1940’s

1940: Red Malay, a quarterback from Dallas Woodrow Wilson, was the star of the North’s 15-6 victory.
Malay hit Joe Smith of Electra with a long pass to set up a touchdown run by the quarterback. Malay also put points on the board with a field goal from the 14-yard line.
Quanah’s Clark Wells threw a 15-yard TD pass to Fred Brown of Burkburnett for the North’s other score.
Gabby Hamil of Breckenridge scored the West’s only TD on an 8-yard run.
1941: Playing a game on Labor Day evening, Coach Jess Neely’s North team pulled out a 20-6 win over the West.
Vic Bates of Childress, Edgar Cain of Breckenridge and Stanley Green of Burkburnett found the end zone for the North.
Otto Payne, one of five players off the 1940 state championship team from Amarillo on the West roster, ran for his team’s only touchdown.
1942: Buryl Baty of Paris threw for one touchdown and ran for one to lead the North to a 20-7 win.
Baty connected with Troy Stewart of Wichita Falls for a 25-yard touchdown in the second quarter and ran 34 yards for a score in the fourth.
The most exciting play of the game came when Gordy Brown of Masonic Home intercepted a pass and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown.
Stewart was one of five players off the Wichita Falls state championship team of 1941 to play in the game. The others were Bill Bolling, George Grininger, Joe Meisner and Stanley Williamson.
1943: Tom Pirtle of Lubbock returned a blocked punt 22 yards for a touchdown and Don Deere of Breckenridge scored on a 44-yard run to lead the West to a 13-6 over the North.
A 12-yard pass from Vernon’s Maxie Bell to Houston’s Marion Settagast produced the only TD for the North.
1944: There was no Oil Bowl this year.
Instead, Wichita Falls played host to the Texas High School Coaches Association’s annual coaching school and with it, the North-South All-Star Game. But the Maskat Shrine Temple still records this game as an Oil Bowl.
Blair Cherry was an assistant coach for the North and got to look at one of his future University of Texas stars, quarterback Bobby Layne of Highland Park.
But a couple of guys from Goose Creek High stole the spotlight. George Walmsley threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to high school teammate Bill Taylor. Walmsley threw another TD pass, and Taylor set up another touchdown with a catch to help the South win 19-7.
1945: In the first Oil Bowl matching Texas vs. Oklahoma, August Pelz of Wichita Falls was the passing star in a 13-0 win for the Texans.
Pelz set up Texas’ first touchdown with a pair of 16 and 15-yard passes, first to Art Sweet of San Antonio Brackenridge and then to Sammie Pierce of Vernon. Pierce got the TD on a 9-yard run.
The final TD was set up by a 50-yard pass from Pelz to Harold Clark of Highland Park. Bill Engle of Greenville scored from a yard out.
Oklahoma only crossed midfield one time in the game.
1946: Lindy Berry of Wichita Falls threw two long touchdown passes and was on the receiving end of another one as Texas easily won 37-0.
Berry threw TD passes of 45 and 41 yards to Dick Lipscomb of Fort Worth. The Wichitan also caught a 60-yard TD pass from Billy Weatherford of Highland Park.
Weatherford ran for two touchdowns of 22 and 5 yards.
Van Ballard of Electra returned a punt 65 yards for a score.
1947: Texas’ 14-0 win made it three straight shutouts over Oklahoma, but no defense has ever dominated a game like the Texans did in this one.
Oklahoma had just 2 yards in total offense and only one first down. The Sooners were minus-7 yards on the ground and were 1-of-11 for 9 yards passing.
Texas’ offense, however, only had four first downs in the game.
Corpus Christi quarterback Vernon Glass ran 12 yards on a touchdown and threw 12 yards to Kenneth Martin of Wichita Falls for another TD. The second TD came on a flea flicker when Glass took a lateral from Hayden Fry of Odessa before tossing the scoring pass.
Fry also had a 9-yard run and threw a 16-yard pass in the first scoring drive.
1948: Byron Townsend of Odessa threw touchdown passes of 14 yards to Johnny Allred of Wichita Falls and 25 yards to Billy Howton of Plainview in a 20-0 Texas win.
Oklahoma managed only 27 yards of offensive in the game and crossed midfield only once. Texas also picked off seven passes, including a 23-yard interception return by Danny Perkins of San Antonio.
1949: Gahlen Dinkle of Marshall set up one touchdown with a 40-yard punt return and scored another on a 5-yard run to lead Texas to a 39-7 rout.
However, history was made when Oklahoma scored for the first time in the series on a touchdown pass from Eddie Crowder of Muskogee to Mac Odell of Watonga in the second quarter.
Dinkle was named the outstanding back of the game. Bill Georges, a tackle from Fort Worth, was named the top lineman.

