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Red River Rivalry
This is one of college football's oldest rivalries. So old in fact that the first time they met, in 1900, Oklahoma was a territory. This Saturday will be the 107th meeting and in 2009 The Red River Shoot Out was named the best rivalry in College Football.
The 2008 game, won by Texas 45-35 was named the game of 2008 and one of the best games ever played. It is also the only time a lower seeded team (#5 UT) has defeated a higher ranked team. (#1 OT) Hopefully 2012 will be the second exception to the rule as #15 ranked Texas goes against #13 ranked Oklahoma.
Texas leads the all time series 59 - 42 - 5 but the Longhorns are coming off a 55 - 17 thumping by the Sooners last season. That makes two in a row for OU and Las Vegas has installed Texas as a 3 point favorite for Saturday's game.
Mack Brown will be coaching his 15th game against OU this Saturday and his record in the previous 14 game is 6-8. Conversely Bob Stoups record against Texas is 8-5 since he arrived to OU in 1999.
Game by the Numbers:
Texas is 4-1 on the season and OU is 3-1. Both are 1-1 in the conference and both suffered tough losses. The Sooners losing at home to Kansas St and the Longhorns also losing at home to West Virginia.
Texas is ranked #6 in scoring offense at 46.8 ppg..Oklahoma is 24th at 38.3.
Oklahoma is ranked #21 in scoring defense allowing 16 ppg..Texas is ranked #67 in scoring defense allowing 26.4 ppg.
Davis Ash has been tremendous..completing 77% of his passes for 1276 yards with 11 td's and only one int.
Landry Jones in one less game has completed 63% of his passes for 1037 yards with 7 td's and two ints.
The teams are pretty equal when the rush the ball. OU is averaging 191 ypg while UT is at 201 ypg.
Game Info:
Kickoff is 11 AM this Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The advanced weather forcast is for 82 degrees and partly cloudy. Enjoy.
This is one of college football's oldest rivalries. So old in fact that the first time they met, in 1900, Oklahoma was a territory. This Saturday will be the 107th meeting and in 2009 The Red River Shoot Out was named the best rivalry in College Football.
The 2008 game, won by Texas 45-35 was named the game of 2008 and one of the best games ever played. It is also the only time a lower seeded team (#5 UT) has defeated a higher ranked team. (#1 OT) Hopefully 2012 will be the second exception to the rule as #15 ranked Texas goes against #13 ranked Oklahoma.
Texas leads the all time series 59 - 42 - 5 but the Longhorns are coming off a 55 - 17 thumping by the Sooners last season. That makes two in a row for OU and Las Vegas has installed Texas as a 3 point favorite for Saturday's game.
Mack Brown will be coaching his 15th game against OU this Saturday and his record in the previous 14 game is 6-8. Conversely Bob Stoups record against Texas is 8-5 since he arrived to OU in 1999.
Game by the Numbers:
Texas is 4-1 on the season and OU is 3-1. Both are 1-1 in the conference and both suffered tough losses. The Sooners losing at home to Kansas St and the Longhorns also losing at home to West Virginia.
Texas is ranked #6 in scoring offense at 46.8 ppg..Oklahoma is 24th at 38.3.
Oklahoma is ranked #21 in scoring defense allowing 16 ppg..Texas is ranked #67 in scoring defense allowing 26.4 ppg.
Davis Ash has been tremendous..completing 77% of his passes for 1276 yards with 11 td's and only one int.
Landry Jones in one less game has completed 63% of his passes for 1037 yards with 7 td's and two ints.
The teams are pretty equal when the rush the ball. OU is averaging 191 ypg while UT is at 201 ypg.
Game Info:
Kickoff is 11 AM this Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The advanced weather forcast is for 82 degrees and partly cloudy. Enjoy.
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