DALLAS | From the coach who knows something about momentous college football moments came this declaration in the aftermath of Texas&#8217; 45-35 triumph over top-ranked Oklahoma.</p><p>&#8220;This was one of the greatest football games I&#8217;ve ever seen,&#8221; the Longhorns&#8217; Mack Brown said.</p><p>Old adversaries staged a classic on a warm Saturday afternoon in front of nearly 100,000 at the Cotton Bowl with the outcome springing a mild surprise, if a team ranked fifth can be credited with such an achievement.</p><p>It can because of the game&#8217;s trend &#8212; Oklahoma had won six of the previous nine confrontations between Bob Stoops and Brown.</p><p>But this is a different Texas team. It is neither unsure of its ability nor does it revolve around star power like Vince Young.</p><p>&#8220;There are not individuals on the team,&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;There are not guys who are about themselves. Everybody questioned this team, including me. I didn&#8217;t know how good we are.&#8221;</p><p>Now he knows. These are the best Longhorns since Young quarterback-kept his way into the end zone in the Rose Bowl triumph over Southern California to give Texas the national championship three years ago. With Saturday&#8217;s triumph, the Longhorns can begin to think in those terms again.</p><p>They won&#8217;t get a chance to knock off another top-five team after the next opponent, No. 3 Missouri, fell to Oklahoma State on Saturday night. But that doesn&#8217;t change Texas&#8217; more ambitious agenda.</p><p>&#8220;This puts us in a different place,&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;Now, we&#8217;re looking at a bigger goal.&#8221;</p><p>They are because Texas responded to everything Oklahoma threw its way.</p><p>The Sooners jumped to a 14-3 lead on the second of quarterback Sam Bradford&#8217;s five touchdown passes. The game teetered on the brink of a runaway until Oklahoma kicked off.</p><p>Speedster Jordan Shipley gathered it in on the 4 and blistered the Sooners&#8217; coverage team. Stoops did the same thing when it returned to the sideline.</p><p>&#8220;We needed a big play,&#8221; Shipley said. &#8220;It was a lot of fun.&#8221;</p><p>A blast for Texas, which had turned the game by exposing a flaw. The Sooners entered the game ranked 10th in the Big 12 in kick coverage.</p><p>&#8220;It got us,&#8221; Stoops said. &#8220;We had all the momentum.&#8221;</p><p>The game shifted gradually. A Texas interception by Earl Thomas late in the half led to a Longhorns field goal that sliced the deficit to 21-20 at the break.</p><p>The Sooners led 28-27 when a special-teams moment again went in Texas&#8217; favor. On fourth and 6 from the Oklahoma 48, punter Mike Knall got the snap and took off to the right. He was dragged down from behind by Curtis Brown less than a yard away from the first down, touching off a euphoric scene on the Texas sideline.</p><p>Oklahoma worked on the trick play all week, seeing something in Texas&#8217; coverage that inspired the call.</p><p>&#8220;It was a good play, I thought I had it,&#8221; Knall said. &#8220;I came up just short.&#8221;</p><p>The drive ended in a Lawrence Hunter field goal for a 30-28 Texas lead, its first of the game.</p><p>Back came the Sooners, marching 57 yards for yet another Bradford touchdown pass drive early in the fourth quarter.</p><p>But Texas answered again. Quarterback Colt McCoy&#8217;s final numbers weren&#8217;t as prolific as Bradford, who finished with 387 yards, but McCoy was every bit as effective, never more so than this possession.</p><p>McCoy passed for 49 yards, with the big one going for 37 to Shipley who found a seam in the middle of the field. Cody Johnson&#8217;s 1-yard run put Texas ahead for good.