1950’s

1950: Billy Bookout of Wichita Falls, Tommy Ward of Galveston and Kenneth Buckley of Childress had touchdown runs for Texas in a 21-7 win.
Oklahoma had its first lead of the series on a 3-yard run by Kenneth Lawson of Vinita in the second quarter of the game.
Lawson and Tom Miner of Checotah were named the top players for Oklahoma, and Ward and Eddie Hodges of Abilene were the top players for Texas.
1951: After helping Wichita Falls win back-to-back state championships in 1949 and 1950, speedy James Self had a big night in his final game at Coyote Stadium.
Self contributed 134 yards of total offense in Texas’ 20-6 Oil Bowl victory. He ran four times for 59 yards and caught two passes for 75 yards, and it was his 44-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Duane Nutt of Corsicana that sealed the deal in the fourth quarter.
Max Boydston of Muskogee was voted Oklahoma’s top back after a 71-yard rushing performance.
Nutt was voted the top back of the game, for Texas, and Ed Bernet of Highland Park was the top lineman.
1952: Ronald Robbins, the son of Breckenridge coach Cooper Robbins, ran for one touchdown and threw for another in Texas’ 18-6 win.
Robbins threw 33 yards to Bob Wilson of Fort Worth Paschal for one TD and ran 4 yards for another. James Sides of Lubbock also scored for Texas on a short run, and Bill Pierce of Chickasha did the same for Oklahoma’s only score.
The game featured a 62-yard run by Austin High’s Delano Womack, an Oil Bowl record that stood for 33 years.
1953: The 16th Oil Bowl game was played in brand new Midwestern Stadium .
Ramon Towry of Vernon blocked an Oklahoma extra point attempt with 8:56 left in the game to preserve a 20-19 win for Texas.
Despite the loss, Oklahoma had the top back in the game. Jack Witucki of Tulsa ran 20 times for 84 yards and two touchdowns to nose out Texan Jack Throckmorton of LaMarque for the honor even though Throckmorton had more rushing yards (109 on 11 carries).
Buddy Cockrell of Pampa was the game’s top lineman.
1954: Ardmore quarterback Royce McQueen’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Dean McMasters gave Oklahoma a 6-0 lead, but LaNoal Castleberry of Childress countered for Texas in the third quarter. That gave the Oil Bowl its first tie, 6-6.
It was a game of errors. The two teams combined for a dozen turnovers -- seven pass interceptions and five fumbles.
1955: Larry Click of Paris ran for 113 yards and Texas’ only touchdown in a 7-0 win.
Don Smith of Phillips set up Click’s 2-yard TD run in the third quarter when he jarred the ball loose from Poteau fullback David Rolle.
Click was named the game’s top back, and Muskogee end Joe Rector was named the outstanding lineman.
1956: Charles Milstead of Tyler passed for two touchdowns, ran 23 yards for a TD and kicked a 25-yard field goal in Texas’ 37-0 pasting of the Okies.
Both of Milstead’s touchdown passes were caught by Nederland’s Larry Ward. Henry Colwell of Abilene and Bobby Boyd of Garland also had TDs for Texas.
Linebacker Jere Durham of Muskogee was named the game’s top lineman, and Milstead was the outstanding back.
1957: History was made -- thanks to fullback Ronnie Hartline of Lawton.
Oklahoma won over Texas for the first time in 13 meetings, 21-7.
Hartline carried 26 times for 73 yards and a touchdown and kicked all three extra points. He was voted the outstanding back of the game, ahead of Texas’ talented Glynn Gregory of Abilene.
1958: Texas had some big-name offensive weapons in this one -- quarterback Guy “Sonny” Gibbs of Graham and running backs Jackie Collins of Highland Park and Ronnie Bull of Bishop.
But it was the Texas defense that shined in a 20-0 win.
An interception by Billy Ryan of Seymour and a fumble recovery by Karl Milstead of Athens led to two Texas touchdowns.
John Ed Clark of Bonham was named the most valuable back, and Ronny Payne of Breckenridge was tabbed the top lineman in the game.
1959: A third-quarter interception by Joe Kidd of Borger fueled Texas to a 21-14 come-from-behind victory.
The Texans were down 14-13 when Kidd’s interception set them up at the Oklahoma 25. Sweetwater’s James Parker powered 3 yards for the winning score with 10:25 left in the game.
San Angelo’s Emery Martindale came up with two key tackles of Oklahoma quarterback Don Trull of Oklahoma City Southeast late in the game to preserve the victory.
Johnny Genung of Wichita Falls and Ronnie Goodwin of Odessa were voted the top backs, and Wayne Lee of Ada was named the top lineman.

