Oklahoma Sooners Beat Texas Longhorns 27-24

Oklahoma Sooners scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to run down Texas Longhorns 27-24 on Saturday, October 10, 2026.

The final score: Oklahoma Sooners 27, Texas Longhorns 24. Texas Longhorns moves to 4-1 and Oklahoma Sooners improves to 3-2.

Texas led by ten at the half behind Arch Manning's arm, but Oklahoma Sooners turned a blocked punt and a pick-six into the swing it needed.

Box score

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Texas Longhorns	7	10	0	7	24
Oklahoma Sooners	0	7	3	17	27

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How it turned

Texas Longhorns grabbed the early lead when Arch Manning hit Cam Coleman for a 41-yard touchdown at 6:56 of the first quarter, making it 7-0 at the end of that frame.

Oklahoma Sooners answered in the second quarter when a blocked punt by D. Okoye was scooped up by D. Fields and returned for a touchdown at 14:11. Texas Longhorns pushed right back, with Manning finding Ryan Wingo for a 34-yard score at 10:09, then adding a 23-yard Gunnar Spetic field goal with twelve seconds left in the half. Texas Longhorns led 17-7 at the break.

The third quarter stayed quiet apart from a 53-yard T. Sandell field goal for Oklahoma Sooners, leaving Texas Longhorns up 17-10 heading into the fourth.

The fourth quarter flipped the game. Lloyd Avant scored on a two-yard run at 14:48 to pull Oklahoma Sooners within three. Then Manning was intercepted and P. Bowen took it 42 yards the other way for a touchdown at 10:07, putting Oklahoma Sooners in front. Texas Longhorns answered with a 15-yard Manning touchdown pass to J. Bishop Jr. at 6:32 to tie it, but T. Sandell drilled a 47-yard field goal with three seconds left to win it for Oklahoma Sooners, 27-24.

Scoring plays

Q1 6:56 TEX: A. Manning pass to C. Coleman for 41 yds, for a TD (G. Spetic KICK)
Q2 14:11 OU: Punt blocked by D. Okoye, recovered by D. Fields for a TD (T. Sandell KICK)
Q2 10:09 TEX: A. Manning pass to R. Wingo for 34 yds, for a TD (G. Spetic KICK)
Q2 0:12 TEX: G. Spetic 23 yd FG GOOD
Q3 10:56 OU: T. Sandell 53 yd FG GOOD
Q4 14:48 OU: L. Avant run for 2 yds, for a TD (T. Sandell KICK)
Q4 10:07 OU: A. Manning pass intercepted, P. Bowen return for 42 yds, for a TD (T. Sandell KICK)
Q4 6:32 TEX: A. Manning pass to J. Bishop Jr. for 15 yds, for a TD (G. Spetic KICK)
Q4 0:03 OU: T. Sandell 47 yd FG GOOD

Top performers

Arch Manning threw for 260 yards on 19-of-31 passing with three touchdowns, but the two interceptions included the pick-six that turned the game. Cam Coleman caught five passes for 110 yards and a score, and Ryan Wingo added two catches for 57 yards and a touchdown of his own.

For Oklahoma Sooners, John Mateer was efficient but unspectacular, going 18-of-26 for 155 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. Lloyd Avant did the damage on the ground with 72 yards and a touchdown on ten carries, and the defense and special teams supplied two of the biggest plays of the game with the blocked-punt score and the interception return.

Top performers

Texas Longhorns

Arch Manning (QB) — 19/31, 260 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT
Derrek Cooper (RB) — 8 car, 41 yds, 0 TD
Hollywood Smothers (RB) — 12 car, 39 yds, 0 TD
Cam Coleman (WR) — 5 rec, 110 yds, 1 TD
Ryan Wingo (WR) — 2 rec, 57 yds, 1 TD
Rasheem Biles (LB) — 12 tkl, 0 sck, 0 INT