page_title: 2007 Texas Longhorns football team
section_title: Oklahoma
hierarchical_section_title: 2007 Texas Longhorns football team / Game summaries / Oklahoma
caption_attribution_description: The 2007 Torchlight Parade in Austin Texas on the UT campus leading up to the OU vs UT Red River Shootout. See also 2007 Texas Longhorn football team.
context_page_description: The 2007 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown. The Longhorns played their home games in Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium.
  The Longhorns entered the 2007 season ranked third on all-time college football lists in both total wins and winning percentage. A pre-season ranking by ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked eighth, while College Football News ranked Texas third. The Longhorns came into the season ranked fourth in both the Coaches Poll and AP Poll. During the preceding summer five players had been disciplined for legal infractions, another suspended for NCAA rule violations, and a coach had undergone surgery for cancer. Additional players were suspended during the season.
  The Longhorns played games against two opponents they had never faced previously: Arkansas State University and the University of Central Florida. The Longhorns narrowly achieved a victory in their home opener with Arkansas State, and in their first road game of the season, Texas was the inaugural opponent for the UCF Knights in their new stadium.
context_section_description: The game against the 2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team marked the 102nd meeting of the Red River Shootout, which has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries in college football.  It is Texas' second-longest running rivalry, just behind its rivalry with Texas A&M.  Prior to 2007, Texas led the series 57–39–5, including the last two consecutive wins.  The last match-up was a 28–10 Longhorn victory.  Since 1929, the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas typically in mid-October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium.
  CBS Sportsline.com listed the game sixth on its list of games to watch during the 2007 season, saying, "The annual Red River Shootout in Dallas will once again feature two top-ten teams with the winner being the front-runner for not only a Big 12 title but a factor in the national title picture.  The game will also feature one of the best match-ups of the year with Limas Sweed and Billy Pittman of the Longhorns facing against Oklahoma's excellent secondary."  Like Texas, Oklahoma suffered a defeat one week before the Red River Shootout, losing to the Colorado Buffaloes.   Texas' loss pushed it to number 16 in the coaches poll and number 19 in the AP poll; OU fell to number 10 in both polls. The ranking marked Texas' 114th straight week to be listed in the AP poll, the longest active streak in the country  and tying the school record.  The Longhorns had been ranked 142 straight weeks in the coaches poll, the longest UT streak in any poll and the country's longest active streak in the coaches poll. On the morning of the Red River Shootout, oddsmakers favored Oklahoma to win by 12–13 points.
  The game was a back-and-forth affair ultimately won by Oklahoma, 28–21.  OU's freshman quarterback, Sam Bradford, was 21–of–32 for 244 yards and 3 touchdowns.  UT's McCoy was 19–of–26 for 324 yards and two touchdowns, earning the most passing yardage against an Oklahoma team since the 2004-season National Championship Game vs. USC.  McCoy threw one interception, and Jamaal Charles lost a fumble inside the Oklahoma five yard-line.  For the second straight week, the Texas defense did not cause any turnovers.
  McCoy, who suffered a concussion the previous week, played the game with his throwing arm bandaged from mid-forearm to biceps and took four sacks and a blind-side late hit after one play had been whistled dead. With the loss, Texas opened conference play 0–2 for the first time since 1956.  A bright spot for the Horns was tight end Jermichael Finley, who caught four passes for 149 yards.  Jamaal Charles ran for 79 yards and John Chiles carried once for four yards.  Counting the sacks to McCoy, Texas had a total of 61 yards rushing.
  Receiver Limas Sweed left the game early because he re-injured his left wrist.  He later had surgery to tighten the ligaments in the wrist but the injury ended his collegiate career. The Austin American-Statesman reported "Quan Cosby likely will move to Sweed's spot at split end, with Nate Jones moving to flanker. The Longhorns likely will decide between Billy Pittman and Jordan Shipley at slot receiver when Texas is in its base, three-receiver set."
  Defensive end Aaron Lewis fractured his elbow in the game and was taken out of the lineup indefinitely.  The Austin American-Statesman reported "A depth chart issued Monday shows Lamarr Houston moving to Lewis' spot at power end, with Brian Orakpo regaining his starting job at quick end. The Longhorns have been dealing with injuries at defensive end all season." Fullback Luke Tiemann also required surgery to repair a broken wrist, but was expected to miss only two games.
  Jeff Duarte of the Houston Chronicle made note of Charles' fumble, McCoy's interception and the low rushing yardage.  He said, "the Texas Longhorns went back and forth with Oklahoma for most of the game Saturday before eventually succumbing to the same problems that have taken them from a Top 10 ranking to the verge of dropping out of the national polls for the first time in seven years."  The win kept the Sooners in position to win t
caption: UT Torchlight Parade, 2007
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