1960’s

1960: It was so appropriate for Texas to lose this game on a fumble.
The Texans lost five of eight fumbles in Oklahoma’s 14-13 win. Going for the win late in the game following a 1-yard run by Breckenridge quarterback Jeremy Gibson, Texas dropped the ball one more time.
Oklahoma quarterback Mike Miller of Northwest Classen scored two short touchdowns on runs. Harrold Phillip of Olney scored Texas’ other TD.
1961: The game’s battle from recognition from the NCAA caused a one-year halt to the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry. But the game went on.
In a battle of East and West all-stars, the East dominated 20-0.
Quarterback Grady Roundtree of Jacksonville threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to running back R.B. Moore of Gilmer for the first touchdown. Bobby Watkins of Tyler returned an interception 18 yards for another TD, and Terry Love of Duncan got the final score on a 1-yard run.
Arlington end Steve Jackson was named the most valuable lineman, and Moore was voted the most valuable back.
1962: Mike Kelly and Larry Shields, who won 27 of 28 games in their final two years at Wichita Falls High School and a state championship in 1961, played their final game together in their hometown.
But Alonzo Edwards of Tulsa Washington was the star of this show.
The big defensive lineman spent almost as much time in the Texas backfield as Shields and Kelly and helped Oklahoma to a 7-6 win.
Micky Upton of Stillwater scored Oklahoma’s only touchdown on a slick 16-yard double reverse in the second quarter.
Texas also scored its lone touchdown in that quarter on a 3-yard run by Baytown’s Wayne Bell.
1963: Mickey Maroney of Wichita Falls High School caught a 23-yard pass from Terry Southall of Brownwood to set up one second-quarter touchdown and then snared a 4-yard TD pass from Victor Castillo of San Antonio Brackenridge later in the period to lead Texas to a 21-13 win.
Texas dominated the game after Oklahoma got on the board first on a 1-yard run by Gary Moore of Tulsa Hale. Led by linebacker Billy Bob Stewart of Grand Prairie, the Texas defense held Oklahoma to minus 6 yards on the ground.
1964: Jim Burgar of Lindsay hit Jerry Lee of McAlester with a 7-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to pull out a 21-16 win for Oklahoma.
McAlester ran for Oklahoma’s first touchdown, and Burger hit Ron Shotts with a 17-yard TD strike for Lee other score.
Ralph Weaver of Garland and Greg Lott of Lubbock had touchdown runs for Texas.
Mizen Jenzen of L.D. Bell was named the top lineman. Burgar was the MVP back.
1965: Bill Bradley of Palestine, Jerry Levias of Beaumont Hebert and Chris Gilbert of Houston Spring Branch were the biggest names in this game -- and all made big contributions to Texas’ 21-13 win.
But the star of this show was Brownwood’s James Harris, who ran for 81 yards and caught a pair of passes for 17 yards and a TD.
Enid quarterback Mike Arnold and Star Spencer’s San Toi Dubose ran for Oklahoma’s TDs.
1966: Bub Deerinwater of Wichita Falls Rider played his final game before the hometown fans and ran for 54 yards on 11 carries, scored on a 7-yard run and kicked both extra point in Texas’ 14-0 win.
However, Linzy Cole of Dallas Madison was the offensive MVP after rushing for 44 yards in 12 carries.
Chuck Hixson of San Antonio Highlands started at quarterback for Texas but was knocked out of the game on a vicious tackle by future Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owen of Miami.
James Street, who led the University of Texas to a national championship in 1969, replaced Hixson.
Danny Cantrell of McKinney led the Texas defense with 12 tackles.
Owen gained all but four of his team’s 45 rushing yards on 18 carries.
1967: San Antonio MacArthur quarterback Rocky Self completed 13 of 18 passes for 179 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 43 more yards in Texas’ 31-8 win.
Raynard Manning of Wichita Falls Washington caught seven passes for 91 yards and scored on a 2-yard pass from Self.
Self was the offensive MVP of the game. Don Mooney of San Marcos was the defensive MVP.
1968: Jack Mildren of Abilene Cooper completed 15 of 19 passes for 251 yards and four touchdowns in Texas’ 39-7 rout.
Mildren completed the first 12 passes he threw in the game. He threw two touchdown passes of 10 and 21 yards to Gordon Gilder of Kountze, a 28-yarder to Riley Odoms of Corpus Christi and a 27-yarder to Mike Lowrey of Wichita Falls High.
Si Southall of Brownwood took over for Mildren in the fourth quarter and led Texas to two more TDs.
Roosevelt Manning of Wichita Falls Washington was voted the top lineman of the game after helping the Texas defense hold All-American Roy Bell of Clinton to only 38 yards rushing.
1969: Clinton’s James Williams carried 30 times for 115 yards and two touchdowns to lead Oklahoma to a 17-7 upset.
Led by MVP Raymond Hamilton of Oklahoma City Douglass, Oklahoma’s defense held Texas to just 9 yards of total offense.
The biggest name to come out of this game was Jerry Sisemore of Plainview, who went on to become an All-American at Texas and an All-Pro offensive lineman with the Philadelphia Eagles.

