The Red River rivalry

Covers 2015 to 2023

Texas against Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl, with what players, coaches and reporters said after each game.

Conferences named on some of these pages: Big 12.

Newest on this thread: Oklahoma 34, Texas 30 (October 7, 2023).

Each dot is a page. The space between dots is drawn to the real calendar.

  1. Oct 10 to Oct 12, 2015Texas 24, Oklahoma 17

    Bob Stoops, Oklahoma head coach

    I don’t buy that they weren’t ready to play. I don’t (think we came out flat). That’s an excuse. I didn’t feel that way.

    Fox Sports, Oct 12, 2015

  2. Oct 6, 2018Texas 48, Oklahoma 45 on a field goal with nine seconds left

    Tom Herman, Texas head coach

    For him to go shut the door, with his teammates, that says a lot about his grit.

    CBS Austin, Oct 6, 2018

  3. Oct 10, 2020Oklahoma 53, Texas 45 in four overtimes

    Sam Ehlinger, Texas quarterback

    We are a good team, but we always seem to make plays at crucial times …

    Horns Illustrated, Oct 10, 2020

  4. Oct 9, 2021Oklahoma 55, Texas 48

    Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma head coach

    I was just going to kind of feel it out as we went, and honestly, I was just going to go with my feel on it …

    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Oct 9, 2021

  5. Oct 7, 2023Oklahoma 34, Texas 30

    Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma quarterback

    The rest is history …

    University of Oklahoma Athletics, Oct 7, 2023

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