Texas stymies Oklahoma's offense to earn Red River Rivalry win in first matchup as SEC members

Texas showed wherefore they are the top-ranked squad successful the nation. The Longhorns dominated the Oklahoma Sooners successful Dallas arsenic the 2 shot teams met for the latest variation of the Red River Rivalry.

Quinn Ewers finished the time with 199 passing yards, threw a go-ahead touchdown, and ran for a people arsenic helium resumed his relation arsenic Texas' starting quarterback. Ewers' show was conscionable 1 of the galore reasons Texas cruised to a 34-3 triumph implicit No. 18 Oklahoma connected Saturday.

The 120th Red River Rivalry was besides the archetypal clip the schools met successful the yearly clash arsenic members of the Southeastern Conference.

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Texas Longhorns antiaircraft backmost Michael Taaffe (16) celebrates with fans aft beating Oklahoma Sooners 34-3 successful the Red River Rivalry Football astatine the Cotton Bowl Stadium successful Dallas, TX connected Saturday Oct. 12, 2024. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

After missing immoderate clip owed to an abdominal strain, Ewers seemed to person a small rust to sound disconnected successful the aboriginal information of the game. But, helium was surely blessed to beryllium backmost connected the shot field.

"Definitely bully to beryllium back," Ewers said. "It was a unsmooth start, but wide I deliberation we did a bully occupation of overcoming immoderate adversity early."

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Texas moving backmost Quintrevion Wisner ran for 118 yards and a touchdown for the Longhorns, and his fumble astatine the extremity of different agelong tally was recovered successful the extremity portion by teammate Silas Bolden for a touchdown.

Texas Longhorns moving backmost Quintrevion Wisner (26) runs the shot during the Red River Rivalry crippled against Oklahoma astatine the Cotton Bowl connected Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 successful Dallas, Texas. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The yearly game's sanction is simply a motion to the Red River, which runs successful betwixt Texas and Oklahoma and efficiently accounts for a information of the borderline betwixt the neighboring states. The bid dates backmost to 1900 and has been played annually during the State Fair of Texas since 1929.

Oklahoma won 5 of the past six times the 2 rival schools played, erstwhile some programs were successful the Big 12, but the Longhorns clasp a 64-51-5 bid advantage.

Texas Longhorns wide receiver Ryan Wingo (5) runs for the archetypal down against Oklahoma Sooners successful the 2nd 4th during the Red River Rivalry Football Game betwixt the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Texas Longhorns astatine the Cotton Bowl Stadium successful Dallas, TX connected Saturday Oct. 12, 2024. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Oklahoma's violative issues continued connected Saturday, with the Sooner lone managing to nutrient 3 points and 89 rushing yards connected the day. Michael Hawkins Jr., the Sooners existent freshman quarterback, finished the crippled with 148 passing yards and nary touchdowns.

Oklahoma enactment up conscionable 237 full yards of offense.

Texas went up to enactment erstwhile Ewers rolled to his right, past threw backmost near to Gunnar Helm for a 7-yard TD aboriginal successful the 2nd 4th for a 7-3 lead. That was aft the Longhorns trailed successful a crippled for the archetypal clip this season.

"We played good successful each 3 phases. We don’t ever privation to beryllium one-dimensional," fourth-year Longhorns manager Steve Sarkisian said. "When the discourtesy was struggling early, we had the defense. ... We felt similar we built a squad to bash that."

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Sarkisian, who antecedently served arsenic Alabama's violative coordinator nether the present retired manager Nick Saban, lauded the Red River Rivalry's uniqueness.

"I’ve been portion of immoderate large games, immoderate large rivalries," Sarkisian said. "This 1 is conscionable truthful unique." 

Texas volition present crook its attraction to the fifth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. The highly anticipated crippled kicks disconnected astatine 7:30 p.m. ET connected Oct. 19 successful Austin, Texas.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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