No. 1/1 football dominates Allstate Red River Rivalry and remains undefeated

Game overview: Football | 10.12.2024 | Chris Allen Brown

Texas is 6-0 for the first time since 2009

DALLAS, Texas The clock struck 6:05 PM Central Time in the Cotton Bowl and the Golden Hat Trophy rested on the head of the Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian as his top-ranked Longhorns celebrated their 34-3 victory over the No. 18/16 ranked Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday afternoon.

It took six games into the 2024 season for an opponent to take the lead against Texas (6-0, 2-0), but the Longhorns quickly overcame Oklahoma's 42-yard field goal on the Sooners' (4-2, 1-2). ) third offensive drive of the game, a drive that took 4:42 off the clock and saw OU move the ball just 38 yards in 11 plays. The drive, which started 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, turnover or end of half .

After receiving the ensuing kickoff minutes later, quarterback Quinn Ewersin his first action 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 redshirt junior signal caller to tight end 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 in the country in total defense.

Over the course of the final five minutes of the second quarter, Texas capped its 21 unanswered points during the second quarter with consecutive touchdowns as Silas Bolden fell on a loose football in the end zone after a 36-yard run Quintrevion Wisner. Wisner again torched the Sooner defense for another long run during the Longhorns' next offensive series as the sophomore running back from Glenn Heights, Texas, trotted into the end zone from 43 yards out for a 1-play touchdown drive the first. of two Oklahoma lost fumbles on consecutive drives.

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

After the Texas defense stopped the Oklahoma offense, which totaled 168 yards of total offense prior to the 17-play, 5:21 drive to end the game, on fourth down at its own 32-yard line with 6 :21 left in the game, Helm jumped two members of the Sooner secondary on a pass thrown by a wide receiver Matthew Gold from 30 meters away. The Longhorn tight end fell to the ground at the 2-yard line and set up a 1-yard rush Jerrick Gibson that was accompanied by a 1-yard touchdown run by Ewers.

The rushing touchdown by the Southlake, Texas native capped a second half that saw the Texas offense score on the game's final three possessions and six of the last nine dating back to Ewers-to-Helm's passing touchdown early in the second quarter.

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With ESPN's College GameDay coming to Austin, Texas this Saturday, the top-ranked Texas Longhorns will host the No. 5/4 Georgia Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1) at 6:30 PM CT in a matchup presented by Truist.

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