Tag: University of Texas football

The Texas Longhorns struck quickly in this game marching right down the field with a 54-yard Bijan Robinson run to get the party started. Quarterback Sam Ehlinger found Brennan Eagles for the first touchdown of the game. The West Virginia offense would answer quickly to tie the game 7-7. Both defenses would settle down some to end the first with a tie.

In the second quarter the Longhorns would take a 10-7 lead at the half. The biggest question for Texas was what happened to Bijan Robinson. Despite having 77 yards rushing, the team went away from their top weapon as Ehlinger continued to struggled throughout the half. The defense for Texas keeping the Horns in this game until the offense could figure it out.

Ehlinger would throw the ball much better in the third quarter, even finding Jake Smith for a 33-yard touchdown pass. The defense would hold the WVU offense to just two field goals to head to the final quarter with a 17-13 lead. DeMarvion Overshown did save the defense with a sack on a blitz to force the second field goal in the red zone.

In the final quarter, the issues came with some questionable playcalling for both teams. WVU defense forced a punt early on and when they got the ball back, they turned the ball over on downs inside the Longhorns 20-yard line down four. Ehlinger has been trying to get the deep ball working but it just hasn’t been there for the last several games. Three straight incompletions that weren’t helped by drops forced the Longhorns to give the ball back to the Mountaineers.

WVU offense started moving much better with each drive but have seemed to fall apart as they close in on the red zone. The Mountaineers would convert their first third down of the second half to get in the red zone. Facing another fourth and one, but they would fail once again. The Longhorns get the ball back with under five minutes left in the game.

The Longhorns goal was to run the clock out and win the game. West Virginia had no timeouts and facing a third and five. Ehlinger finds Robinson in the flat for a long catch and run. That iced the game for the Longhorns and win the game 17-13.

Final Stats

Ehlinger	15/31	184 yards	2 TDs
Robinson	14 touches	151 yards	0 TDs
Smith	3 receptions	59 yards	1 TD

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The WVU offense started the second half with the football. Leddie Brown would give them a quick first down on a run on second down. The Longhorns would give up another first down on a run Winston Wright Jr. The Mountaineers offense came out with more continuity early on. Bryce Ford-Wheaton would have a 18-yard catch and run to get into the redzone. Facing a third and two after stuffing Brown, T’Vondre Sweat swats another pass to force a field goal by Casey Legg to tie the game.

The kickoff went out of bounds so the Texas Longhorns offense would start at their 35-yard line. They open with back to back runs to freshman Bijan Robinson and then Sam Ehlinger finds Brennan Eagles for the first down. On the next play Robinson runs it up the middle for a first down. He would fumble but Joshua Moore would recover. Bijan would leave the field and have his left arm looked at.

After missing a touchdown to Eagles, Ehlinger would find Jake Smith two plays later for a Texas touchdown. The play would be reviewed but it would stand. Longhorns go up 17-10 on WVU.

QB1 finds Jake Smith for a 33-yard TD pic.twitter.com/z68gYPXpgR

— Longhorns Wire (@LonghornsWire) November 7, 2020

The WVU offense would get a first down after a pass to Sean Ryan. After a missed deep throw from Jarret Doege to Bryce Ford-Wheaton, Brown ran the ball for nine-yards to force a third and short. Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown stopped Brown on the third down run when he bounced it outside. That forced a Mountaineers punt back to the Longhorns.

The Longhorns would go three and out to punt it back to WVU. They stopped Roschon on first and second down. The pass to Jared Wiley falls incomplete. Alec Sinkfield returned the ball into Texas territory for WVU.

A run by Sinkfield and a screen to Sam James moved the WVU offense inside the Longhorns 35-yard line. Doege would find James and Ali Jennings on consecutive plays to get into a goal to go situation. On second down, Winston Wright double clutched the catch for the potential tying touchdown pass from Doege. It was ruled incomplete after review. Facing third and goal, Overshown flies through the line to sack Doege. Casey Legg would nail a 34-yard kick to cut into the lead.

Stats

Ehlinger: 12/23 138 yards 2 TDs

Robinson: 9 carries, 102 yards

Smith: 3 receptions, 59 yards, 1 TD

The second quarter opens as Cameron Dicker nailing a 34-yard field goal to take the lead 10-7. The defense forced a three and out that quickly gave the ball back to Texas. On the ensuing drive Sam Ehlinger would face a third down and eight, he found Jake Smith down the seem. The WVU defender made a fantastic play on the ball to force a Longhorns punt.

