Texas football: Red River Showdown draws big ratings

The country was watching when Texas and Oklahoma tangled

The most-anticipated Red River Showdown in more than 10 years was a big ratings win for Fox. 

The Longhorns' 34-27 defeat at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners was the most-watched college football game of the day. The Longhorns and Sooners drew more eyes to their contest than LSU and Georgia managed in a much-hyped prime-time showdown. 

The game was also the highest-rated Fox college football broadcast of the year so far. 

Everything’s bigger in Texas … even the ratings 🤠

The Red River Showdown was yesterday’s highest-rated college football game on any network and FOX’s best metered market rating for a college football game this season. pic.twitter.com/bZuK9p4JjR

— FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) October 13, 2019

Texas will be back in action Saturday when it hosts Kansas at 6 p.m.