Today is Oct. 9, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, the Longhorns combined with rival Oklahoma to score 103 points in a shootout at the Cotton Bowl. Those 103 points resulted in a 55-48 win for the Sooners during the 2021 season.

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Renovations to Cotton Bowl Stadium broke ground in March and are expected to be completed before the 2025 State Fair.

As is true most days, the 94-year-old Cotton Bowl on this recent morning was mostly empty, silent. The exception was a group of reporters and their tour guides — three stadium architects with a combined century-plus of experience — pausing in the ground-level concourse,