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Texas Tech football classics: Red Raiders stun Sooners in Norman

By Matthew Conner

NORMAN, OK - OCTOBER 22: Texas Tech players celebrate after the game against the Oklahoma Sooners October 22, 2011 at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. Texas Tech upset Oklahoma 41-38. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - OCTOBER 22: Texas Tech players celebrate after the game against the Oklahoma Sooners October 22, 2011 at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. Texas Tech upset Oklahoma 41-38. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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Defensive back Demontre Hurst #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners questions a reception by Texas Tech wide receiver Tramain Swindall #11  (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
Defensive back Demontre Hurst #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners questions a reception by Texas Tech wide receiver Tramain Swindall #11  (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /

WR Tramain Swindall seals the game with a spectacular TD grab

Over the course of the second half, the Sooners slowly began to claw back into the game.  Jones and the OU offense found a bit of a rhythm and with 8:07 to play in the fourth quarter, Tech held a 34-24 lead that felt anything but safe.

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The crowd was back into the game and imploring its team to make a stop as Tech lined up for a 2nd-and-11 play at the OU 14.  That’s when Doege hit WR Tramin Swindall for a beautiful TD that sent hoards of fans to the exits.

On the play, Doege lofted a perfect pass to Swindall, who was decently covered in the back corner of the endzone.  Thankfully, the 6-foot-2 senior was able to make the grab and get his foot down with only centimeters to spare before the back of the endzone.  In fact, the broadcast crew joked that had his shoe been one size larger, he would have been out of bounds.

It had to be the most satisfying of moments for the Oklahoma City native to silence the fans in his hometown and spoil the OU homecoming festivities while making the most of his own personal return to his former stomping grounds.

It was the only catch of the game for Swindall, who had just 16 catches for 172 yards and two scores that year.  He would end his Red Raider career with 150 grabs for 1,698 yards and 10 TDs but none were more crucial than his game-clinching reception to knock off the Sooners.

You could argue that this was the best moment of the Tuberville era…not that there were that many to pick from.  If the 2012 upset of No. 4 West Virginia in Lubbock isn’t at the top of that list, this game has to be.

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It also serves as the last time Tech beat OU and the last time the Red Raiders beat a top-10 team on the road.  In the end, the Tuberville era and everything since has been a massive disappointment but for one night in 2011, there was some hope around West Texas that the program was pointed in the right direction after upsetting the No. 3 team in the nation on the road.

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