The Red River Showdown is an American college football rivalry game played annually at the Cotton Bowl inside Fair Park in Dallas, during the State Fair of Texas in October. The participants are the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma in Norman and the Longhorns of Texas at Austin. The name is derived from the Red River that forms part of the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma that has in the past caused conflict between the two states. The first game in the series was played in 1900, when Oklahoma was still a territory. The Texas team leads the series 62-49-5, but the Oklahoma Sooners lead the series 38-36-3.
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The Red River Showdown is an American college football rivalry game played annually at the Cotton Bowl inside Fair Park in Dallas, during the State Fair of Texas in October. The participants are the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma in Norman and the Longhorns of Texas at Austin. The name is derived from the Red River that forms part of the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma that has in the past caused conflict between the two states. The first game in the series was played in 1900, when Oklahoma was still a territory. Texas leads the overall series 62–49–5, but since the end of World War II the series is narrowly in favor of Oklahoma at 38–36–3, and they lead over the last 21 meetings with a record of 14−7. In 2005, The Dallas Morning News asked the 119 Division 1A football coaches to identify the top rivalry game in college football. The Red River Rivalry ranked third, behind only Michigan–Ohio State and Army–Navy. The game used to air on ABC, but now airs on FOX as part of its college football coverage. For the 100th game in 2005, sponsored by SBC Communications, the game was officially renamed the SBC Red river Rivalry, with the word “Rivalry” replacing “Shootout” out of a desire not to convey an attitude of condoning gun violence. For both teams, the rivalry is bitterly emotional and territorial in nature relating to the twoStates’ proximity, past border disputes and economic and cultural differences.
In 2014, it became the AT&T Red River showdown. The term Red River Shootout or Red river Showdown is also applied to meetings between theTwo schools in sports other than football. Since 1936, at least one of the teams has come into the game ranked 70 times, including every one the last 19 meetings. At that time, the Texas team was typically called “Varsity” The first meeting between Oklahoma and Texas football teams occurred in 1900 before either team had acquired their current nickname. The winner of the game is kept by the winning school’s athletic department until the next year. A newer trophy, the RedRiver Rivalry trophy, has been exchanged between thetwo student governments since 2003. The governor of Texas and governor of Oklahoma also exchange the Governors’ trophy and frequently place a bet on the game such as the losing governor having to present a side of beef to the winning governor, often donated to charity. The winning team has won every game since the first meeting in 1900 by a score of 28–2. The last meeting between the teams was played on October 14, 2000, when the Longhorn team was called “The Varsity” and Oklahoma was “The Sooners” The game is played the week following the Statefair Classic, and the series are played the same week as the Texas-Oklahoma State Fair Classic. The Texas team leads the series 62-49-5, but the Oklahoma Sooners lead the series 38-36-3.
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