Looks like 2025 is going to be a wild year. The Texas Longhorns kicked off the New Year with an epic 39-31 double overtime win over a very resilient Arizona State Sun Devils team.
The Longhorns held a 16 point lead with just 5:24 on the clock in the fourth quarter after a Quinn Ewers five yard touchdown run. But ASU scored quickly when running back tossed a 42-yard touchdown pass. The two-point conversion was good, cutting the Texas lead to eight points.
Ewers would throw and interception in the Arizona State DB Javan Robinson in the end zone. The Sun Devils would then go on a 79-yard TD drive to take tie the game at 24-24.
ASU was aided in its comeback by two missed field goals in the fourth quarter by Texas kicker Bert Auburn. The second one, which would have won the game with just two seconds on the clock, hit the upright sending the game into overtime.
In the first overtime, ASU got the ball first and scored a touchdown, keyed by a 3rd and 15 quarterback scramble by QB Sam Leavitt to get the first down.
Texas’ offense stalled in the first three plays of its possession. But Ewers found over the middle for a 28 yard touchdown pass on 4th and 13. Failure to convert would have meant the end to the Texas season.
Instead, UT secured another OT. The Horns scored on the first play of its second overtime possession, a 25-yard pass from Ewers to Gunner Helm. The Texas converted the 2-point conversion on Ewers pass to Matthew Golden.
That really put the pressure on Arizona State and the Sun Devils finally cracked. Leavitt threw and interception to Andrew Mukuba on third down to seal the UT win.
Texas will now play Rose Bowl winner Ohio State at 6:30 pm CT Friday, Jan. 10 at the Cotton Bowl in Arlington.