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Quinn Ewers found Xavier Worthy for the first touchdown of his career in Red River for Texas football against the Oklahoma Sooners on Oct. 8.

These two showed glimpses of the immense potential they have as a quarterback-to-wide receiver connection in the first quarter before Ewers was knocked out of the game with a shoulder injury against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Sep. Meanwhile, this is the fourth touchdown catch on the season, and the fifth from scrimmage, for Worthy. That first touchdown pass of the game for Ewers came on a 10-yard completion to star sophomore wide receiver Xavier Worthy to put Texas up by two scores.

The Texas Longhorns are out to a huge lead over the Oklahoma Sooners in the first half of the Red River Showdown.

Despite going three and out on his first drive back under center since the Alabama game, Texas Longhorns starting quarterback Quinn Ewers quickly responded on drive No. [Click Here to Subscribe to the Longhorns Country Newsletter](https://www.si.com/fn/newsletters) The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners both enter the rivalry matchup unranked for the first time since 1998. The Longhorns would then force a turnover, and turn it into more points on a Ewers to Sanders touchdown pass, putting Texas up 28-0 at the half. Texas would take advantage of the Oklahoma mistake, driving down the field in dominant fashion to take a 14-0 lead on a touchdown pass from Ewers to Xavier Worthy. [The Texas Longhorns ](https://www.si.com/college/texas/football/texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners-dillon-gabriel-injury-status-red-river-showdown)entered [the annual Red River Showdown against the Oklahoma Sooners](https://t.co/nWcLihqGl6) as big favorites, and through the first half of play, that's exactly how they played, taking a ---- lead into the locker room at halftime.

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[Anthony Cook](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/anthony-cook/), S: 34 total tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 pass breakups. [Marcus Major](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/marcus-major/), RB: Ankle (questionable) [Billy Bowman](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/billy-bowman/), S: Lower Body Injury (questionable). [DeMarvion Overshown](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/demarvion-overshown/), LB: 38 total tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack. Roof](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/t-d-roof/), LB: Elbow (out for season). [Shane Whitter](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/shane-whitter/), LB: Shoulder (out for season). [David Ugwoegbu](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/david-ugwoegbu/), LB: 44 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks. [Danny Stutsman](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/danny-stutsman/), LB: 42 total tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks. [Javion Ford](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/javion-ford/), LB: 51 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 2 forced fumbles. [Dillon Gabriel](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/dillon-gabriel/), QB: Concussion (questionable). [Reggie Grimes](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/reggie-grimes/), DE: 10 total tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, 1 forced fumble. [Jordan Whittington](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/jordan-whittington/), WR: 21 receptions for 257 yards, and 0 touchdowns. [Xavier Worthy](https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/tag/xavier-worthy/), WR: 21 receptions for 231 yards, and 3 touchdowns.

One of the top remaining Texas football wide receiver targets for the 2023 recruiting class, 4-Star Mikal Harrison-Pilot, is now trending to TCU.

[Sam Spiegelman of On3](https://www.on3.com/db/mikal-harrison-pilot-88718/) put in a forecast for Harrison-Pilot to TCU on Oct. A solid start to the season for the Horned Frogs that sees them undefeated through four games for the first time since 2017 has generated some momentum for Dykes and his staff on the recruiting trail. The TCU Horned Frogs and new head coach Sonny Dykes are duking it out with head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff for a few different priority Texas targets this fall.

Some of the unexpected factors that could play into Saturday's OU-Texas game: Discipline ... Turnovers ... Time of Possession ... Momentum.

If the Texas crowd gets into it early, especially if the Sooners don’t have Dillon Gabriel throwing the ball, it could be trouble. It seemed as if Oklahoma’s crowd willed it back into the game in the second half. Coughing the football up hasn’t been a problem this season for the OU offense, but it could be the final nail in the coffin on Saturday. Trying to outscore the Longhorns, assuming Gabriel is out, isn't going to work. OU needs to show discipline in pass coverage — trust the coaches and run the play that’s called — or the result will look a lot like last week in Fort Worth. OU needs to show discipline to play within the rules.

This is your spot for live updates. Pre-game. As reported earlier in the week by ESPN and other outlets, redshirt freshman quarterback Quinn Ewers will start on ...

