With the Longhorns and Sooners set to meet again, we look back at the most important games between the age-old foes.
Some rivalries are defined by a"big brother vs. little brother" dynamic -- the more successful team vs. the team that lives to destroy the more successful team's season. In the Red River Rivalry, the programs have traded who gets to play each role.
That could make 2023 a pretty big pivot point. A year after they met as unranked foes, both teams are 5-0 and rising in the polls. Texas is third in the AP poll after solidifying its early win over Bama with comfortable victories as a favorite. Oklahoma, meanwhile, is up to 12th, having almost matched last year's six-win total five games in.
In front of more than 76,000, Texas took an 8-0 lead into halftime thanks to a touchdown on a halfback pass. It was 8-6 in the fourth quarter when OU's Jim Davis, a product of Tyler, Texas, stole a UT handoff and rumbled 24 yards for the go-ahead score. Down 6 late, the Horns drove the length of the field, tied the game on a 7-yard Bobby Lackey-to-Bob Bryant touchdown pass, then went ahead on Lackey's PAT.
After losing 41-9 to the Longhorns in 1970, OU would win the next three games in the series by an average score of 42-13. The Sooners already had a speed advantage over Texas, and now they had the schematics too. In 1971, they also had Greg Pruitt. The Houston native rushed for 214 yards and three touchdowns against the Horns; OU rushed for 435 yards and didn't punt until the fourth quarter. In just a few hours in Dallas, OU had turned this rivalry all the way around.
With Texas quarterback Shea Morenz injured, freshman James Brown found out he would be starting just minutes before kickoff. He proceeded to complete 17 of 22 passes and both throw and run for a touchdown. It was just barely enough. The Longhorns led 17-10 late in the fourth quarter when Gary Gibbs' Sooners mounted a last-minute rally. They faced a fourth-and-goal from the Texas 3 with 43 seconds left and attempted a bit of misdirection.
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