1970’s

1970: After 17 years at Midwestern’s stadium, the Oil Bowl moved back to its original home, Coyote Stadium, this year.
Tim Trimmier of Texas and Brent Blackman of Oklahoma put on a passing show, each throwing for four touchdowns.
Texas built a 32-6 lead and then had to hold on for dear life to overcome Oklahoma 38-28.
Facing second-and-17 at the Texas 17, Trimmer threw 63 yards to Perry Young to get out of the hole and keep Oklahoma from getting the ball back. The San Antonio Lee quarterback’s 25-yard TD pass to Charlie Davis with three seconds to go iced the victory.
1971: Haskell’s Charlie Franklin and Wichita Falls High’s Lawrence Williams led a Texas defense that intercepted five Oklahoma passes in a 15-0 win.
Franklin, the defensive MVP, returned one interception 45 yards for a touchdown and was named the defensive MVP.
Mike Thomas of Greenville scored on a 33-yard run and was named the offensive MVP.
Grant Teaff, who would go on to become a legendary coach at Baylor, was one of the Texas coaches.
The fans who witnessed this game, however, will not remember it for Franklin, Williams, Thomas, Teaff or even the final score. This one will be remembered for a murder than occurred in the north end zone of Coyote Stadium during the opening quarter.
E.J. Young, a 47-year-old employee of Maskat Shrine Temple, was shot three times and killed.
1972: Marty Akins of Gregory-Portland threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Ronnie Littleton of Wichita Falls with 1:22 to play and then hooked up with Dallas Carter’s Joe Rust for the two-point conversion to rally Texas to a thrilling 21-20 win.
This came against an Oklahoma defense that had Leroy and Dewey Selmon of Eufaula and Jimbo Elrod of Tulsa Central.
Oklahoma also had offensive starts. Tony Brantley of Oklahoma City threw two touchdown passes -- a 2-yarder to Tinker Owens of Miami and a 42-yarder to Steve Largent of Putnam City.
Littleton was voted the game’s MVP after rushing for 127 yards and catching the winning TD pass.
1973: After being snubbed by the Oklahoma All-State Game, Pat Ryan of Putnam City came to Wichita Falls on a mission. And he made Texas pay.
Ryan passed for 192 yards and a touchdown and ran for another TD in Oklahoma’s 37-27 win.
The Oklahoma defense held Texas to just 50 yards rushing and forced three fumbles.
1974: Rodney Allison of Odessa High threw two touchdown passes of 58 and 20 yards to Mike Renfro of Fort Worth Arlington Heights and also scored on a 19-yard bootleg to lead Texas to a 20-13 win.
Wes Hankins of Bristow and Kyle Phillips of Woodward threw TD passes for Oklahoma in the game, but Carl McCormack of Fort Worth Southwest intercepted Phillips in the end zone late in the game to preserve the Texas victory.
Allison and Renfro shared the offensive MVP. Oklahoma’s Jeff Ward of Moore was the defensive MVP.
Zac Henderson of Burkburnett averaged 46.4 per punt on five kicks and landed several inside the Oklahoma 20.
1975: In the first Oil Bowl played on the artificial turf of Memorial Stadium, Kenneth King of Clarendon ran for 140 yards and was instrumental in all three touchdown drives that gave Texas a 20-6 win.
Two players off Wichita Falls Rider’s 11-1 team of 1974 scored touchdowns for Texas. Brian Nelson had a 60-yard TD reception, and quarterback Mike Patterson ran 24 yards for a score.
King was the offensive MVP, and linebacker David Hodge of Brazoswood was the defensive MVP.
1976: Quarterback Darrol Ray of Killeen directed first half touchdown drives of 76, 38, 71 and 72 yards as Texas won 37-28.
J.C. Watts of Eufaula quarterbacked Oklahoma in the game and threw a 38-yard pass to Kenneth Blair to set up his team’s first TD. Freddie Hurd broke an Oil Bowl record with a 77-yard touchdown run.
Ray was the offensive MVP, and Lance Taylor of El Paso Coronado was the defensive MVP.
1977: Legendary coach Gordon Wood of Brownwood predicted an explosive offensive show in this game. He was half right.
Darrell Shepard of Odessa completed nine of 17 passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns to lead Texas to a 34-8 rout.
Shepard threw TD passes to Eric Herring and Tim Orr, while the Texas defense -- led by Will Rub, Tim McCollum, David Taveirne, David Darr and Doug Carr, kept Oklahoma off the scoreboard until the final minute.
1978: Ron Reeves of Lubbock Monterey came on in relief and quarterbacked Texas to a 27-5 victory.
Reeves, who originally been penciled in only to play linebacker, took over for Brazoswood’s Mike Brannan in the second half and hit 6 of 10 passes for 139 yards. He scored on runs of 1 and 6 yards and hit Robert Mitchell of Houston with a 33-yard scoring pass.
Phil Weatherall of Greenville led Texas in rushing with 93 yards on 11 carries.
Tackle Paul Kerestine of Denton led the Texas defense that allowed quarterback Craig Lance to pass for just 36 yards and run for only 24.
1979: Playing in a stadium that had been devastated by a tornado just four months earlier, Oklahoma ended a five-game losing streak with a 14-6 win.
Defensive MVPs Steve Hogue of Ada and Paul Parker of Tulsa Washington helped stop Texas drives at the Oklahoma 9 and 12 in the first half.
Stefe McKeaver of Altus scored Oklahoma’s only touchdown of the game on a 1-yard dive. Doug Furnas of Commerce kicked field goals for 29 and 25 yards. Juan James of Okmulgee trapped Texas’ J.C. Morris in the end zone for a safety.
Morris was the offensive star of the game with 111 yards on 12 runs, including a 33-yarder for Texas’ only TD.

