Spencer Sanders threw for 391 yards and hit Bryson Green with the game-winning touchdown pass with just over three minutes left, and No. 11 Oklahoma State defeated No. 20 Texas 41-34 on Saturday, in front of 55,509 fans at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.

Green’s 41-yard touchdown came when he caught the ball on a slant, broke out of D’Shawn Jamison’s grasp just inside the 35 and made a move on Jerrin Thompson to break into the open field.

“It was a great play call,” Green said after the game. “I just ran my route the best I could. Caught the ball, and I wasn’t even focused on the guy behind me, I was just focused on the guy in front of me and making him miss. Once I popped off, I could look at the big screen and saw nobody was behind me, so I might as well go for the touchdown.”

Green had five catches for a career-high 133 yards for Oklahoma State (6-1, 3-1 Big 12), which bounced back from a double-overtime loss to TCU the previous week.

“It’s a big-time college football environment with two really good teams playing,” said OSU head coach Mike Gundy after the game.   “Had a heck of a game. I was really proud of our guy’s defense adjustments at half time, our staff and our players. How they were able to slow it down a little bit, tackle a little bit better, made adjustments on the counter play, and cover pretty good.”

Oklahoma State’s Jason Taylor II intercepted two of Quinn Ewers’ passes for the Cowboys, and Kendal Daniels picked off Ewers in the final minute to end the Longhorns’ final threat.

Bijan Robinson ran for 140 yards and a touchdown and caught a 41-yard touchdown pass for Texas (5-3, 3-2). Ewers passed for 319 yards and two touchdowns, but he went 8 of 25 for 129 yards and two interceptions in the second half.

Texas led 31-24 at halftime as both teams gained more than 300 yards before the break.

As in the Texas Tech win, the Cowboys improved defensively in the second half and let Sanders, their veteran quarterback, bring it home. Oklahoma State held the Longhorns to three points in the second half.

“I think we ended the game with six freshmen playing on defense there towards the end,” said Gundy. “I know at kick off we had nine guys running down the field that had never played college football basically. So, we had a lot of guys that were banged up, nicked up, and we had to put some other guys into play. It is what it is and I’m proud of them, they did good. The coaches coached well, the players made plays in the end, made good calls in the end, defense made stops in the end, players made plays and they ended up being good.”

Sanders’ 10-yard touchdown pass to Brennan Presley and the extra point tied the game at 34 with 9:54 remaining in the fourth quarter, setting up the final frantic minutes.

Sanders was asked after the game about his toughness and bouncing back after last week’s loss to TCU.

“Coming into this week, I focused on the mistakes that I made last week,” Sanders said. “That’s out of the way. We just have to make sure every play is a new play; every game is a new game.   Can’t think about last week. Fix your mistakes and move forward. Really just forgot about it, it’s not really about being tough out here. It’s about doing everything I can to hold myself accountable and do my job. I’m not being tough; I’m doing my job. I play quarterback, it’s my job to be tough. You get knocked down, you got to get back up.”

Cowboys’ running back Dominic Richardson carried the ball 13 times for 25 yards and three touchdowns in the game.

For the first time in school history, OSU was not flagged for a single penalty in the game.