Oklahoma football: Five unforgettable OU-Texas battles of the last 50 years
By Chip Rouse
2004 — Oklahoma 12, Texas 0
The 2004 Red River Shootout featured two of the country’s best quarterbacks. Oklahoma’s Jason White had won the Heisman Trophy the year before, and Vince Young, who a year later would guide Texas to a national championship win over USC, was in his second season with the Longhorns.
The game also marked the Red River debut of native Texan Adrian Peterson, who said he chose to go to Oklahoma because the Sooners and Bob Stoops were always beating Texas. OU had won the previous four games over the Longhorns, including a 65-13 Sooner victory the year before with Peterson on the Oklahoma sidelines as part of a recruiting visit.
Peterson made his presence known early and often in the 2004 game. He finished with 225 rushing yards, an average of seven yards per carry. The Sooners only touchdown in the game, however, was scored by fellow running back Kejuan Jones.
The score was just 3-0 in favor of Oklahoma at the half and just 6-0 after three quarters, all the scoring coming on a pair of OU field goals by Trey DiCarlo.
The only touchdown in the game came on a seven-yard run by Jones at the 8:10 mark of the fourth quarter.
The Sooner defense held Young, Cedric Benson and the Texas offense to just 240 total yards in posting the first shutout in the Red River rivalry in 32 years (1972).