For the first time in 2025, the Oklahoma Sooners lost a football game, and it came in the worst way possible.
The No. 6 Sooners lost to unranked Texas 23-6 on Saturday at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas to drop to 5-1 while the Longhorns bounced back from a loss to be 4-2. Simply, we learned the Sooners are not as good as we thought they were Saturday morning before kickoff, especially offensively. But there were even more lessons learned in the loss to Texas.
John Mateer wasn't ready
After 17 days of doubts and questions, it was confirmed just before kickoff that OU quarterback John Mateer would play after having surgery on his throwing hand during the Sooners' bye week and missing their last game.