The nightmare start to Big 12 play for OU continued on Saturday with a demoralizing smackdown suffered at the hands of Texas in the Red River Rivalry. The Longhorns dominated start to finish in a 49-0 win, giving them their largest win over the Sooners in the history of the series. Its previous series-high record for largest margin of victory over OU in the series was 1941, when it won 40-7. The 49-point final margin for the victor ties for the third-largest margin of victory by a winner in the history of the series.
OU with the loss moves to 0-3 in Big 12 play, its first 0-3 start in league play since 1998, when under John Blake it opened Big 12 play 0-4 before finishing 3-5 in league play and 5-6 on the season.