The Texas Longhorns showed improvement on both sides of the ball in the win against the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. A struggling defense stepped up the level of play, notching six sacks and limiting a prolific Oklahoma offense to less than 300 total yards.
Offensively, Texas implemented a different philosophy, intent on winning the football game with a steady rushing attack.
The end result was a 24-17 victory with head coach Charlie Strong wearing the Golden Hat and securing the biggest win in his short tenure as head coach of the Longhorns.
The stats that contributed (and some that didn’t) to the Texas win can be found below.
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[*]With the win on Saturday Texas increased its all-time lead over Oklahoma to 61-44-5.
[*]The Longhorns had six total sacks in today’s game. The previous best this season was against Oklahoma State (3).
[*]It has been 30 games since the Longhorns collectively rushed for 300+ yards. They notched 313 on the ground today.
[*]The Texas run defense held Oklahoma to 1.8 yards per carry. They were allowing 4.4 YPC prior to Saturday’s game.
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Texas RB D’Onta Foreman‘”
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[*]Texas running back D’Onta Foreman’s 81 yard run against the Sooners in the 3rd quarter was the longest by a Texas player in the history of the series. Jamaal Charles held the previous record of 80 yards in the 2005 game.
[*]Foreman’s 81 yard run was the 11th longest run in school history.
[*]D’Onta Foreman notched his second consecutive game of rushing for 100+ yards (117 yards against Oklahoma and 112 yards against TCU). The last time a Texas player accomplished this feat was in 2004 (Cedric Benson did it against Kansas and Texas A&M).
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Texas WR Marcus Johnson‘”
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[*]Johnson scored the 4th touchdown of his career as a Longhorn during the 1st quarter. The touchdown, which came on a shovel pass sweep, was Johnson’s first touchdown of the season.
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Texas TE Caleb Bluiett‘”
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[*]Bluiett, who recently switched from defense to offense, scored his first career touchdown on a 2-yard pass from quarterback Tyrone Swoopes in the 4th quarter.
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Texas LB Malik Jefferson‘”
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[*]Jefferson led the team in sacks against the Sooners (2).
[*]Needs one more sack to earn a spot in the Top-10 in school history for sacks as a freshman.
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