Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers finished the Red River Rivalry game with 346 passing yards, completing 31/37 of his passes (83.8%), one passing touchdown, and three turnovers.
The sophomore started the game slow after throwing an interception to Oklahoma’s Gentry Williams on the second play of the game. The Sooners then scored a touchdown in just over a minute.
On Texas’ next possession, the Longhorn offense made their way downfield, but a pass thrown by Ewers bounced off Texas tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders and was intercepted by Oklahoma defender Kendel Colby.
Despite starting the game slowly, Ewers solidified himself by completing 27 of his next 29 passes for 364 yards and a touchdown. Ewers proved to everyone that he could step up when he needed to and that he was not the reason the game was lost.
The Texas quarterback had his second-best game of the year and is becoming the player that Texas needs him to be. Texas is scheduled to face the Houston Cougars on Oct. 21 after the bye week.