DALLAS – It may just be an anecdote, but it was a statistic that reflected a trend: until Saturday, a Texas quarterback had not started consecutive games against Oklahoma since 2009. Sam Ehlinger, which started in 2017 and almost threatened the Longhorns with being upset. do a lot more the second time.

The sophomore unleashed an unprecedented offensive, including a winning victory in the final two minutes after the Sooners rallied to tie the game 21 points behind in the fourth quarter.

Here are three points to remember from Texas' 48-45 victory over Oklahoma # 5:

– Is Texas back? Nah, nobody should say it yet. But this is perhaps the Longhorn's biggest win since the Big 12 championship match against Nebraska in 2009 (for now, Bo Pelini is hammering a wall about the second that has been delayed).

Of course, Texas also beat Oklahoma in 2015, before stumbling and losing a record of 3-3. But that sounds different, partly because of the way the Horns have acted and partly because they have won five straight games.

This loss to Maryland in the opening game of the season is more and more inexplicable – but this team does not look like this team at all. Sam Ehlinger was not flashy. But his difficult race was effective and, in critical matches, he found a way to pass the ball to the big receiver ball, exploiting the imbalances of the smallest half Oklahoma corner. The most important – and it's a change from 2017 and compared to the opening match against Maryland – he played football almost without error.

Nobody is ready to say that Texas is back, not yet. But it looked like a huge step forward for a program that has spent most of the past decade wandering through mediocrity.

– The defense of Oklahoma is officially a big problem. Even if a defeat against Texas does not have to be debilitating against the hopes of the Bigers or the Sooners Playoffs – see 2015, when they lost to Texas and arrived there, it's hard to believe that the Sooners have what it takes to get through the Big 12 unscathed the rest of the way.

In the first five games, flashing lights flashed, but it still remained to be seen that the Sooners' defense could have improved a bit since at least 2017, when the anchor made derail his candidacy for the title of national champion. Texas, however, unbalanced the Sooners in the first half, before gradually taking control of the second. And keep in mind that the Horns scored an offensive touchdown last week in a 19-14 win over Kansas State.

When the Sooners forced the game to three goals in the middle of the third quarter, it was the first time – not to mention one game at the end of the first half – that Texas had not scored. But Kyler Murray missed the next game. Texas needed five games to run 23 yards for another touchdown. The Sooners have been unable to exert constant pressure on Ehlinger. Their little cornerbacks have struggled to cover the big receivers of Texas – and face them too.

– Oklahoma star Kyler Murray hit a speed bump. Murray was sometimes spectacular – as in the first five games – but in the end, the Sooners remembered an extremely important trait that Baker Mayfield had: football. With all the good shots, Mayfield has rarely engaged in any business numbers, especially in 2017.

Murray, on his side, made two critical turnarounds that resulted in 10 points in Texas. During an interception in the first half in the first half, he did not seem to see a central security field in Texas. In the third quarter, he put the ball on the ground to try to stand up while struggling. Think Clint Stoerner of Arkansas was in 1998 for a similar game.

Both reversals have dramatically changed momentum towards Texas. The second has changed the situation; it came right after the Sooners fired at less than seven points and forced a defensive stop.

Murray is extremely entertaining to watch, and he is a powerful weapon that runs and passes – see his 77-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Brown in the third quarter and the 67-yard electric run for a fourth-quarter score – but on Saturday, his Direct mistakes also cost expensive Oklahoma.