QB Quinn Ewers stars as Texas shuts out Oklahoma in Showdown

DALLAS — Quinn Ewers lastly bought an opportunity to play in his first Crimson River Showdown, and he made probably the most of it, main Texas to a historic 49-0 win over Oklahoma.

After getting the beginning nod late this week following restoration from a clavicle damage suffered in Week 2 towards Alabama, Ewers threw for a career-high 289 yards, finishing 21 of 31 passes for 4 touchdowns and one interception.

The redshirt freshman from Southlake Carroll, who performed highschool soccer about 30 miles from the Cotton Bowl, stated it was a dream to play on this sport.

“I do know all these guys have been fairly excited, however rising up a fan, I all the time needed to play on this one,” Ewers stated. “So it is fairly particular.”

Ewers’ demeanor within the raucous atmosphere of the rivalry sport in the midst of the State Truthful of Texas impressed his teammates.

“His poise in any state of affairs is unmatched,” stated Jordan Whittington, who caught 5 passes for 97 yards. “He simply appears calm, relaxed the entire time. For those who went to struggle with anyone and also you take a look at him and he is freaking out, you’d most likely freak out. You bought Quinn in a struggle with you, you are simply chilling. So I would be relaxed, too.”

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stated he did not resolve on who can be the starter till late within the week after each Hudson Card and Ewers, who had been fighting accidents, seemed more healthy than they’d been in weeks.

“I do know everybody thinks this was the plan all alongside or one thing,” Sarkisian stated. “I did not notify Quinn or Hud of what was going to occur this week, actually, till Thursday afternoon.”

However he stated each quarterbacks have been prepared, and he was blissful about how Ewers carried out.

“Quinn was spot on,” Sarkisian stated. “The ball was going the place it was speculated to go, on time. And the playmakers made their performs. … In the long run, he was prepared, and that is why we did what we did.”

The blowout made historical past for each groups, marking Texas’ greatest margin of victory within the 118-game collection in addition to the Longhorns’ first shutout win over OU since 1965. For the Sooners, it was their greatest shutout loss in historical past, surpassing a 47-0 defeat by Oklahoma State in 1945), and was the third-largest margin of defeat in program historical past. After a 55-24 loss to TCU final week, the Sooners have now misplaced back-to-back video games by greater than 30 factors for the primary time in class historical past.

It additionally ended a 311-game scoring streak by Oklahoma, which was the seventh longest within the FBS, and ended an FBS-best streak of 167 straight video games with an offensive landing.

With out Dillon Gabriel, who’s in concussion protocol and was dominated out this week by Oklahoma coach Brent Venables after struggling a blow to the pinnacle in final week’s loss to TCU, the Sooners tried a patchwork method at QB, utilizing backup Davis Beville, who went 6-of-12 for 38 yards and an interception, together with Wildcat formation performs that includes a good finish, operating again and broad receiver taking direct snaps, earlier than true freshman Nick Evers entered the sport within the fourth quarter. Venables would say after the sport solely that Gabriel was progressing, and the Sooners will probably be monitoring his availability.

Oklahoma managed simply 195 yards and 11 first downs. The Sooners’ main receiver, Brayden Willis, had two catches for 25 yards.

“We have been adequate on each side of the ball to be much more aggressive and have an opportunity to win the sport than what we displayed,” Venables stated. “The accountability begins with me, and I clearly did a really poor job.”

For Texas, which had misplaced 4 straight to Oklahoma, it was an opportunity to rejoice, notably for seniors like linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, who’s lastly capable of convey the Golden Hat trophy again to Austin.

“Not having the ability to convey the hat house 4 years in a row, it was heartbreaking,” Overshown stated. “However leaving with it this 12 months, you are by no means going to neglect that. … Now when individuals ask us about our senior 12 months what occurred with the OU sport, we are able to inform them with a smile on our face, ‘Yeah, go forward and sit down.'”

Ewers did not downplay the importance of what it meant for him to win the sport for his house state.

“All of us circled this one on the calendar,” he stated. “Particularly to all of us as a result of they arrive into our state, , and we personal the state. For them to come back in and for us to lastly get the hat again, it is numerous enjoyable.”