Red River Rivalry

Red River Rivalry
SportFootball
First meetingOctober 10, 1900
Texas 28, Oklahoma 2
Latest meetingOctober 12, 2024
Texas 34, Oklahoma 3
Next meeting2025
StadiumsCotton Bowl (Dallas)
TrophyGolden Hat
Statistics
Meetings total120
All-time seriesTexas leads, 64–51–5 (.554)
Largest victoryOklahoma, 65–13 (2003)
Longest win streakTexas, 8
(1940–1947, 1958–1965)
Current win streakTexas, 1 (2024–present)
Cotton Bowl packed in 2010
for Red River Rivalry game

The Oklahoma–Texas football rivalry is a college football rivalry game between border rivals Texas and Oklahoma. The two teams first played each other in 1900, and the rivalry has been renewed annually since 1929 for a total of 119 games as of 2023. The rivalry is commonly referred to as the Red River Shootout, the Red River Rivalry, or the Red River Showdown.[1][2] The name refers to the Red River, which forms part of the border between Oklahoma and Texas.

Since 1934, the game has been played on the second Saturday of October, though it has occasionally been played on the first Saturday. Since 1932, the game's site has been the Cotton Bowl inside Fair Park in Dallas. The winner of the regular-season matchup receives the Golden Hat trophy, a gold ten-gallon hat once made of bronze. The trophy is kept by the winning school's athletic department until the next game.[3]

  1. ^ Mcconnell, Luke (September 28, 2010). "Red River Shootout: A Brief Look at The History Of The Oklahoma-Texas Rivalry". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
  2. ^ Schnel, Lindsay (October 6, 2016). "A carnival on steroids: Oral history of the one-of-a-kind Red River Rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "To the victor goes the trophy – OU and Texas will vie for the right to take the trophy home". OUDaily.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2003. Retrieved June 15, 2006.