On 3rd and 9, Ewers tried to throw the ball away under pressure, but it was intercepted when he wasn’t able to get it out of bounds. After a timeout by Oklahoma, Ewers was forced to climb the pocket and scrambled for the first down. Three runs by Robinson picked up another first down as the Longhorns offense remained in rhythm and at tempo. Another Wildcat formation used Gray behind center to get into Texas territory before Marcus Majors took over and the Longhorns inflicted a negative play on a push pass. Suddenly back in rhythm, Ewers dropped a beautiful throw to Sanders down the seam for a 24-yard touchdown and a 28-0 lead. Then a misdirection run fake screen to Johnson hit up the right sideline for 38 yards. Coming out of the timeout, Oklahoma called a fake field goal and picked up the first down on a throw from the holder to the kicker that narrowly made the yard to gain. As the Longhorns defense adjusted, the Sooners had to convert a 4th and 2 to pick up the next first down before Beville returned to the game. After a screen pass to Worthy picked up a first down near the goal line, Robinson scored on a two-yard run to cap the 12-play, 90-yard drive. Facing a critical 3rd and 1 to start the second quarter, Johnson turned in another physical run for a seven-yard gain and Ewers hit Whittington for 13 yards. Following a first-down catch by wide receiver Jordan Whittington, Sanders took a short pass down the sideline for the game’s first explosive play. Meanwhile, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is looking for only his second win away from Austin since arriving on the Forty Acres against an Oklahoma team reeling after two straight losses.

The Longhorns are on their way to their first win over the Sooners since 2018.

[Kansas](https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/kansas-jayhawks) next weekend. [Oklahoma](https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/oklahoma-sooners) had won each of the last four and six of the last seven meetings between the two teams, with the only Longhorns winning a 48–45 shootout in 2017. [Texas](https://www.si.com/college/college-football/team/texas-longhorns) was hoping to finally flip the script in the Red River Showdown.

This is your spot for live updates. Pre-game. As reported earlier in the week by ESPN and other outlets, redshirt freshman quarterback Quinn Ewers will start on ...

On 3rd and 9, Ewers tried to throw the ball away under pressure, but it was intercepted when he wasn’t able to get it out of bounds. After a timeout by Oklahoma, Ewers was forced to climb the pocket and scrambled for the first down. Three runs by Robinson picked up another first down as the Longhorns offense remained in rhythm and at tempo. Another Wildcat formation used Gray behind center to get into Texas territory before Marcus Majors took over and the Longhorns inflicted a negative play on a push pass. Suddenly back in rhythm, Ewers dropped a beautiful throw to Sanders down the seam for a 24-yard touchdown and a 28-0 lead. Then a misdirection run fake screen to Johnson hit up the right sideline for 38 yards. Coming out of the timeout, Oklahoma called a fake field goal and picked up the first down on a throw from the holder to the kicker that narrowly made the yard to gain. As the Longhorns defense adjusted, the Sooners had to convert a 4th and 2 to pick up the next first down before Beville returned to the game. After a screen pass to Worthy picked up a first down near the goal line, Robinson scored on a two-yard run to cap the 12-play, 90-yard drive. Facing a critical 3rd and 1 to start the second quarter, Johnson turned in another physical run for a seven-yard gain and Ewers hit Whittington for 13 yards. Following a first-down catch by wide receiver Jordan Whittington, Sanders took a short pass down the sideline for the game’s first explosive play. Meanwhile, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is looking for only his second win away from Austin since arriving on the Forty Acres against an Oklahoma team reeling after two straight losses.

If you were wearing Burnt Orange on Saturday, it was a glorious day in Dallas, Texas. After four consecutive losses in the Red River Rivalry, the Texas ...

Texas One side is burnt orange, the other is empty [October 8, 2022] The passing game averaged 9.3 yards per attempt while they countered with 5.9 yards per rush. If you were wearing Burnt Orange on Saturday, it was a glorious day in Dallas, Texas. They limited the Sooners to just 39 yards passing on 17 attempts.

Quinn Ewers led Texas football to the biggest win ever for the program over the Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Rivalry on Oct. 8.

Next up for Sark and the Longhorns is a matchup at home on Oct. 1 win at home over the West Virginia Mountaineers. And he was tremendous for the Longhorns in this game. [Ewers returned for Red River for his first start](https://hookemheadlines.com/2022/10/08/watch-texas-football-qb-quinn-ewers-scores-his-first-td-in-red-river/) for the Longhorns since suffering a clavicle sprain on his non-throwing shoulder against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Sep. Texas got up early in this game, scoring on each of the first three offensive drives. Texas got the win over Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas [by the final score of 49-0](https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401404090).

