In rivalry games, a few inches make all the difference, and there’s no rivalry game like the Red River Showdown at the Cotton Bowl. After a torrid start by the No. 21 Texas Longhorns in taking a 28-7 lead after the first quarter, head coach Steve Sarkisian’s Longhorns couldn’t make enough plays down the stretch as the No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners surged to a 55-48 victory on Saturday with the benefit of all the small margins.
Save for an apparently missed call when Oklahoma wide receiver Mike Woods went out of bounds on his own and then returned to the field of play to make a 29-yard catch on 3rd and 10 that led to a touchdown for the Sooners, nearly everything went right for the Longhorns in the first quarter.