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Oklahoma football: Five great games in the OU-Texas rivalry

By Chip Rouse

DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 10: A general view of play between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns during the 2015 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 10, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 10: A general view of play between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns during the 2015 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 10, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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Oct 10, 2020; Dallas, Texas, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) is tackled from behind by Texas Longhorns linebacker Joseph Ossai (46) during the first quarter of the Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2020; Dallas, Texas, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) is tackled from behind by Texas Longhorns linebacker Joseph Ossai (46) during the first quarter of the Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports /

2020 — Oklahoma 53, Texas 45

For the first time in 16 years, Oklahoma came into its annual showdown against Texas unranked after suffering two losses in its first three games. Texas, meanwhile, was ranked 22nd in the nation.

The game was played before a limited Cotton Bowl crowd of 25,000 because of attendance restrictions due to COVID-19 health and safety concerns.

The Sooners opened the scoring with 10 unanswered points in the opening quarter. Texas tied it up with a field goal and touchdown early in the second quarter. The two teams traded touchdowns before the second quarter ended, and the half ended with OU and Texas deadlocked at 17.

A little more than midway through the second quarter, OU head coach Lincoln Riley benched starting quarterback Spencer Rattler in favor of backup Tanner Mordecai. Mordecai finished out the half, completing five of seven passes for 54 yards.

Rattler returned in the second half, leading the Sooners to two third-quarter touchdowns. The Sooners began the fourth quarter with a 31-17 lead.

With three and a half minutes to go in the game, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger hit Joshua Moore with a nine-yard touchdown pass to cut OU’s lead to seven points, 31-24.

The Sooners went three-and-out on their next possession, and the Longhorns took over at their own 16-yard line after an OU punt with 1:52 remaining in regulation. Texas milked all but two seconds of the remaining clock time, going 84-yards in eight plays, capped off with a two-yard touchdown run by Keaontay Ingram to pull into an improbable 31-all tie and send the game to overtime.

The two teams traded touchdowns in the first two extra sessions. In the third overtime session, Texas kicker Cameron Dicker had a 33-yard field-goal try blocked. The door was open for the Sooners, but Gabe Brkic missed a 31-yard field goal in Oklahoma’s possession in the third-overtime session, sending the game to a fourth overtime.

In the fourth overtime, Rattler connected with wide receiver Drake Stoops on a 24-yard gain inside the Texas one-yard line. Theo Wease scored on a pass from Rattler on the next play to put the Sooners up 53-45. On the Texas possession in the fourth overtime, OU’s Tre Brown intercepted a pass from Ehlinger in the end zone, ending the game and securing a third straight win for Oklahoma over Texas.

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