1980’s

1980: Texas used Coach Bob McQueen’s “Belly Bum” play to get a 7-3 victory. Waco Richfield quarterback Alfred Anderson rolled right out of the T-formation. The fullback faked and went between the tackle and end. The left halfback swept right. The right halfback runs forward. With the Oklahoma defense following Anderson, right halfback Freddie Wells picks up the ball at the line of scrimmage and races 42 yards to the Oklahoma. A few minutes later, Victor Langley of Richardson ran 10 yards to the game’s only TD. Langely was named the offensive MVP for that. Lawton end George Schutz was the defensive MVP after six unassisted tackles, four assisted tackles and two fumble recoveries.

1981: Quarterback Rob Moerschell of Highland Park had 241 yards of total offense in Texas’ 27-3 win.
Moerschell ran for 117 yards and hit 5 of 12 passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Tackle Bill Heathcock of North Garland was the MVP of a defense that limited Oklahoma to just 13 yards in the second half. Phil Wilson of Putnam City had 17 tackles and Jeff Lee of Muskogee had 15 tackles for the Oklahoma defense.

1982: Fort Worth Eastern Hills quarterback Vince Spruiell hit Wichita Falls Rider’s Greg Owens with a 72-yard touchdown pass with 5:19 to play to pull out a 7-6 win for Texas. Richard Stephenson of Moore passed for a 128 yards and hit Phil Cole with an 18-yard TD strike in the second quarter to win offensive MVP honors.

Gerald Taylor of South Oak Cliff was the defensive MVP.
1983: Robert Lavender of Lawton Eisenhower intercepted two passes to be the defensive MVP of Oklahoma’s 27-3 win. Lavender also threw a 21-yard halfback option pass to Cordell’s Chris Rainbolt for a TD. Ada quarterback Shawn Stephenson completed 6 of 14 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown to win offensive MVP.

