Replay: No. 12 Oklahoma shocks No. 3 Texas, takes dramatic 34-30 victory

A Big 12 championship? A College Football Playoff invitation in December? An undefeated regular season, maybe? All that lies in front of both the No. 3 Texas Longhorns (5-0, 2-0) and No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners (5-0, 2-0) today at, where else, the Cotton Bowl as both teams meet for their Red River Rivalry grudge match for the final time as Big 12 programs. The Longhorns opened as 6-point favorites, but that line has shrunk to 4 points today.

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It's over: Oklahoma beats Texas with dramatic touchdown

No. 12 Oklahoma has beaten No. 3 Texas 34-30.

The Longhorns' last chance ended with Quinn Ewers' Hail Mary pass on the final play. Texas, left with only 15 seconds after OU's touchdown, worked its way to the Sooners' 44-yard line after a pair of quick passes to Jordan Whittington. But Ewers was hit on his final throw, and it fell incomplete in the crowded end zone.

Oklahoma strike back, takes late lead

No. 12 Oklahoma, with no timeouts, has shaken Texas with a late touchdown with 15 seconds to go. The Sooners lead 34-30.

The killer was a 28-yard pass from Dillon Gabriel to Drake Stoops (yes, Bob's son) down to the Texas 20. The second-biggest killer came on the next play, a pass interference penalty on Terrance Brooks that set the Sooners up with a first-and-goal with less than a minute to play.

The touchdown game on a 3-yard touchdown pass to Nic Anderson, who found a spot in the back left corner of the end zone.

Late field goal has Texas leading 30-27

Just like Texas took control with that long, yard-chewing drive in Tuscaloosa, the Longhorns hope they just did the same thing to Oklahoma: an 11-play drive that went 58 yards and took up 3:32 of game clock.

Bert Auburn, who's been shaky in recent weeks, drove a 47-yard field goal right through the middle of the uprights to give Texas a 30-27 lead with 1:17 left to play.

The Longhorns slowed things down a bit, mixing in Quinn Ewers passes to Xavier Worthy and working Jonathon Brooks in the running and passing game, moved methodically down the field as they worked the clock and tried to take control. Texas, starting at its own 13, took a deep shot on first down to Worthy, but it was broken up. But Ewers, who had completed 19 straight completions over the third and fourth quarters, went right back to work, finding Adonai Mitchell for 16 yards and then Brooks for short back-to-back gains.

Ewers was sacked for the sixth time on first down inside OU's 40-yard line with two minutes left. Worthy gained a couple of yards on second down to OU's 35. The Sooners called a time out with 1:27 left, as Texas contemplated a possible field goal try from 52 yards out at that point. On third-and-9, with OU showing aggressive press coverage, Brooks worked his way up the middle for a 6-yard gain to OU's 29.

Texas kept its offense on the field for fourth-and-4, but simply was trying to lure the Sooners into an offside penalty.

Brooks scores to tie this game up

Jonathon Brooks has No. 3 Texas right back into this game. His 29-yard touchdown run, helped by a solid block from redshirt freshman offensive lineman Malik Agbo, has made this a 27-27 game with 6:10 left to play.

It's another good day for Brooks, who has 19 carries for 119 yards and a touchdown.

Texas dodges a bullet

There's 7:55 left to play, and Oklahoma still leads Texas 27-20 after Zach Schmit's 45-yard field goal try — kicked into the same swirling winds that Bert Auburn faced earlier — went wide right.

The Longhorns should be breathing a sigh of relief. Linebacker Jaylan Ford, the Big 12 preseason defensive player of the year, had a rare flub on back-to-back plays: on third-and-11, he looked frozen on a Dillon Gabriel scramble that went for 12 yards, and on the next play, Gabriel juked him on the way to a giant 44-yard scramble up the middle that Kitan Crawford saved from being a 76-yard touchdown.

Did 27-23 sound so bad?

Texas fought its way back into this game, going from a 27-17 deficit to 27-20 and literally inches from tying this one up, but the Longhorns' latest drive ended up a Sooners victory.

There's 11:30 left in this game, and OU still leads 27-20. Steve Sarkisian could have opted for a chip-shot field goal to make it 27-23, and instead the Longhorns came up with nothing.

