Ewers skewers Sooners! Texas QB tosses FOUR touchdowns as Longhorns cruise to 49-0 win over Oklahoma

Quinn Ewers threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns on his return to the Texas lineup, and the Longhorns gave Oklahoma its most lopsided shutout loss ever, 49-0 on Saturday in the first meeting between Red River’s rivals since 1998. with neither of them on the list.

Bijan Robinson ran 130 yards and two touchdowns for the Longhorns (4-2, 2-1 Big 12), who lost a four-game streak in the series dating back to 1900—a slip that began with the 2018 Big 12 Championship game in the only one of their 118 off-season encounters. Tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders had two TD catches.

While Ewers was back after missing three games, the Sooners (3-3, 0-3) had no starting quarterback Dillon Gabriel, who warmed up but didn’t play a week after he was hit in the head and was kicked out of the TCU game. beaten for a concussion. Pitt transfer Davis Beville got the start, but Oklahoma opted for numerous wild plays without the quarterback, finishing with just 39 yards passing and 195 overall.

Ewers (3) celebrates with fans after his team’s 49-0 victory over Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl

The 92,100-seat Cotton Bowl Stadium was packed for the start of the annual gathering at the Texas State Fair, with fans in crimson and burnt orange slit on the 50-yard line as usual. But long before this game was over, the Sooners side emptied as Texas fans stayed to enjoy every moment.

After a 3-0 start with new coach Brent Venables, Oklahoma has its first three-game losing streak since 1998. The Sooners lost five in a row that season, including a 0-4 start in Big 12 play for a 29-0 loss to Texas A&M, which was their last shutout until Saturday. Their biggest shutout loss was 47-0 against the state of Oklahoma in 1945.

Ewers completed 14 of his first 16 passes and finished 21 of 31 in his first action since a collarbone injury suffered four weeks ago in the first quarter against top-class Alabama. The heavily armed freshman from nearby Southlake, who spent last season in Ohio state, was 9 of 12 for 134 yards against the Crimson Tide before being injured.

Texas fans celebrate a first-half touchdown in Saturday’s Cotton Bowl

An Oklahoma fan waves a white towel on Saturday in Q4

Texas had two 90-yard scoring drives in the first quarter, capped by Robinson’s 2-yard run and Xavier Worthy’s 10-yard catch. In between those touchdowns, Oklahoma converted a fake field goal, but was stopped on 4 and 2 in the 10 four games later.

The Longhorns had a balanced 585 yards of attack, with 289 passing and 296 rushing. A year after building a 28-7 first-quarter lead against Oklahoma before losing 55-48 in the best-scoring game in the series, Texas led 21-0 on Keilan Robinson’s 15-yard TD catch midway through the second quarter, and added from there.

Meanwhile, while Gabriel wasn’t playing, the Sooners had plenty of play with back Eric Gray or tight end Brayden Willis taking direct shots. The Sooners averaged 5.8 yards per carry before halftime and were still trailing 28-0. Along with the fourth stop in the 10, they rode late into the second quarter when Gray took a direct bite out of the 20, ran a few steps forward, then threw a jump pass to Texas’ Jahdae Barron.

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers celebrates a touchdown with head coach Steve Sarkisian