Red River Rivalry - By The Numbers

It’s Red River Rivalry week! This year’s annual battle between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl inside the State Fair of Texas in Dallas is the 199th meeting between the two teams. Let’s take a look at this year’s matchup and how each team stacks up by the numbers.

Both teams come in with a record of 5-0 and this is the first time since 2011 that both teams enter the game undefeated.  Both teams come in ranked in the AP Poll, Texas at #3, Oklahoma at #12.

The combined record of Texas’ previous five opponents is 17-8 while Oklahoma’s five previous opponents combined record is only 13-12.  Texas has obviously played a tougher schedule with a 2-0 record against Top 25 teams (Alabama and Kansas) which is further cemented by their strength of schedule which ranks 16th in the nation while Oklahoma’s strength of schedule is a measly 82nd and the Sooners have yet to play a team inside the Top 25.  What do the rest of the numbers say?  (national ranking in parenthesis)

 

                                                                                                Texas                  Oklahoma

Points per game   

36 (19th)                                47.4 (2nd)

Points per game allowed                                             

12.8 (8th)                              10.8 (4th)

Margin of Victory                                                           

  +23.2 (12th)                         +36.6 (1st)

Yards per game                                                                

478.4 (12th)                          510 (6th)

Yards per game allowed                                                

290.8 (10th)                          319.4 (24th)

Yards per play                                                                  

6.7 (18th)                              6.8 (15th)

Yards per play allowed                                                  

4.5 (19th)                              4.5 (19th)

Offense 3rd Down Conversion                                   

42% (47th)                            54.4% (8th)

Defense 3rd Down Conversion allowed                 

26.9 (26th)                            27.3% (7th)

Offense 4th Down Conversion                                   

70% (21st)                            87.5% (6th)

Defense 4th Down Conversion allowed                   36.4% (37th)                        41.7% (47th)

Offense Red Zone Scoring %                                       90.5% (34th)                        88.9% (39th)

Defense Red Zone Scoring % allowed                    

50% (1st)                               75% (28th)

Yards per rush                                                                  

5.0 (28th)                              4.0 (76th)

Yards per rush allowed                                                 

3.1 (18th)                              3.2 (26th)

Rushing yards per game                                              

191.8 (23rd)                         157.6 (56th)

Rushing yards per game allowed                              

94.6 (17th)                            106.6 (29th)

Passing yards per attempt                                          

9.2 (18th)                              10.2 (9th)

Passing yards per attempt allowed                         

6.3 (27th)                              6.0 (16th)

Passing yards per game                                                

286.6 (25th)                          352.4 (8th)

Passing yards per game allowed                                

196.2 (30th)                          212.8 (37th)

Turnover Margin                                                             

+0.8 (13th)                            +1.6 (7th)

Penalties per game                                                        

4.2 (15th)                              7.0 (98th)

Penalty yards per game                                               

34.8 (13th)                            61.2 (104th)

Average Time of Possession                                      

30:18 (60th)                          30:25 (54th)

 

Now let’s look how individuals on each team compare.

Quarterbacks

Texas

Quinn Ewers                      Pass: 97-147 66%, 1358 yards 271.6 y/g, 10 TD 1 Int            Rush: 74 yards, 5 TD

Oklahoma

Dillon Gabriel                     Pass: 118-157 75.2%, 1593 yards 318.6 y/g, 15 TD 2 Int      Rush: 95 yards, 4 TD

 

Running Backs

Texas

Jonathon Brooks              86 carries, 597 yards, 6.9 y/car, 119.4 y/g, 5 TD

CJ Baxter                             37 carries, 157 yards, 4.2 y/car, 39.3 y/g, 1 TD

Oklahoma

Marcus Major                    51 carries, 199 yards, 3.9 y/car, 39.8 y/g, 1 TD

Tawee Walker                   38 carries, 193 yards, 5.1 y/car, 38.6 y/g, 2 TD

Jovantae Barnes               28 carries, 122 yards, 4.4 y/car, 40.7 y/g, 1 TD

 

Wide Receivers

Texas

Xavier Worthy                   26 catches, 345 yards, 13.3 y/c, 69 yards/g, 3 TD

