DALLAS – Maybe it’s only trivia, but it felt like a stat that captured a trend: Until Saturday, a Texas quarterback had not started consecutive games against Oklahoma since 2009. Sam Ehlinger, who started in 2017 and nearly led the Longhorns to an upset, did much more the second time around.
The sophomore engineered an offensive outburst that no one saw coming, including a game-winning drive in the final two minutes after the Sooners had rallied to tie the game from 21 points down in the fourth quarter.
Here are three takeaways from No. 20 Texas’ 48-45 victory against No.