Oklahoma Beats Texas on a Last-second Field Goal
Take away the blocked-punt touchdown and the pick-six and Oklahoma scored 13 points on offense and trailed by 11. Instead the Sooners won 27-24 when Tate Sandell kicked a 47-yard field goal as the clock hit zero.
Texas had the better of it for a long stretch. Arch Manning hit Cam Coleman for 41 yards in the first quarter, and after Dakoda Fields returned a blocked punt for a touchdown to tie it at 7-7, Manning found Ryan Wingo from 34 yards out. Gianni Spetic added a 23-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in the half for a 17-7 lead, and Sandell's 53-yarder in the third made it 17-10 going into the fourth. That is the largest hole Oklahoma had to climb out of.
The fourth quarter was where it changed. Lloyd Avant ran in from 2 yards to tie it at 17-17 early. Then Manning threw an interception that Peyton Bowen returned 42 yards for a touchdown, and Oklahoma led 24-17 with 10:07 to play. Texas tied it again at 24-24 on a 15-yard Manning pass to Jermaine Bishop Jr., and then nobody scored until Sandell had the last word.
The yardage says Texas should have won: 382 total yards to 239, with Oklahoma managing 155 through the air and 84 on the ground. But Texas threw two interceptions and Oklahoma gave the ball away zero times. Manning's line was 19 of 31 for 260 yards and three touchdowns, so he did plenty of damage and still lost the game on the other column.
Oklahoma moves to 3-2 and Texas drops to 4-1. For fantasy purposes, Manning and Coleman were the top two scorers in the game, and Avant (10 carries, 72 yards) led the Sooners.