The Red River Rivalry brought one of the bigger upsets of the 2026 college football season.
Unranked Oklahoma knocked off No. 1 Texas on a last-second field goal to win 27-24 at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday, handing the Longhorns their first loss of the season on Saturday.
It gave the Sooners a measure of redemption, after they lost as the No. 11 team in the nation to Michigan in Week 2 which followed with them getting steamrolled on the road at Georgia in their last game.
Texas led 17-7 at the half and by seven points going into the fourth quarter, but were outscored by 10 points over the final 15 minutes.
A large part of the collapse can be attributed to the Arch Manning-led offense, which mustered just 41 yards and three punts across three drives in the third quarter.
The Longhorns, after a punt on their first drive of the fourth quarter — which came after an Oklahoma touchdown — were then in for further disaster.
Manning, on the second drive, avoided the rush on second-and-13 and heaved a pass down the field well out of the reach of any Texas target, but right into the grasp of Oklahoma’s Peyton Bowen, who ran it all the way back for a pick-six.
The nephew of Eli and Peyton Manning then mounted a seven-play, 75-yard drive that tied things up at 24.
But on the final Texas possession with under a minute to go and a chance to win or just keep overtime in play, Manning was again picked off with 19 seconds remaining.
Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer connected on successive passes — for 13 and 20 yards — to set up Tate Sandell for the walk-off field goal.
It was Oklahoma’s first game in the rivalry since 2023.
Manning finished 19-for-31 passing with 261 yards, three touchdowns and the two interceptions.
Texas will host Florida, which suffered its own disastrous loss on Saturday to South Carolina, next Saturday.
