Tag: Texas vs Baylor recap

Dynamic duo of backs carries Texas past Baylor, 38-27

Bijan and Roschon buried the Bears.

The Texas Longhorns defeated the Baylor Bears in heartwarming fashion on senior day. Its two biggest leaders had the biggest impact on the game.

Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson helped the Horns separate after seizing the lead.

To a chorus of fans chanting Bijan Robinson’s name, Texas utterly annihilated the Baylor defense in the second half.

Robinson finished with as many total yards as Blake Shapen (179), capping a memorable junior campaign.

Jaylan Ford was the story for the defense with the interception that would ultimately close the game.

All in all it was an impressive performance all around for Texas.

Quinn Ewers completed 12 of 16 passes for 194 yards. He was 7 for 8 for 83 yards in the second half.

Xavier Worthy caught seven passes for 62 yards, while JaTavion Sanders had 65 yards on two receptions.

Steve Sarkisian made huge adjustments taking a pair of one yard stop routes to Worthy when defenders gave too much space to receivers.

Texas won the second half 21-8 due in large part to adjustments by Pete Kwiatkowski and dominant running game.

Texas improves to 8-4 and will wait to see what happens with Kansas and Kansas State on Saturday night.

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HALFTIME: Baylor leads Texas in a shootout, 19-17

Both Texas and Baylor are scoring early.

The Texas Longhorns have found life in the passing game against the Baylor Bears.

Simultaneously, Baylor is picking apart Pete Kwiatkowski’s defense through the air.

For the first time in weeks, Texas is getting production from the quarterback position. The offense is taking off.

The Longhorns offense got off to a rocky start. An intentional grounding penalty on Quinn Ewers in the end zone helped Baylor to a 9-0 lead.

A visible sideline rebuke from Steve Sarkisian knocked Ewers out of his funk. Texas followed the scolding with 14 unanswered points on chunk plays in the passing game.

An injury to left guard Cole Hutson effectively ended offensive momentum.

Ewers finished the half 5-for-8 with 111 yards passing. Two incompletions were catchable passes while one was an intentional throwaway.

Since the offensive resurgence, the Texas defense has been a turnstile against the Baylor aerial attack.

Blake Shapen went 12-for-20 for 153 yards. His long went for 47 yards for a score.

The Longhorns will have plenty to figure out on both sides of the football to have a chance to win the game.

Baylor leads 19-17 at the half.

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