A 28-yard pass from Quinn Ewers to Jordan Whittington set things up at OU's 1-yard line, but the Sooners answered with a physical goal-line stand, stuffing Jonathon Brooks on three straight runs that couldn't move the needle, and then stopping Xavier Worthy literally inches short of the end zone on a quick fourth-down pass. The play was reviewed.

Texas stops the bleeding, adds a field goal

Texas, bleeding after having given up four straight OU scoring drives, finally forced a Sooners punt and, very much in need of points, have added a Bert Auburn field goal to cut OU's lead to 27-20. There's 1:53 left in the third quarter.

The Longhorns started their drive at the 5-yard line thanks to Xavier Worthy's latest punt return gaffe: choosing a fair catch at the 5-yard line. But Quinn Ewers found Xavier Worthy for 26 yards and Jonathon Brooks added a 19-yard run, and the Longhorns found themselves just outside OU's 20-yard line before stepping on their own toes. On fourth-and-2 from the 22, Steve Sarkisian opted to go for it again. But Connor Robertson, who has stepped in at center in place of the injured Jake Majors, committed a false start penalty.

That moved the Longhorns back five yards and also reversed Sarkisian's decision. But Auburn, kicking into a swirling wind, was good from 45 yards out.

Quinn Ewers' third turnover puts Texas in a hole

This game is trending Oklahoma's way.

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, who's been so efficient and has played so clean all season, just committed his third turnover of the game, a lost fumble on a big OU hit at the end of a third-down scramble. The Sooners, who have scored on their last four possessions, have the ball at midfield.

There's 7:12 left in the third quarter. Oklahoma leads 27-17.

Oklahoma stretches its lead

We're early in the second half and Oklahoma has stretched its lead to 27-71. There's 10:21 left in the third quarter.

There weren't any huge plays on this drive, just a methodical 13-play, 75-yard drive to open the second half. Maybe just what the Sooners wanted. Tawee Walker, who dropped what would have been a touchdown at the end of the first half, scored from 1 yard out.

This is the largest deficit the Longhorns have faced all season. And the Sooners have now scored on their last four possessions.

Late field goal gives OU the halftime lead

It's halftime. No. 12 Oklahoma leads No. 3 Texas 20-17.

OU made quick work of this drive: 9 plays for 67 yards in only 1:53.

Dillon Gabriel's 34-yard pass play to Jalil Farooq and a 12-yard pass to Tawee Walker set the Sooners up inside Texas' 20 in the closing minute. Sloppy tackling from Texas. The Sooners were flagged five yards for a false start, which also drained 10 seconds off the clock, to :30 left. Gabriel kept it xx yards to the 8, and on third down, Walker dropped a pass inside the 5 that would have ended in the end zone.

OU settled for the field goal. But also, the lead.

Bert Auburn's kick ties this up

There's 1:53 left in the first half and we're back right at where we started: a tie game.

Bert Auburn's 25-yard field goal has made this a 17-17 game. The Longhorns' 10-play, 68-yard drive was fueled by a big 39-yard pass from Quinn Ewers to Xavier Worthy to OU's 36-yard line.

Oklahoma scores again, takes lead

Oklahoma has gone up 17-14 on Tawee Walker's 1-yard touchdown run. There's 5:23 left in the first half.

It was a 10-play, 75-yard drive that took 4:04. Jerrin Thompson, who missed the end zone interception on Oklahoma's last drive, was flagged for a late hit that helped the drive.

Texas' latest fourth-down gamble pays off

There's 9:27 left in the second quarter and Texas has taken a 14-10 lead. And it was another Steve Sarkisian fourth-down gamble that did it.

On fourth-and-2 from OU's 22-yard line, Sarkisian opted to go for it rather than trot Bert Auburn out for a 39-yard field goal try. Ewers side-stepped an OU rusher and, moving to his right, found an open Gunnar Helm for an easy 22-yard scoring toss. It's Helm's first touchdown of the season.

Texas miscues lead to Oklahoma score

We're at the start of the 2nd quarter and Oklahoma leads 10-7.

The Sooners scored on a 27-yard field goal from Zach Schmit.

The Longhorns missed a golden opportunity to keep this a 7-7 game, however. Jerrin Thompson jumped on Dillon Gabriel's third-down pass into the end zone, but dropped the pick. OU kicked the field goal on the next play.

