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Sunday Stats: Pete Kwiatkowski’s scoring defense is Texas’ best since 2009

Defense made all the difference in erasing last year’s Kansas loss.

The Texas Longhorns secured arguably their most impressive win of the season on Saturday. Steve Sarkisian’s squad took down the Kansas Jayhawks on the road, 55-14.

Texas wholly defeated the Jayhawks on the strength of Bijan Robinson and the Texas running game. Robinson ran for 243 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries. It was the type of performance Texas should have had last season against the Jayhawks. This time, the defense made all the difference.

For all that has been said about defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, and I’ve personally said plenty, the unit has become the defense fans hoped it would become.

The last two games have seen the unit reach another level defensively. Last week, the Longhorns held the playoff favorite TCU Horned Frogs to 17 points despite hardly any offensive production. They followed that performance by keeping Kansas off the scoreboard for nearly three quarters.

Let’s examine a few statistics that capture the improvements the Longhorns have made this season.

Highlights from Texas’ invigorating 55-14 win over Kansas

Jonathon Brooks ran for 108 of his 179 yards for the season against Kansas.

In case you missed it, the Texas Longhorns played four stellar quarters of football on Saturday. Texas fully outclassed the Kansas Jayhawks in their own building.

Many have been critical of the Texas culture under Steve Sarkisian despite little evidence to support their takes. Nevertheless, Sarksian’s team secured one of their more impressive wins of the 2022 season.

The game provided quite the highlight reel as the Longhorns housed long run after long run to the end zone.

Many have noted Bijan Robinson’s explosive performance, but Jonathon Brooks had an impressive game off the bench. Brooks ran for 108 yards on 11 carries. Saturday’s stat line raised Brooks’ season total to 179 rushing yards.

Here are a few of the best highlights from Texas’ impressive win.

Still Bijan: Social media reacts to Texas’ statement win over Kansas

Bijan Robinson put up video game numbers against Kansas.

It’s been a huge week for Texas Longhorns athletics. Usually that’s indicative of football success in November, but the basketball team has received much of the shine this week.

For the fourth time in school history, the Texas basketball team earned a win over a No. 2 team in the AP poll. Not to be outdone, Sarkisian’s squad mopped the field with Kansas to end the week.

Despite the return of once Heisman hopeful quarterback Jalon Daniels, the Jayhawks offense was missing in action on Saturday. A 14-yard touchdown pass from Daniels to Torry Locklin gave Kansas its first points of the game with 1:55 remaining in the third quarter.

Bijan Robinson was the story for Texas. The generational player rushed for 243 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries.

Let’s look at what Twitter users took away from Texas’ burial of Kansas.