Kennedy Brooks and Cameron Dicker starred in recent Red River moments

From its distinctive venue to its storied history, there are few college football classics that compare to the Red River Rivalry.

The rivalry enters a new chapter this year as the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners meet for the first time with SEC patches on their jerseys. The top-seeded Longhorns enter the race as clear favorites, but the Sooners have won five of the last six games in the series.

Conference affiliations may change, but iconic moments remain a permanent fixture in Dallas. Just last year, Nic Anderson secured his place in Oklahoma history with a game-winning touchdown catch with 15 seconds left.

Here are some of the rivalry’s other most iconic plays since the turn of the century.

2021: Oklahoma 55, Texas 48

Kennedy Brooks storms in for the last-second winner

The 2021 edition of the rivalry was one of them The games this college football season, and for good reason.

In addition to being a remarkably powerful affair with 1,178 total yards of offense, the stars shone in the Cotton Bowl. Texas receiver Xavier Worthy caught nine passes for an incredible 261 yards and two scores. On the other hand, Oklahoma turned to its backup quarterback for a new engine – a highly touted rookie named Caleb Williams.

A late Worthy touchdown looked like the game would go into overtime, but the Sooners’ offense had one last score left. Williams drove Oklahoma to the edge of field goal range before Kennedy Brooks outran the Longhorns’ defense to the end zone and scored a game-winning touchdown with just seconds left.

2018: Texas 48, Oklahoma 45

Cameron Dicker seals the deal late

With 8½ minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of the 2018 edition of the rivalry, Texas appeared to be on cruise control. The Longhorns’ three touchdowns in the third quarter had given them a comfortable lead of 45-24.

The Kyler Murray-led Sooners had other plans. Oklahoma stormed back, with a seven-yard run by Trey Sermon tying the score with just over two minutes left. But Sam Ehlinger made one final drive for Texas in response, ultimately putting the Longhorns’ winning hopes on the foot of true freshman kicker Cameron Dicker.

Dicker, now with the Los Angeles Chargers, answered the call and made a 40-yard field goal with nine seconds left to give Texas the victory.

2008: Texas 45, Oklahoma 35

Jordan Shipley’s special teams are igniting

In a battle between top-five opponents, it was the No. 1-ranked Sooners who took an early 14-3 lead in Dallas.

With Texas needing a spark, Jordan Shipley delivered. After Oklahoma’s second touchdown, he raced 96 yards the other way to the end zone on the kickoff for a game-winning score, the longest such putback in the rivalry’s long history.

The Longhorns’ offense had fumbled twice in three drives before Shipley’s return. They would finish with points on six of their next seven drives, eventually building a 45-35 lead that would help Texas to a big win.

2001: Oklahoma 14, Texas 3

Roy Williams goes into Superman mode to secure a Sooners victory

With just over two minutes left in another top-five edition of the rivalry, the stage was set for another iconic finish.

The Longhorns trailed 7-3 and were 97 yards away from a game-winning touchdown. They wouldn’t come any closer. Texas quarterback Chris Simms took the first snap of the drive and barely made it three steps into his dropback when star Oklahoma safety Roy Williams approached him. Williams slammed into Simms in a Superman-like dive, with his body essentially parallel to the ground at the point of contact.

Simms’ intercepted pass fell directly into the arms of Teddy Lehman, who intercepted it and stormed untouched into the end zone. The Sooners’ 14-3 lead would be considered the final score.