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Oklahoma kicker Tate Sandell (29) kicks the game-winning field goal as time expires in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo\/Jeffrey McWhorter) <\/p>\nOklahoma kicker Tate Sandell (29) kicks the game-winning field goal as time expires in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo\/Jeffrey McWhorter) <\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2014 Tate Sandell kicked a 47-yard field goal on the final play and Oklahoma overcame its continued offensive ineptitude with touchdowns on special teams and defense in a 27-24 win over No. 1 Texas in the Red River rivalry game on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Sooners (3-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) beat a No. 1 team for the first time since a 38-17 win over Missouri in 2007. They had been 0-4-1 when facing a top-ranked Texas team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really a classic game of two really good programs in an incredibly intense environment,\u201d Sooners coach Brent Venables said.<\/p>\n
Arch Manning threw three touchdowns for the Longhorns (4-1, 1-1), but both of his interceptions were costly.<\/p>\n
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Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning is sacked by Oklahoma Sooners defensive lineman Trent Wilson during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo\/Jeffrey McWhorter) <\/p>\n
Texas had two late chances, but Gianni Spetic was wide right on a 53-yard field goal attempt with 1:55 left. After the Sooners went three-and-out for the seventh time in the game, Manning\u2019s last pass was intercepted by Courtland Guillory with 19 seconds left.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a level of disappointment, there\u2019s a level of anger and frustration because we know we have issues that need to be fixed and we\u2019re working on those issues and trying to get them fixed,\u201d Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. \u201cBut they reared their ugly head today against a quality team.\u201d<\/p>\n
The late pick had the Sooners at their 39 and, instead of settling for overtime, John Mateer completed passes of 13 and 20 yards to Isaiah Sategna on opposite sides of the field and both were upheld on replay review.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma then ran a play to set up the kick by Sandell, who earlier had made a 53-yarder and missed another from the same distance.<\/p>\n
Dakoda Fields recovered a blocked punt in the end zone and Peyton Bowen returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown for the Sooners, who in their previous game two weeks earlier lost 41-13 at No. 2 Georgia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want these guys to experience victory, certainly in this game, (it) was incredibly important,\u201d Venables said. \u201cPeople questioning the commitment and the coaches can\u2019t coach and the players stink, it comes with the arena. But at the same time, sometimes that fuels you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pick-6 by Bowen came after Manning was scrambling away from pressure and throwing toward Cam Coleman, who had an earlier touchdown. But the ball instead went to the Oklahoma safety, whose return with 10:07 left put the Sooners up 24-17.<\/p>\n
Texas responded with a tying 75-yard drive and Manning\u2019s third TD pass, a 15-yarder to Jermaine Bishop Jr. with 6:32 left.<\/p>\n
Manning finished 19-of-31 passing for 260 yards.<\/p>\n
Mateer completed 18 of 26 passes for 155 yards. The Sooners had only 238 total yards, well below their average of 321 coming into the game that was last in the SEC.<\/p>\n
Texas didn\u2019t have a first down on its first four drives, and it wasn\u2019t until the first play after a short punt that Coleman made a leaping catch in the back of the end zone for a 41-yard score for a 7-0 lead with 6:56 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
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Oklahoma defensive lineman Danny Okoye blocks a punt by Texas punter Mac Chiumento during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Dallas. The blocked punt was recovered in the end zone by Oklahoma for a touchdown. (AP Photo\/Jeffrey McWhorter) Oklahoma\u2019s first TD in a while against Texas was special<\/p>\n
Danny Okoye had the blocked punt for the Sooners in the first minute of the second quarter, appearing to get his hands on the ball even before it got to the Texas punter\u2019s foot. Fields fell on the ball in the back of the end zone for a touchdown.<\/p>\n
That was the Sooners\u2019 first touchdown against Texas since Dillon Gabriel\u2019s 3-yard pass to Nic Anderson with 15 seconds left in the 2023 game for a 34-30 victory.<\/p>\n
Their only offensive TD on Saturday was Lloyd Avant\u2019s 2-yard run that tied the game 17-all only 12 seconds in the fourth quarter, on the first play after a defensive pass interference penalty in the end zone on third-and-goal from the 9.<\/p>\n
The takeaway<\/p>\n
Texas: The Longhorns had won seven games in a row, four of them against ranked teams. They had been No. 1 since their big comeback to beat then-No. 1 Ohio State on Sept. 12, but their inconsistency had raised questions about if they still deserved to be the top-ranked team. The loss answered that, and they will find out Sunday how far they drop in the new poll.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma: The Sooners avoided a third consecutive Red River loss. They haven\u2019t lost three in a row to Texas since 1997-99.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Oklahoma plays its first SEC home game when hosting Kentucky next Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Texas is home next Saturday against No. 16 Florida (4-2, 2-2), which has lost two in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oklahoma kicker Tate Sandell (29) kicks the game-winning field goal as time expires in the second half of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-462629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}