who went through full warmups prior to the game despite being knocked out by TCU in Week 5. Gabriel didn’t start, and neither did the Oklahoma offense. The Sooners were shut out for the first time since 1998 in a game at Texas A&M. It was the first time Texas blanked Oklahoma since 1965. The Sooners only reached Texas territory three times, and never in the second half.