1984: Texas scored 16 points in a two-minute span of the second quarter and routed Oklahoma 27-7. After Charlie Eipper of Hirschi and Chris Lambert of Converse Judson caused an Oklahoma fumble, the momentum swung to Texas. And what had been a scoreless game turned into anything but that. An 80-yard touchdown drive followed the fumble with Chris Pryor of Converse Judson getting the TD on a 2-yard run. Just 14 seconds later, Vernon’s Andy Burris dropped Oklahoma quarterback Reggie Smith for a safety. Lambert returned the free kick 23 yards to the Oklahoma 34, and three players later, Lewisville’s Rodney Murphy scored from the 1. Midland Lee’s Isaac Garnett ran for 60 yards in 18 carries to win offensive MVP. Pat Hartline of Lawton was the defensive MVP.

1985: Shell Henry of Picher scored both Oklahoma touchdowns in a 13-12 win. Henry scored on runs of 30 and 2 yards. Texas lost despite a 153-yard rushing performance by James Dixon of Vernon and a 74-yard run by Odessa Permian’s Dal Watson, both record-breakers at the time.

1986: Bill Mercer of Wichita Falls High had touchdown runs of 33 and 11 yards to lead Texas to a 17-0 win. Mercer had 68 yards rushing in just 10 carries and was named the game’s offensive MVP. It would be the final time the WFHS star would hear the cheers of the crowd. Just 36 days after the game, the 18-year-old was killed in a car crash in Abilene, Texas. The No. 44 jersey he wore in this game was retired the following year. James Polk of Wichita Falls Hirschi also had a nice game, running 10 times for 60 yards and scored on a 16-yard run. Greg Owen of Sulphur Spring was named the MVP of a Texas defense that held Oklahoma to just 25 yards rushing and eight first downs.

1987: Oklahoma pitched its first shutout in this one, 10-0.
Led by defensive MVP Mongo Allen of Del City, Oklahoma held Texas to a minus 51 yards rushing in the fourth quarter.
Tony Brooks of Tulsa Washington carried 19 times for 68 yards and scored the game’s only touchdown on a 7-yard run to win the offensive MVP award.

1988: Texas ended a seven-quarter scoreless streak against Oklahoma with a 2-yard touchdown run by Wilmer-Hutchins’ Ike Lewis in the fourth quarter and won 14-3. Lewis was the offensive MVP after running 10 times for 84 yards. John Pitts of Wichita Falls High School had two sacks and was named the defensive MVP. Oklahoma was held to just 18 yards rushing in the game.

1989: Sugar Land Willowridge cornerback William Shankle intercepted two passes -- returning one for a touchdown -- in Texas’ 33-0 blowout. Chad Hunter of Garland Lakeview also returned an interception for a touchdown. J.J. Joe of Arlington Lamar threw a 73-yard TD pass to Copperas Cove’s Mike Davis and scored on a 1-yard run. Eric Curl of Lufkin ran 12 times for 112 yards and touchdown to win offensive MVP honors. Shankle was the defensive MVP.

1990’s

1990: Quinn Taylor of Lawton High and Rocky Reeves of Tulsa East Central were the MVPs on a defense that shut down Texas in Oklahoma’s 20-0 win. Texas had only 99 yards of total offense in the game and didn’t make a first down until midway through the third quarter. The Texans also lost five fumbles in the first half and had a muffed punt snap. Quarterback Todd Ritz of Weatherford, Okla., was the offensive MVP after throwing for 65 yards and a touchdown.

1991: This game was won by Lawton Eisenhower.
Six players off Ike’s unbeaten state championship team -- crowned national champ by USA Today -- played in the game and made big contributions in Oklahoma’s 21-7 victory Dwight McFadden carried 24 times for 133 yards and was named the offensive MVP. Maurice Mayfield was the second leading rusher with 75 yards on 15 carries. Chris Pollard was the game’s defensive MVP with two interceptions to go along with three punt returns for 79 yards. Other Eisenhower players in the game were Chris Bridges, Phillip Kinney and Norman Williams.

1992: Texas exploded for 17 points in the third quarter to win 24-7. After Oklahoma scored on a short run by Wes Galloway of Clinton and Texas countered with a 2-yarder by Mundrall Lewis of Wichita Falls Rider, the Texans exploded. Wesley McKnight of Wellington had a 27-yard TD run, Vincent Prox of Mabank had a 21-yarder and Miller Spessard of Burkburnett kicked a 42-yard field goal. Flower Mound Marcus wide receiver Brian Smith was the offensive MVP, and Edwin Feaster of Wichita Falls Hirschi was the defensive MVP.