The Longhorns jumped out quick in the Red River Showdown and never let up. They put up huge stats on the Sooners.

The Sooners would eventually lose five straight in that season, which was also the last time OU finished under .500. The Sooners produced two Heisman Trophy-winning QBs in the past six years. The Longhorns got three sacks and intercepted two passes Saturday. The Sooners completed just nine passes for 39 yards. That was also the season before Lincoln Riley was hired to run OU's offense. 49: The 49 points are the most the Longhorns have scored in the series. 311: The last time Oklahoma was shut out came Nov. It supplants a 47-0 loss to Oklahoma State in 1945. They were destroyed by the [Texas Longhorns](/college-football/team/_/id/251/texas-longhorns) in the 2022 edition of the Red River Showdown. That was the longest active streak in FBS. The previous high was 33 points done in 1941 and 2005. Texas last shut out Oklahoma in 1965.

Nets superstar Kevin Durant made sure to add insult to the Oklahoma Sooners' injury after Texas football obliterated them on Saturday.

To be fair to Kevin Durant, Venables and the Sooners surely have a lot of reflecting to do after the big loss. As for Texas football, it is a testament to the program’s capability. He poked fun at Oklahoma’s first year head coach Brent Venables, who was unable to adjust as needed and find a solution to help his team compete through four quarters.

Chip and Taylor will also deliver a postgame analysis show following every Texas football game in 2022! All episodes of The Flagship Podcast are available as ...

Chip and Taylor will also deliver a postgame analysis show following every Texas football game in 2022! [1COMMENTS](#) Chip and Taylor’s weekly commentary of The Flagship Podcast will run bright early Wednesday morning and the interview edition of The Flagship Podcast, featuring a special guest previewing the Longhorns' upcoming opponent each week, will be live every Monday morning during the season. Stay in the loop on all the latest Texas scoop and join Horns247 today! [What's next for the Texas Longhorns? Horns247's Chip Brown and Taylor Estes are live from the Cotton Bowl with their thoughts on the Longhorns' impressive showing against the Sooners in this week's game reaction edition of The Flagship Podcast.

Texas football gave the Oklahoma Sooners quite the embarrassment during their Saturday showdown, but the savagery didn't stop there.

Oklahoma fans can talk all they want, but at the end of the day as DeMarvion Overshown showed, they are the ones smiling and laughing. That is why some fans left the Cotton Bowl early to proceed with their day instead of watching the disaster that was the Sooners. The Longhorns destroyed the Sooners from start to finish, jumping to a 28-0 lead in the first half and never looking back for the eventual 49-0 win.

Texas football demolished Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown impressively enough that voters might consider ranking Quinn Ewers and the Longhorns.

The argument against Texas probably has more to do with Oklahoma than UT. The second was again without Ewers on the road against Texas Tech. Then they’ll travel to face Oklahoma State and Kansas State in back-to-back weeks. Now that Ewers is back, the Longhorn offense can reach its true potential. One of them came without Ewers for three quarters against the No. Texas football demolished Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown impressively enough that voters might consider ranking Quinn Ewers and the Longhorns.

Texas QB Quinn Ewers had a career day in his first Red River Showdown, helping lead the Longhorns to a 49-0 dismantling of reeling rival Oklahoma.

For them to come in and for us to finally get the hat back, it's a lot of fun." After a 55-24 loss to [TCU](/college-football/team/_/id/2628/tcu-horned-frogs) last week, the Sooners have now lost back-to-back games by more than 30 points for the first time in school history. "The responsibility starts with me, and I obviously did a very poor job." "But leaving with it this year, you're never going to forget that. For the Sooners, it was their biggest shutout loss in history, surpassing a 47-0 defeat by Venables would say after the game only that Gabriel was progressing, and the Sooners will be monitoring his availability. "Not being able to bring the hat home four years in a row, it was heartbreaking," Overshown said. "I didn't notify Quinn or Hud of what was going to happen this week, literally, until Thursday afternoon." "Quinn was spot on," Sarkisian said. "I know all these guys were pretty excited, but growing up a fan, I always wanted to play in this one," Ewers said. You got Quinn in a war with you, you're just chilling. If you went to war with somebody and you look at him and he's freaking out, you'd probably freak out.

Texas football quarterback Quinn Ewers was like a house on fire in his first Red River Showdown rivalry game against the Oklahoma...

