ARLINGTON, Texas – The 28-year tenure in the Big 12 Conference for The University of Texas' football program began with a conference championship. And the Longhorns will conclude their stay in the league by claiming the conference's latest football title — the program's fourth Big 12 trophy and first since 2009 — following a 49-21 victory over No. 18 Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon.
Like its arrival into the league in 1996, No. 7 Texas (12-1), in front of a record-breaking attendance of 84,523 packed inside AT&T Stadium and millions more watching around the world, did not waste time moving ahead of its competition after Quinn Ewers and Adonai Mitchell connected for a 10-yard scoring completion — Mitchell's 10th touchdown reception on the season, tying him for sixth on the program's single-season list — to cap a four-play, 39-yard drive that took just 1:29 off the clock.