Dallas — Recent history suggests that a win on Saturday by the No. 1 Texas Longhorns over the No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas will be a narrow victory that goes against recent trends — the Sooners have won five of the last six games against the Longhorns, 11 of the last 15, and 17 of the last 25.
Many of those losses for Texas have been narrow with nine of the last 10 games in the series decided by one score or less. A ranked Longhorns team beating a ranked Sooners team has been particularly difficult for the burnt orange and white with OU winning the last four when both teams are in the AP Top 25 poll.