Houston Chronicle

About the game

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When/where: 11 a.m. today; AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

TV/radio: ABC; 790 AM, 97.5 FM.

Records: No. 14 Texas 9-3, 7-2 Big 12; No. 5 Oklahoma 11-1, 9-1.

Texas update: Sophomore quarterbac­k Sam Ehlinger (shoulder) was a full participan­t in practice throughout the week and will start. With 23 passing and 11 rushing touchdowns on the year, Ehlinger is third on the school’s single-season list of most touchdowns responsibl­e for. … Safety Brandon Jones (neck) and linebacker Gary Johnson (suspended vs. Kansas) will start. Johnson leads Texas 74 total tackles (14 tackles for loss) and Jones has 59 in eight games. … The Longhorns are 6-3 in one-possession games this season, including a 48-45 victory over Oklahoma on Oct. 6. Seven of UT’s past eight games have been decided by a touchdown or less.

Oklahoma update: A win today would mark the Sooners’ fourth straight Big 12 title. The last time they won four consecutiv­e conference championsh­ips was 1984-87. The last Power Five program to win four consecutiv­e outright league titles was Florida (1993-96). … Oklahoma has scored at least 45 points in eight consecutiv­e games (averaging 53.4 during the stretch), the longest such streak in school history. … The Sooners lead the country in total offense (583.8 yards per game) scoring offense (50.3 points per game) and yards per play (8.9). … Quarterbac­k Kyler Murray has six games this year of at least 300 passing yards and at least 65 rushing yards — the highest singleseas­on total since at least 1996. Murray leads the nation in passing yards per attempt (12) and per completion (17), and ranks second in passing touchdowns (37) and efficiency rating (206.8).

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