1993: The Oil Bowl moved from August to June this year, and close to 10,000 people showed up to watch Texas win 23-14.
Temple quarterback Adrian Woodson was the offensive MVP. He hit 5-of-7 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown and ran eight times for 48 yards. Barron Tanner of Athens was the MVP of a Texas defense that forced six turnovers (five interceptions) and held the Oklahoma running game to just 48 yards. Tanner was in on two sacks, made seven tackles and recovered a fumble. Skip Hicks of Burkburnett caught an 18-yard pass to set up Tremain Mack’s 4-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and scored a TD on a 1-yard run at the end.

1994: Less than three minutes into the game, Sheldon Bass of Odessa Permian picked off a pass that set up a quick Texas touchdown. That set the tone for the night. Oklahoma turned the ball over eight times (six fumbles and two interceptions) in a 39-7 loss to Texas. Vernon quarterback Chris Enloe was the offensive MVP. He completed 3-of-4 passes for 110 yards. Two of those passes were on one drive, a 38-yarder and a 43-yard touchdown to Joseph Golding of Wichita Falls High. Enloe also ran for a TD. Rider tackle Jon Kunkle was the defensive MVP. He had an important sack and fumble recovery at a pivotal point of the first half, helping Texas to a 17-0 halftime lead.

1995: Kris Brown of Southlake Carroll would go on to kick for national championship teams at Nebraska and after that, the NFL. But he had a miserable Oil Bowl. Brown missed field attempts of 39 and 42 yards in the final three minutes to let Oklahoma escape with a 12-10 win.
It wasn’t a good night for either offense. Texas had only 90 yards rushing in 39 attempts and 63 yards passing on 5-of-14. Oklahoma ran 28 times and gained just 74 yards and completed just 9-of-24 passes. Justin Fuente of Tulsa Union was the offensive MVP after throwing for one touchdown. Marvell Galloway of Broken Brown was named defensive MVP with five tackles and two sacks.

1996: Jersey Village’s Darrell Bush ran 22 times for 121 yards and a touchdown to lead Texas to a 36-0 rout. Garry Zimmerman of Wichita Falls High School caught four passes for 58 yards and two TDs. Mike Knepper, an end from Garland, was named the defensive MVP. He led a defense that limited Oklahoma to 136 total yards and only once allowed the Sooners inside the Texas 25-yard line.

1997: Jarrod Reese didn’t get to take a snap until there were just 38 seconds left in the first half. But after that, the game belonged to him. The Seminole quarterback accounted for 250 yards of offense in Oklahoma’s convincing 42-21 win. The unanimous offensive MVP ran for two touchdowns, threw for two touchdowns and set up another score with a long pass. Reese completed 6 of 11 passes for 161 yards and ran 13 times for 89 yards. His TD runs were for 1 and 7 yards. He threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Ahmed Kabba of Westmoore on his first play from scrimmage and later hit J.T. Thatcher of Norman with a 42-yarder. In between he set up a touchdown with a 39-yard pass to Donald Shoals of Enid. Killeen Ellison’s David Winbush ran for 93 yards with 70 of it coming on a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
Bary Holleyman, a tackle from Putnam City North, was the defensive MVP.

1998: Shane Kennon of Putnam City North recovered two Texas fumbles and was named the MVP of an Oklahoma defense that dominated Texas 16-7. Ken Bohanon of Garland had a 3-yard touchdown run that gave the Texans an early 7-0 lead, but after that, it was all Oklahoma. Texas had only two yards rushing in the game and lost four fumbles. Kicker Josh Brown of Foyil was named the offensive MVP after kicking a 40-yard field goal, booming a 70-yard punt.

1999: Oklahoma closed out the 20th century with a 41-13 blowout.
Chris Massey of Spiro scored the game’s first touchdown on a flashy 13-yard reverse and then finished it with a 57-yard punt return for a TD in the fourth quarter. In between, Tulsa Union quarterback Josh Blankenship was the star or the show with two touchdown passes -- a 5-yarder to Josh Tucker of Moore and a 14-yarder to Thomas Hill of Tulsa Hale. Future Heisman Trophy winner Jason White of Tuttle threw a 21-yard TD pass to Tucker. Tye Strickland of Southlake Carroll set an Oil Bowl receiving record with eight catches for 139 yards, but Massey and Blankenship shared the offensive MVP honor, while linebacker Gregory Richmond of Oklahoma City Douglass was the defensive MVP.

