Red River Rivalry: The 1900s

Texas: 8 wins, Oklahoma: 2 wins, 1 tie

Compiled by DallasNews.com

The first "classic" wasn't. Texas handed Oklahoma, then known as the Rough Riders, a 28-2 loss at Varsity athletic field in Austin in 1900. Texas fullback John DeLesdenier became the answer to a really difficult trivia question. He scored the first touchdown in the series. The highlight for Oklahoma was a 50-0 victory in 1908 before 1,000 people on a cold day in Norman.

Univ. of Oklahoma

The 1900 Oklahoma team, then known as the Rough Riders.

Oct. 10, 1900: Texas 28, Oklahoma 2 (at Varsity Athletic Field, Austin)

Hero: Texas fullback John DeLesdenier scored the first touchdown in series history, his first of two on the day.

Notable: Oklahoma, then known as the Rough Riders, managed an early safety, but Texas scored four unanswered touchdowns to win going away.

Oct. 19, 1901: Texas 12, Oklahoma 6 (at Varsity Athletic Field, Austin)

Hero: The Longhorns pulled the game out when W.E. McMahon circled left end and scored on the final play from scrimmage as time expired.

Notable: The first of two meetings in 1901 between Texas and Oklahoma was the second game of a football doubleheader on the Texas campus. After St. Edward's College and the "Varsity scrubs" battled to a 6-6, tie, Texas topped OU.

Nov. 25, 1901: Texas 11, Oklahoma 0 (at Norman, Okla.)

Hero: Rembert Watson took a Fred Roberts punt back for a score to seal the win early in the second half as Texas completed the season sweep.

Notable: “There was very little rooting" because "the game was too hard and too interesting for that," The Dallas Morning News reported. The game consisted of two 35-minute halves.

Oct. 2, 1902: Texas 22, Oklahoma 6 (at Austin)

Hero: Texas fullback John A. Jackson "was the star of the game. His vicious line-plunging is the absorbing topic among various city football men," The Dallas Morning News reported.

Notable: On a field muddied by the previous night's rain, Texas won its fourth straight without a loss over Oklahoma. Texas took the opening kickoff, and 4:22 later, D.M. Prendergrast gave Texas a 6-0 lead. Texas extended its lead to 11-0 just two minutes later when Rembert Watson ran 30 yards for a score just 6 1/2 minutes into the first half.

Oct. 17, 1903: Texas 6, Oklahoma 6 (at Varsity Athletic Field, Austin)

Hero: After a scoreless first half, Texas scored first, 6:30 into the second half. Rembert Watson "bucked" across one play after a "spectacular" run, and he added the extra point.

Notable: The game was played on the new varsity athletic field that included a new grandstand. Newspaper accounts referred to Oklahoma as the "Huskies."

Nov. 12, 1904: Texas 40, Oklahoma 10 (at Austin)

Hero: W.J. Cross scored OU's second TD on a punt return.

Notable: Texas ran off 23 unanswered second-half points to pull away and keep OU winless in the series.

Nov. 3, 1905: Oklahoma 2, Texas 0 (at Oklahoma City)

Hero: Robert Severin broke through the Texas "interference" on the 10-yard line for a touchback to provide the only score.

Notable: The Texas team did not finish the final minute of play, seeing that victory was out of the question, according to accounts. After the game, many of the 2,500 spectators carried Severin across the field as "pandemonium broke loose."

Nov. 2, 1906: Texas 10, Oklahoma 9

Hero: Texas scored the winning points when it scored a touchdown on an onside kick. James McMahon put it over the goal, where Henry Fink fell on it.

Notable: OU moved to the Texas 10 in the waning moments but could not score.

Nov. 15, 1907: Texas 29, Oklahoma 10 (at Austin)

Hero: Robert Ramsdell opened the Texas scoring with a 50-yard fumble return for a touchdown 15 minutes into the game.

Notable: OU finally scored, recovering a Texas fumble in the end zone to make it 23-6.

Nov. 12, 1908: Oklahoma 50, Texas 0 (at Norman, Okla.)

Hero: Oklahoma opened the scoring on C.W. Wantland's 40-yard punt return eight minutes into the game. The second half was shortened to 28 minutes "by agreement."

Notable: According to accounts, Oklahoma "practically cinched the Southwestern championship" as it scored one fewer point in this game than it had in the previous nine games in the series. OU coach Bennie Owen "wore his usual smile and was extremely well pleased with the result."

Nov. 19, 1909: Texas 30, Oklahoma 0 (at Clark Field, Austin)

Hero: Bart Moore scored eight plays after Texas recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff.

Notable: Texas played the game without L.H. Feldhake, its star tackle, and John Barclay, the center who had not missed a game in two years. "Only once did it seem that (Oklahoma) had a chance to score," according to game reports.

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