Oklahoma Sooners vs Texas Longhorns Match Player Stats On Oct 10, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Oct 10, 2015

DALLAS -- Unranked Texas used a potent rushing attack to rack up 313 yards and a stifling defense to stun No. 10 Oklahoma 24-17 Saturday in the Red River Rivalry game at the Cotton Bowl.

Texas (2-4, 1-2 Big 12) salvaged what seemed to be a lost season by dominating in the trenches against the previously unbeaten Sooners. The Longhorns got 117 yards on the ground by running back D'Onta Foreman on just nine carries and 115 more from quarterback Jerrod Heard, who hails from Denton, about 35 minutes from where this game has been played since 1929.

Texas passed for just 55 yards, 24 of which came on a shovel pass in the first quarter.

Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1) had 278 yards, all but 85 in the second half.

The Longhorns could not have scripted a better first half for themselves. Texas scored two touchdowns in a 2:15 span of the first quarter.

First, wide receiver Marcus Johnson took a shovel pass from Heard and sprinted around the edge, dodging Oklahoma tacklers along the way, and tightroped the sideline to complete a 24-yard scoring play.

Sooners running back Alex Ross fumbled on the ensuing kickoff while being tackled by Texas defensive back Kevin Vaccaro and Longhorns running back Kirk Johnson pounced on the loose ball as the Oklahoma 41-yard line.

Texas scored six snaps later as reserve quarterback Tyrone Swoopes, the former starter who has been repurposed as the Longhorns' short-yardage specialist, rammed over two Oklahoma defenders at the goal line for a 3-yard touchdown run and a 14-0 Texas lead.

Oklahoma cut into the lead midway through the second quarter with a 12-play, 67-yard drive that ended with kicker Austin Seibert's 21-yard field goal.

The Longhorns' much maligned defense, ranked 119th of 128 FBS teams in total defense entering the game, allowed Oklahoma just 85 yards in the first half, 67 on the Sooners' only scoring drive. For the game, it recorded six sacks and eight tackles for loss.

Texas added a 27-yard field goal from kicker Nick Rose on its first possession of the third quarter and Oklahoma responded with its best drive of the game, marching 87 yards in eight plays capped by quarterback Baker Mayfield's 2-yard touchdown pass to fullback Dimitri Flowers.

The Longhorns reestablished their two-touchdown cushion on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Swoopes to tight end Caleb Bluiett three plays after Foreman scampered 81 yards to the Oklahoma 10-yard line.

But the Sooners refused to back down, marching 75 yards in 15 plays to running back Samaje Perine's 1-yard scoring plunge with 8:00 to play.

NOTES: This was the 110th meeting between Texas and Oklahoma. ... Oklahoma RB Samaje Perine, who set a single game record with 427 rushing yards against Kansas in 2014, was held to just 36 yards on 10 carries. ... Two of the Sooners' star players, QB Baker Mayfield and Perine, are from the Austin area but were not offered scholarships by the Longhorns. ... Texas recorded six sacks Saturday after amassing just seven in its first five games.