Texas, which lost Jake Majors on its first drive, saw safety Jalen Catalon get shaken up on this drive. Two major UT miscues led to the score: after stopping the Sooners initially and forcing a punt, Keilan Robinson was called for running into the punter, giving the Sooners' drive new life. And then Catalon gave up a 43-yard completion on Dillon Gabriel's first deep shot of the game; Catalon lost track of the ball in the air.

Texas' defense wakes up

Texas' defense has woken up. Oklahoma's third drive of the day resulted in another punt, but the Longhorns' defensive front disrupted things with a pair of nice T'Vondre Sweat plays, including a tipped pass on third-and-11.

OU appeared to have kept the wildness going with a reverse return on the kickoff return that went 30 yards to Texas' 35. Keep in mind that Will Stone had to kick off at Texas' 20-yard line because an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called for the Texas celebration after Muhammad's touchdown. But the Sooners were flagged for an illegal forward pitch on the reverse toss and the whole thing was wiped out.

Texas has the ball back at midfield.

Whew! This game is now tied

There's 9:02 left in the first quarter, and what a wild, wild start to this game.

The score is tied 7-7. Texas just reversed the script from calamity to celebration when Kitan Crawford blocked an OU punt in the end zone and freshman cornerback Malik Muhammad pounced on it for the special teams touchdown.

Since our last update, there was a key Texas injury, two successful fourth-down conversions for Texas, a fake punt, a big pass play out of the Wildcat formation, a fumble that was overturned by review, a reverse and Quinn Ewers' second interception of the day, this one spoiling a UT scoring opportunity at OU's 10-yard line.

How did Texas — and Ewers — respond to the early turnover and Sooners touchdown? By appearing to go go three-and-out. Center Jake Majors went down with a lower leg injury. But on the fourth-and-5 punt, up-back Jordan Whittington took the direct snap and scampered 20 yards for what was literally the first positive play of the game for Texas.

That led to another fourth-down decision for Steve Sarkisian: fourth-and-1 from OU's 40. And it led to more trickery — followed by another heartbreak. Savion Red, taking the snap out of the Wildcat formation, faked the Sooners out with a pass to a streaking Gunnar Helm down the middle. Helm gained 25 yards and as two Sooners were taking him down, the ball poked out. The Sooners recovered at their own 14-yard line.

The video replay was nearly too close to call as to whether Helm's knee was down before the ball lodged loose. After a fairly lengthy look, it was ruled that Helm was indeed down. But two plays later, Ewers' pass to Ja'Tavion Sanders ended up being popped up into the air after the tight end was hit, and the Sooners recovered.

But OU couldn't do anything with its second drive and had to punt, which led to the big punt block.

A bad start for Texas

There's 13:11 left in the first quarter and things couldn't have started worse for Texas, which opened this game on offense with a 2-yard loss on first down and then Quinn Ewers' second interception this season, which gave the Sooners great field position. OU quarterback Dillon Gabriel scored on a 9-yard run a few plays later.

The Sooners are leading 7-0.

Oklahoma leads the nation with 11 picks, including two returned for TDs.

Texas cornerback Ryan Watts isn't playing. But tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders is.

How we're calling the game

We've got a full crew at the Cotton Bowl today: UT beat writers Danny Davis and Thomas Jones as well as columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden. How they're picking this game — and why:

Kirk Bohls: Texas, 38-27. The Longhorns have too many playmakers and will flex their muscles against possibly their biggest test to get to Arlington.

Danny Davis: Texas. Oklahoma fans won't be getting in line for their postgame corny dogs in the third quarter like they did last year, but Texas will still be too much for the Sooners in their toughest test this season.

Cedric Golden: Texas, 31-24. Oklahoma is much improved from last season and has a chance, but Texas has come too far to let its biggest rival spoil the season.

Thomas Jones: Texas, 42-20. The Sooners are much-improved, especially on the defensive side of the ball, but Texas' big edge on both lines of scrimmage will make the difference in the second half.

Here's Thomas' game day primer from today.

Look to the ground game

We're about 20 minutes away from kickoff.

Looking for a big key to watch for? Look to the running game. The team that runs for more yardage is 14-2 in the Red River Rivalry over the past 16 games, which could bode well for Texas. Jonathon Brooks is averaging 163 yards a game over the past three weeks and is coming off a 217-yard effort against Kansas, but the Sooners give up just 106.1 yards rushing a game compared to 187.5 yards a game last season.