2000’s

2000: Chris Sims of Garland kicked three field goals, including a Oil Bowl record 60-yarder, to lead Texas to an 11-9 win in this defensive battle. Sims also had successful kicks from 22 and 21 yards. Wes Welker of Heritage Hall kicked a 40-yard field goal for Oklahoma. The only touchdown of the game was a quarterback sneak by Tahlequah’s Jason Sutherland with 1:51 left in the game, but Dustin Edelman of Wichita Falls Hirschi and Robby McDaniel of Katy corralled Medford quarterback James Kilian to stop the 2-point conversion attempt. Sims was the game’s offensive MVP, and Brandon Kennedy of Terrell was the defensive MVP.

2001: Defenses dominated in the first half. Texas averaged just 2.4 yards per carry. Oklahoma had a minus-6 on its stat sheet at the break. But Weatherford, Texas, running back Mark Pierce changed all that on the third play of the second half. Pierce ran 70 yards for his second score of the game to lead Texas to a 14-2 win. Pierce, who rushed for 125 yards on 16 carries, was the game’s offensive MVP. Nederland tackle Jeff Mayhew was the defensive MVP. Jake Hager of Perry also had a strong defensive performance for Oklahoma.

2002: Travis Wilson of Carrollton Creekview caught two touchdown passes and was the offensive MVP of Texas’ 28-7 win. Wilson caught a 41-yard TD pass from Mesquite quarterback Mark Hodges in the second quarter and a 17-yarder from Southlake Carroll’s Ricky Lay in the third. The game was marred by 20 penalties, including six personal foul calls against Oklahoma in the second half, and two player ejections. Longview linebacker Marvin Byrdsong was the defensive MVP.

2003: Deer Creek’s Luke Roberts kicked a 40-yard field goal with 3:43 to play to give Oklahoma an exciting 24-21 win.
Just four minutes earlier, Texas had tied the score 21-21 on a 1-yard run by Taurence Rawls of Garland. Rawls was the offensive MVP with 106 yards rushing on 11 carries.
Two third quarter field goals by Holliday’s Lee Price gave Texas a 13-7 advantage, but Oklahoma took the lead right back on an 80-yard run by Spencer McIllwain of Tulsa Union.
When John Kelly of Namaan Forest returned a punt 64 yards to the Oklahoma 9, it looked like Texas was about to take control again, but quarterback Chase Wasson of Southlake Carroll made a bad pitch on the option and Royce Street of Seminole caught it in mid-air and raced 80 yards the other way for a 21-13 Oklahoma lead.
Penalties marred the game. Texas was flagged nine times for 92 yards, and Oklahoma was whistled seven times for 80 yards. First-half penalties accounted for 142 of the 172 yards.

2004: Graham Harrell hit Ennis teammate Jarvis Woodson with a 61-yard touchdown bomb on Texas' first offensive play of the game, setting the stage for a 40-10 blowout. The Texans put this one away with a 30-0 first quarter. They scored on the Harrell-to-Woodson bomb, a safety by Allen's Chris Smith, a 48-yard touchdown run by McKinney North's Shannon Woods and a 5-yard touchdown run by Wichita Falls High's Tommy Henderson. Harrell completed 17 of 29 passes for 260 yards and two touchdowns to win the offensive MVP award over Chris Barry (108 rushing yards on nine carries) and Gainesville receiver Darcel McBath (seven catches, 136 yards and a touchdown). Franklin Okam of Lake Highlands had two sacks and was named the defensive MVP.

2005: Michael Cowan of Tulsa Berryhill was the defensive MVP in a dominant defensive performance by Oklahoma.
Cowan had 2.5 tackles, a fumble recovery and a sack in Oklahoma's 38-7 win. The 31-point winning margin was the largest in Oil Bowl history, surpassing Oklahoma's 41-13 win in 1999.
Texas' longest play of the night was a 20-yard return of a fumble recovery. Texas quarterbacks Blake Szymanski of Wichita Falls Rider and Chase Daniel of Southlake Carroll were held to a combined 13-of-33 passing for 127 yards and two interceptions.
Jenks quarterback Andrew Brewer was the offensive MVP with a 3-yard touchdown run and a 1-yard TD pass to William Bencoma.

2006: The Texas defense -- led by MVP Jeremy Beal of Carrollton Creekview -- limited Oklahoma to only 89 total yards in a 17-0 shutout. Beal had seven tackles one and a half sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. Euless Trinity running back Dimitri Nance earned offensive MVP honors by rushing for 108 yards on 19 carries and catching two passes for 22 yards.  Texas’ touchdowns came on a 12-yard pass from Nick Stephens to Justin Fenty and Kinzey Joiner’s 18-yard fumble return.