In the loss to the Crimson Tide, Ewers was only able to pass for 134 yards on 9-of-12 completions, as he got knocked out of the game early. Hudson Card took care of the quarterbacking duties while Ewers was out, with the Longhorns going 3-1 over that stretch — the only loss coming at the hands of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock on Sep. Ewers passed for 289 yards and four touchdowns against just an interception on 21-of-31 completions to humble the Sooners.

DALLAS - Following the shoulder injury he suffered in Week 2 against the Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas Longhorns fans have been counting down the days until ...

[Click Here to Subscribe to the Longhorns Country Newsletter](https://www.si.com/fn/newsletters) The Texas Longhorns are out to a huge lead over the Oklahoma Sooners in the first half of the Red River Showdown [leading the Horns to a 49-0 win](https://www.si.com/college/texas/college/texas/football/texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners-red-river-showdown-game-recap-analysis) - the largest margin of victory for the Longhorns in the history of the rivalry. The Texas Longhorns have broken their losing streak to the Oklahoma Sooners in emphatic fashion He also showed tremendous poise and a calm demeanor in the pocket, guiding to the Longhorns on [Texas Longhorn](https://www.si.com/college/texas/football/texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners-live-game-updates-steve-sarkisian-quinn-ewers-bijan-robinson)s fans have been counting down the days until starting [quarterback Quinn Ewers](https://www.si.com/college/texas/football/texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners-red-river-showdown-halftime-update-recap-analysis) could return to the starting role.

Coaches Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher square off in a rematch of last year's epic Aggies win.

Fisher gets to claim one of those two losses for Saban, but he's also on the other end of four Alabama wins (three at Texas A&M, one at [Florida State](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/FSU/florida-state-seminoles/)), so there's still a notable advantage in this modern coaching rivalry. [Zach Calzada](/college-football/players/3121158/zach-calzada/) in a position to succeed against a solid Alabama defense will be able to get more than 13 or 14 points attributed to the Aggies in the implied score of this point spread and total -- 38-14 based on Alabama-24 and an over-under of 51.5. But outside of Achane, it's been tough for Texas A&M to find consistency, going through a change at quarterback from [Haynes King](/college-football/players/3162966/haynes-king/) to [Max Johnson](/college-football/players/3163369/max-johnson/) and losing top wide receiver [Ainias Smith](/college-football/players/3131553/ainias-smith/) to an injury two weeks ago in the win against Arkansas. If Young can't go, or is limited, the expectation will be that running back [Jahmyr Gibbs](/college-football/players/3162723/jahmyr-gibbs/) will lead a ground-heavy approach against the Aggies after the former [Georgia Tech](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/GATECH/georgia-tech-yellow-jackets/) transfer totaled 206 yards and two long touchdown runs in the win against the Razorbacks. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner was knocked out of last week's win at [Arkansas](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/ARK/arkansas-razorbacks/) with a shoulder injury, and is going to a [game-time decision](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/bryce-young-injury-update-alabama-star-qb-a-true-game-time-decision-vs-texas-a-m-nick-saban-says/) as he works his way back into full health. But while these two losses each held plenty of significance, Saban remains dominant over time against his former assistants since arriving at Alabama with a 26-2 record that dates back to beating Derek Dooley in 2010 and was most recently improved by beating Steve Sarkisian and [Devon Achane](/college-football/players/3171161/devon-achane/) is the lone bright spot for the Aggies offense: The junior running back does it all for Texas A&M. He was replaced in the game by redshirt freshman [Jalen Milroe](/college-football/players/26694943/jalen-milroe/), and after a rocky third quarter the offense leaned heavily on the run game to pull away from Arkansas in the fourth quarter. While one of the storylines will be whether the Crimson Tide can avenge last year's stunning loss, most of the intrigue surrounding this game stems from the [offseason issues between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nick-saban-vs-jimbo-fisher-timeline-of-rivalry-between-alabama-texas-a-m-coaches-ahead-of-week-6-showdown/). [Bryce Young](/college-football/players/3161957/bryce-young/) is dealing with a shoulder injury: The biggest on-field headline heading into Saturday's matchup is the status of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. 1 ranking on the line and seeking revenge for last year's loss in the same setting; Jimbo and the Aggies are here to play spoiler on one of the game's biggest stages, the SEC on CBS in primetime. First, Texas A&M upended Alabama 41-38 in College Station, Texas, last season, marking the first time that Saban had lost to a former assistant.