There was no Golden Hat awarded in this Red River game, but the Sooners got something much more valuable, a Big 12 championship trophy and a record fourth consecutive conference crown.
The 14th-ranked Longhorns scored first, going 75 yards on nine plays after receiving the opening kickoff, capped by a 16-yard touchdown run by Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger. The Sooners were held to two field goals on their first two possessions and trailed 7-6 just 10 seconds into the second quarter.
Kyler Murray and Oklahoma’s heralded offense finally got going in the second quarter. The Sooners stopped Texas on back-to-back possessions, and Murray made the Longhorns pay with a couple of touchdown passes that gave OU a 20-14 advantage heading to halftime.