The game will air at 11 a.m. on WFAA. Follow gameday updates here.
DALLAS — On Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at 11 a.m., Texas and Oklahoma will square off for the 118th time in the AT&T Red River Showdown. The game will air on ABC.
WFAA Digital Producer Paul Livengood will provide updates throughout the day – before, during and after the highly-anticipated rivalry game. Follow along here.
Here are the latest updates:
Score: Texas 21, OU 0
1st quarter
Texas will receive the opening kickoff. Oklahoma differed to the second half after winning the coin toss. On Texas’ opening drive, the Sooners forced UT into a three-and-out.
Davis Beville started the game at quarterback for the Sooners. Dillon Gabriel is still recovering after being injured last week against TCU. After moving the chains one time, the Longhorns defense forced OU to punt on its opening drive, as well.
TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: UT gets on the board first with 6:48 left in the first quarter after a 12-play, 90-yard drive capped off by a two-yard run by Bijan Robinson.
Oklahoma went for it on two different fourth downs: a 4th and 3 that the Sooners converted on a fake field goal trick play and another 4th and short inside the 10-yard line, which was stuffed by the Texas defense. The first quarter ended two plays later on Texas’ next offensive drive. Texas 7, OU 0.
2nd quarter
Texas started the quarter with 3rd and 1 on their own 17-yard line after stopping Oklahoma on a fourth down conversion attempt on the previous drive.
TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers finds Xavier Worthy for a 10-yard touchdown pass. Texas 14, OU 0.
TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: Ewers caps off a 9-play, 80-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Keilan Robinson. Ewers has completed 14-of-16 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Texas 21, OU 0.
OU was driving the field and threw an interception in the red zone. Texas takes over on downs with just over three minutes left in the first half.
Pregame
It’s game day, Longhorns and Sooners fans!
WFAA will be out at the Cotton Bowl Saturday morning to get you the sights and sounds around the game, provide score and highlight updates and post-game reaction.
The past nine matchups have all ended in one-possession games, so we should be in for a treat should history repeat itself!
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Former Southlake Carroll star and Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers will start for the Longhorns after missing three games due to a collarbone injury.
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Storylines to watch
First unranked matchup in over 20 years
Both teams enter this year’s matchup unranked, the first time this has happened since 1998. Each squad boasts a 3-2 record.
Texas’ losses have come by the skin of their teeth: a one-point home loss to No. 1 Alabama and an overtime loss to Texas Tech in Lubbock.
Oklahoma is on a two-game losing streak to TCU (55-24) and Kansas State (41-34).
Texas holds the all-time advantage in unranked matchups against the Sooners, 10-1-1. For a look at the 100-plus-year-old history of the Red River Showdown, click here.
Will Quinn Ewers be healthy enough to play?
Former Southlake star and Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers is expected to start for the first time since injuring his collarbone in the Alabama game.
Sarkisian told WFAA sister station KVUE that Ewers has thrown the ball in practice for weeks.
“[The quarterback room is] healthier than we’ve ever been since the start of the season, so that’s positive. We’ll see how the week goes,” said Sarkisian.
Will Dillon Gabriel be healthy enough to play?
Sooners quarterback Dillon Gabriel was knocked out of the TCU game and put into concussion protocol. ESPN’s Pete Thamel has reported this week that Gabriel has not practiced, and OU has given three of their backup quarterbacks snaps in practice: Pitt transfer Davis Beville, East Texas native General Booty and Flower Mound alum Nick Evers.
Thamel reported that Beville would be the quarterback expected to start, but Sooner fans will have to wait and see on gameday if Gabriel is available.
Where to watch
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