Texas Longhorns vs Oklahoma State: Fourth quarter recap

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma State Cowboys game comes down to the wire. After taking the lead, can Sam Ehlinger lead them to an upset?

As the Oklahoma State Cowboys began the fourth quarter driving, DeMarvion Overshown forces the LD Brown fumble. Joseph Ossai scoops it up but trips before he can get going. That was the fourth takeaway of the game for the Longhorns defense. Facing a third and 13, Sam Ehlinger takes a shot down the field to Brennan Eagles. It falls incomplete but the pass interference call gives the Longhorns offense new life.

The Longhorns would gain 20 yards on a throw from Ehlinger to Tarik Black to get the offense rolling in the right direction. Cade Brewer would be called for pass intereference to wipe out the play. The Longhorns familiar failures continue to bite them. After finding Bijan Robinson in the flat, Ehlinger and the offense faced a third and 16. The Cowboys brought the pressure to sack the quarterback and force another punt. The Cowboys get called for roughing the kicker to give the Texas new life.

The Longhorns looking to take the lead, Texas sticks to running the football on all three downs. Facing a fourth down and four, Ehlinger finds Smith for the first down. Once again Ehlinger keeps looking for Smith after a sack to set up third and seven in the redzone. The quarterback misses a throw to Joshua Moore once again. The game on the line with under five minutes left, Ehlinger finds Jake Smith in the endzone for the lead. They get the two-point conversion when Brewer catches the pass from Ehlinger.

After forcing the punt on defense, Texas would get the ball with an opportunity to milk the clock and leave Stillwater, Oklahoma with a win. The Longhorns would face a third down in which they have converted only one all day. Texas would get the first down when Ehlinger runs for the conversion.

The Oklahoma State team used up all their timeouts to try and get the ball back. After a sack the Longhorns facing a third and 20, a conversion would all but seal the game. They run the ball for a three yard game and punt the ball back to the Oklahoma State offense. Needing a field goal to tie with no timeouts and under 90 seconds left in the game.

On a scramble drill by Spencer Sanders, he finds Tylan Wallace in the middle of the field. The Cowboys offense got into field goal range with under 30 seconds remaining. The Longhorns were able to prevent the first down that forced a field goal attempt. The Cowboys would tie up the game with just 0:05 left on the clock.