Adonai Mitchell                22 catches, 321 yards, 14.6 y/c, 64.2 yards/g, 4 TD

Jordan Whittington         12 catches, 142 yards, 11.8 y/c, 28.4 yards/g, 0 TD

Oklahoma

Andrel Anthony                22 catches, 387 yards, 17.6 y/c, 77.4 yards/g, 1 TD

Jalil Farooq                          15 catches, 285 yards, 19 y/c, 57 yards/g, 2 TD

Nic Anderson                     10 catches, 279 yards, 27.9 y/c, 55.8 yards/g, 5 TD

Drake Stoops                     25 catches, 303 yards, 8.1 y/c, 40.6 yards/g, 4 TD

 

Tight Ends

Texas

Ja’Tavion Sanders            13 catches, 278 yards, 21.4 y/c, 55.6 yards/g, 1 TD

Oklahoma

Austin Stogner                  4 catches, 37 yards, 9.3 y/c, 7.4 yards/g, 0 TD

 

Defense

Texas

Jaylon Ford (LB)                                32 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 INT

David Gbenda (LB)                          25 tackles, 2 TFL, 1.5 sacks

Jahdae Barron (Star)                       20 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 INT, 1 fumble recovery

Anthony Hill (LB)                              17 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks

Ryan Watts (CB)                               17 tackles, 1 TFL

T’Vondre Sweat (DT)                      15 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1 sack

Byron Murphy (DT)                         14 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks

Jalen Catalon (Safety)                    14 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 forced fumble

Barryn Sorrell (DE)                           13 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack

Ethan Burke (DE)                              12 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks

Jett Bush (LB)                                    8 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 sack, 1 fumble recovery

Jerrin Thompson (Safety)             8 tackles, 2 INT, 1 touchdown

Vernon Broughton (DT)                7 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1 sack

Michael Taaffe (Safety)                 7 tackles, 1 TFL

Justice Finkley (DE)                         3 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack   

 

Oklahoma                          

Danny Stutsman (LB)                      49 tackles, 9 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 INT, 1 fumble recovery, 1 touchdown

Jaren Kanak (LB)                               22 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble

Kip Lewis (LB)                                    20 tackles

Peyton Bowen (Safety)                 18 tackles, 4 pass break-ups, 2 blocked kicks

Key Lawrence (Safety)                  18 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 INT, 1 forced fumble

Woodi Washington (CB)                17 tackles

Ethan Downs (DE)                           14 tackles, 3 TFL, 1.5 sacks

Reggie Pearson (Safety)               14 tackles, 2.5 TFL

Kani Walker (CB)                              14 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery

Gentry Williams (CB)                      14 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 INT

Billy Bowman (Safety)                    12 tackles, 2 INT, 1 touchdown

Kendel Dolby (CB)                           7 tackles, 1 INT

Trace Ford (DE)                                 6 tackles, 1 INT

Adepoju Adebawore (LB)            5 tackles, 3 TFL, 1.5 sacks

Jordan Kelley (DT)                           4 tackles, 2 TFL

Marcus Stipling (DE)                        4 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks

 

Kicking

Texas

Bert Auburn                       9-14 fg 64.3%, long of 49, 21-21 PAT

Will Stone                            21-34 touchbacks on kickoffs

Oklahoma

Zach Schmit                        6-7 fg 85.7%, long of 46, 29-29 PAT, 27-38 touchbacks on kickoffs

 

Punting

Texas

Ryan Sanborn                    13 punts, 47 avg., long of 56, 4 downed inside the 20

Oklahoma

Josh Plaster                        12 punts, 40.7 avg., long of 50, 4 downed inside the 20

 

Kick Returns

Texas

Keilan Robinson                5 returns for 95 yards, 19 average, long of 27 yards

Oklahoma

Jalil Farooq                          7 returns for 183 yards, 26.1 average, long of 62 yards

 

Punt Returns

Texas                                   

Xavier Worthy                   8 returns for 128 yards, 16 average, long of 40 yards

Oklahoma

Gavin Freeman                 8 returns for 114 yards, 14.3 average, long of 82 yards, 1 touchdown

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