It certainly turned OU’s fortunes around.

Five minutes later, Murray dashed through a huge hole and hurdled OU tight end Joe Jon Finely for a 65-yard touchdown and a 21-14 lead.

There was a see-saw effect throughout Saturday’s slugfest.

OU took the first lead on Bradford’s 1-yard toss to Jermaine Gresham late in first quarter. Texas responded with 6-yard touchdown toss from Colt McCoy to Jordan Shipley.

The Longhorns had the lead with just under 7 minutes left in the first half when McCoy hit Jermichael Finley for a 22-yard touchdown.

Finley was a one-man wrecking crew in the first half, logging three catches for 135 yards. But he disappeared after the break, pulling down just one more catch.

“We just switched up our coverages,” Stoops said. “We were in good coverages early. We kind of sucked up on the play-action a little too much and they had us in the hole.”

Texas drew back to even with Vondrell McGee’s 1-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter.

But that’s where the momentum quit swinging back and forth.

The Sooners quest to break the stalemate started at the their own 6. But Bradford hit Juaquin Iglesias, who caught six passes for 99 yards, to convert a third down and Chris Brown bolted up the middle to convert another.

After 11 bruising plays, the Sooners were at the Texas 35 when Bradford dropped and saw Kelly wide open heading toward the end zone.

Kelly, who didn’t catch a pass in the Colorado game, marched into the end zone to give the Sooners a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

“It’s always good when you have him involved in the game,” Bradford said. “He made some catches that were just unreal. Anytime you throw to Malcolm, you like your chances.”

McCoy didn’t have that luxury. He was stellar, throwing for 324 yards and two touchdowns. But Reggie Smith’s interception on the Longhorns’ ensuing drive pretty much doomed them.

Texas never snapped the ball in OU’s territory again.