No. 5 Texas at No. 1 Oklahoma (Minus 7)

Texas leads the series 57-40-5. Oklahoma won 28-21 last season.

The Red River Rivalry has everything you’re looking for in a big-time college football game. Both teams have offenses that average over 47 points a game and hard-hitting defenses that allow less than 14 points a game. The field will be littered with future All-Americans and NFL players.

Oklahoma is the top-ranked team in the nation for good reason. The stellar and accurate quarterback Sam Bradford leads the offense. Bradford has four weapons in receivers are Manuel Johnson and Juaquin Inglesias and running backs DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown. To go along with Oklahoma’s potent offense is a defense that keeps opposing offenses to under 98 rushing yards and collects 3.4 sacks a game.

The passing and running of Colt McCoy-103/130 passes for 1,280 yards and 16 touchdowns-along with the bull rush from Longhorns’ defensive linemen Brian Orakpo, Sergio Kindle and Aaron Lewis will carry Texas and Mack Brown to a rare victory over Oklahoma.

Texas 33, Oklahoma 30

Random Notes
Texas
The defense leads the Big 12 in rushing defense (51.8 ypg) and is ranked 3rd nationally.
Holding opponents to 11.4 ppg the defense leads the Big 12 and is ranked 4th nationally.
Texas scores 47.2 ppg and is ranked 6th in the nation in scoring offense. Amazingly they are only the 5th best scoring offense in the Big 12.
The Longhorns rack up 471.8 yards of total offense, 12th in the nation.
Texas averages 7.6 tackles for loss a game and have 38 TFL on the season.
Quan Cosby is fourth in the Big 12 averaging 6.4 catches a game.

Oklahoma
Leads the nation in pass efficiency defense.
The defense is third in the nation and leads the Big 12 with 43 tackles for loss (8.6).
The Sooners are third in the nation and just behind Texas in the Big 12 with 17 sacks (3.4).
Oklahoma’s offense is ranked fourth in the country scoring 49.6 points a game. That’s good for third in the Big 12.
The defense holds opponents to 13.8 ppg, second in the Big 12 and 15th in the nation.
Oklahoma leads the Big 12 holding teams to 256.2 total yards of offense.
The Sooners’ offense is ranked fourth in the nation in passing and scoring offense. They are fifth in total offense.

Players
Quarterback
Texas- Colt McCoy 103/130 (.792), 1,280 yards, 16 TD, 3 INT

Oklahoma- Sam Bradford 106/146 (.727), 1,665 yards, 18 TD, 3 INT

Rushing
Texas- Colt McCoy 317 yards, 7.0 ypc, 4 TD
Texas- Cody Johnson 193 yards, 3.9 ypc, 6 TD

Oklahoma- DeMarco Murray 431 yards, 5.1 ypc, 5 TD
Oklahoma- Chris Brown 313 yards, 4.7 ypc, 6 TD

Receiving
Texas- Quan Cosby 416 yards, 32 rec., 13.0 ypr, 3 TD
Texas- Jordan Shipley 368 yards, 24 rec., 15.3 ypr, 7 TD

Oklahoma- Manuel Johnson 468 yards, 26 rec., 18.0 ypr, 5 TD
Oklahoma- Juaquin Inglesias 401 yards, 23 rec., 17.4 ypr, 5 TD

Defense
Texas- Brian Orakpo leads the team in sacks (5.5) and tackles for loss (7).

Oklahoma- Travis Lewis leads the team in sacks 3.5 and tackles 41.
Oklahoma- Ryan Reynolds has 5 tackles for loss and 41 tackles.