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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