The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 22/22 Football preview: vs. Oklahoma [Oct. 10, 2020]
10.05.2020 | Football
The Longhorns and Sooners meet for the 116th time on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl.
No. 22/22 Texas (2-1; 1-1 Big 12) vs. RV/RV Oklahoma (1-2; 0-2 Big 12)
Where: Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Time: 11 a.m. CT
TV: FOX (Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft)
Radio: Longhorn IMG Radio Network (Craig Way, Roger Wallace, Quan Cosby)
Spanish Radio: Longhorn IMG Radio Network (Dr. Rubén Pizzaro-Silva, Jesus Mendoza)
National Radio: Compass Media Network (Kevin Ray, Chad Brown)
All-time Series: Texas leads, 62-48-5
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
• There is no rivalry quite like the Texas-Oklahoma series, which is being played for the 116th time on Saturday. Texas is the only Big 12 program with a winning record against Oklahoma and leads the series, 62-48-5.
• The series, which began in 1900, has been played in Dallas since 1912 and at the State Fair since 1929. Saturday marks the 93rd time the game has been played at a neutral site in Dallas.
• The first matchup between the two teams in 1900 ended with a 28-2 Longhorns' victory. Texas is the only Big 12 Conference team that holds an all-time series lead against the Sooners.
• Only Texas A&M (118 times) has played the Longhorns on more occasions. Since 1900, the only years Texas and Oklahoma have not played were 1918, '20, '21 and 1924-28.
CAMPBELL-WILLIAMS FIELD DEDICATION
• At the request of the Jamail family, Joe Jamail Field has been renamed in honor of Longhorn Legends and Heisman Trophy winners Earl Campbell (1974-77) and Ricky Williams (1995-98).
• Campbell, the famed "Tyler Rose," holds a special place in The University of Texas and state of Texas' football history. As a senior at UT in 1977, Campbell became the first Longhorn to win the Heisman Trophy after he rushed for 1,744 yards – a Southwest Conference record that stood for 16 years – and 19 touchdowns. He led the nation in rushing and scoring, and posted a pair of 200-yard games on the road against Texas A&M (222 yards) and SMU (213 yards). Campbell also set a Texas record for 100-yard rushing games that season (10).
• Williams, a San Diego native, completed his UT career with 21 NCAA and 46 school records under his name en route to becoming Texas' second Heisman Trophy winner in 1998. He was a three-time first-team all-conference pick, a two-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and only the second player to twice win the Doak Walker Award (nation's top running back). Williams' career culminated in his final home game, on the field now named in his honor, when he surpassed Tony Dorsett's 22-year-old NCAA rushing record.
• The field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium was originally named after Joe Jamail in 1997 to honor the lifelong Longhorn's immense contributions to The University of Texas' athletic department.
NOTABLE STREAKS AND TRENDS
• Texas is 9-4 in non-conference games, including bowl games, under head coach Tom Herman. That includes a 5-2 mark at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
• The Longhorns have held six of their last eight opponents under 25 points.
• Texas is 11-3 at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium since the start of the 2018 season and 14-6 overall during Herman's tenure as head coach.
• The Longhorns are 11-7 in one-possession games (decided by eight points or less) since the start of 2018.
• UT has won 22 of the 23 games it has outgained its opponent under Tom Herman.
• The Longhorns are 22-2 under Herman when outrushing their opponents, and have won 16 of the last 18 instances.
• Texas' defense has forced at least one turnover in 35 of 43 games under Herman, including in 18 of its last 21 contests.
• UT is 25-3 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017 season.
• The Longhorns have won 15 of 16 games when holding their opponents under 20 points during Herman's tenure.
• Tom Herman's Texas teams are 10-0 when forcing at least three turnovers and are 20-6 when turning the ball over fewer than three times.
HEAD COACH TOM HERMAN
• Tom Herman is in his sixth season overall as a head coach with a career record of 49-20 (.710). He is in his fourth season at Texas with a mark of 27-16 (.628).
• Including the 2020 season, Herman has spent 17 of his 23 seasons as a coach in the state of Texas on the collegiate level.
• Herman graduated from Cal Lutheran and received his master's degree in education from The University of Texas.
• He owns a career mark of 14-9 against top-25 opponents, 5-6 against top-10 foes and 3-3 versus teams ranked in the top five.
TEXAS IN THE RANKINGS
• Texas is currently slotted at No. 22 in the Associated Press Top 25 and in the Amway Coaches Poll, holding a spot in the rankings for a sixth-straight week.
• The Longhorns' No. 8 slot in the Coaches Poll on Sept. 14 marked the program's highest ranking in one of the two major polls since Week 9 of the 2018 season when UT was ranked No. 6 in the AP Top 25 and No. 7 in the Coaches Poll.
• Texas has held a spot in at least one of the national rankings in 30 of the last 37 polls, dating back to the start of the 2018 season. Twenty-three of those weeks have seen UT ranked in the top 15 of at least one of them, including nine with at least one top-10 ranking.
BOUNCING BACK
• Texas is 12-3 in games following losses in three seasons under Tom Herman. That includes a 4-1 mark in 2019, with the Longhorns picking up wins over Rice, Kansas, No. 16 Kansas State and Texas Tech following losses.
• The Longhorns also responded to a 39-27 loss to No. 5 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game last year by knocking off No. 6 Georgia, 28-21, in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
• After losses, Texas has scored a total of 459 points (35.3 per game), including a 48-point display against Rice and a 50-point outburst against Kansas, this season.
• In the three seasons prior to Herman's arrival at Texas, the Longhorns were 9-10 following a loss (does not include season openers following a bowl-game loss).