The Longhorns defense has been the dominant force early on in this game. After facing a third and 15, the WVU offense would run the ball but only get five yards. The Texas offense would take over near midfield after a punt from the Mountaineers.

After crossing into West Virginia territory, Sam Ehlinger was sacked at midfield on third and three. Texas punts the ball and twice Josh Thompson downed another punt inside the five for the Texas special teams unit. After getting a first down run by Leddie Brown, the defense stuffed his next run and Moro Ojomo sacked Jarret Doege. After what looked to be a D’Shawn Jamison interception, Isaiah Esdale snatched the ball away for a first down.

After it appeared that the Longhorns had stopped the offense on third down, Ta’Quon Graham was called for roughing the passer to extend the drive. WVU would face yet another third down where Anthony Cook tackled Brown in the open field to force a fourth down decision. T’Vondre Sweat swatted a Doege pass that he catch and threw it again. That would be a penalty and loss of down to give the Horns the ball.

After two Roschon Johnson runs, they faced a third down and four. Ehlinger ran it up the middle on a designed run to get the first down conversion. Christian Jones would be called a hold to push Texas back out of field goal range for the moment. The WVU defense would prevent Ehlinger from running the ball and then an incompletion to Roschon would set up Texas with third and 21. Ehlinger found Smith for 14 yards to set up another Dicker attempt.

Dicker misses the 48-yard attempt to keep the lead at three for the Longhorns.

Stats

Ehlinger: 9-18, 87 yards TD

Robinson: 5 carries, 77 yards

Smith: 2 receptions, 26 yards

Eagles: 2 receptions, 18 yards TD

After pulling off the upset of Oklahoma State, the Texas Longhorns are back on the football field to take on West Virginia. The game started with Texas getting the kickoff and would start at the 25. ON the first carry of the game, Bijan Robinson busted a long run to get to the WVU 21-yard line.

Quarterback Sam Ehlinger had Jake Smith open in the end zone but threw it too far outside of him. He would find Brennan Eagles on the next play for a first down. After two failed runs by Roschon Johnson and Ehlinger, Sam found Eagles for the opening touchdown of the game.

Ehlinger finds Eagles pic.twitter.com/MjIdbSiw7E

— Longhorns Wire (@LonghornsWire) November 7, 2020

On the first possession for WVU, the Longhorns had their first opportunity to create a turnover. Freshman defensive tackle Alfred Collins dropped an easy one. On the next play Jarret Doege threw it down field to get the Mountaineers into the red zone. Leddie Brown ran it up the middle for the tying touchdown with 8:58 left in the first quarter, 7-7.

On the first play, Robinson showed off his agility and power. After a first down run, the Longhorns would face a third and four. Ehlinger tried to find Smith, but it falls incomplete. The Longhorns would have to punt it away and pinned WVU deep in their own territory.

That's a run @Bijan5Robinson 🤯 pic.twitter.com/3BXm5gr6qm

— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) November 7, 2020

After a short run by the offense and an incomplete pass, they faced a third and seven from the six yard line. Safety Caden Sterns stopped the WVU runner at the nine to force a punt. The Longhorns would take over at the Mountaineers 48-yard line.

The Longhorns offense would not gain a first down on the first three attempts. On fourth down the Longhorns went for it and Bijan would look short after being met by Tony Fields. After measuring it was confirmed to be just inches short to give the ball back to WVU.

Facing a second and ten, Longhorns linebacker Juwan Mitchell met Alec Sinkfield in the backfield to force a third and 10. Doege was able to find a wide receiver and able to gain a first down after maneuvering through traffic. DeMarvion Overshown played well in coverage to knock down a would be reception. Facing a third and nine, the WVU offense would run the ball and Joseph Ossai would blow up the play in the backfield.

In the closing minutes of the first quarter, Texas would get the ball deep in Horns territory. Ehlinger would find Smith on the sideline for a first down to get out of the showdowns of their own endzone. Ehlinger would run the ball on second and two to get the first down. Following the play, Ehlinger took a deep shot to Eagles that would fall incomplete but WVU gets called for pass interference.

Texas would get into the Mountaineers territory after Ehlinger finds Tarik Black to keep the drive going. After a run by Ehlinger he would miss his next throw to Jake Smith in the end zone. WVU defense would stop Ehlinger as the quarter closes with a 7-7 tie.

Stats

Ehlinger: 6/11, 60 yards TD

Robinson: 4 carries, 75 yards

Eagles: 2 receptions, 18 yards TD