FOOTBALL 2020 POSTGAME NOTES

TEXAS LONGHORNS 69 (6-3, 5-3 BIG 12) VS. KANSAS STATE WILDCATS 31 (4-6; 4-5 BIG 12) BILL SNYDER FAMILY FOOTBALL STADIUM (9,851) • MANHATTAN, KAN. • DEC. 5, 2020

TEAM NOTES INDIVIDUAL NOTES

SERIES HISTORY VS. KANSAS STATE , QB • Texas improved to 11-10 vs. Kansas State all-time with a win on Saturday in Manhattan. • Completed 20-of-27 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns. • It marked the Longhorns' fourth-straight win over the Wildcats, extending the program's longest winning streak • Was his 36th career game with 200-plus passing yards, bringing him within two of tying Colt McCoy's school over their conference foe. record. • Saturday was UT's second-straight win in Manhattan, marking the only time in school history that Texas has • Marked the 13th time in his career he has completed at least 70 percent of his passes (min. 10 attempts). The won consecutive road games vs. Kansas State. Longhorns are 13-0 when he does so. • The 100 combined points scored between the two teams made Saturday's game the highest-scoring contest in • With two total touchowns Saturday, he is now responsible for 126 touchdowns (93 pass/33 rush) in his career, series history (Prev: 87 points in 2006). bringing him level with for fourth on the 's all-time leaderboard. His tally also ranks second in school history, trailing only Colt McCoy's mark of 132 touchdowns. BOUNCING BACK • Made his 42nd career start, breaking a tie with Peter Gardere (1988-92) for the second-most starts by a • Texas improved to 14-4 in games following losses under Tom Herman on Saturday. The Longhorns are 2-1 in in Texas history. those instances so far this season. • After losses, Texas has scored 659 points - an average of 36.6 points per game. BIJAN ROBINSON, RB • Saturday marked the most points scored by the Longhorns under Herman, and the program's best single-game • Carried the ball nine times for 172 yards and three touchdowns, in addition to catching three passes for 51 output since the 2005 vs. Colorado (70 points). yards. • His 172 rushing yards rank as the seventh-most by a freshman in Texas history. ROAD SUCCESS • It was the best single-game rushing tally by a Longhorn freshman since Chris Warren III set the UT freshman • Saturday's win in Manhattan pushed Texas' record to 10-5 in true road games (in opponents' home stadiums) record with 276 rushing yards vs. Texas Tech in 2015. under Tom Herman. • Overall, it was the best rushing game by a Longhorn since D'Onta Foreman logged 250 yards at Kansas during • The Longhorns are 3-0 in true road games this season, with wins against the Wildcats in Manhattan, Texas Tech his Doak Walker Award campaign in 2016. in Lubbock and then-No. 6 Oklahoma State in Stillwater. • Scored his first career touchdown on a 12-yard run to cap Texas' first offensive possession of the game. • Tallied his third rushing touchdown of the game with a 75-yard score - the sixth-longest run by a freshman in GROUND GAME SUCCESS school history - on UT's opening possession of the third quarter. It was the longest rush by a Longhorn since • Texas rushed for a season-high 334 yards and scored seven touchdowns on the ground Saturday vs. Kansas Chris Warren III went 91 yards vs. Texas Tech in 2015. State. • Logged four explosive plays (20-yard plays), bringing his total to a team-high nine this year. He broke runs of • The Longhorns' seven rushing touchdowns are the most in a single game during Tom Herman's four seasons 75, 30 and 27 yards and caught a 27-yard pass. as head coach. It is the first time Texas has rushed for seven touchdowns since 2012 (7 vs. Baylor). • UT improved to 11-0 when rushing for more than 200 yards under Herman on Saturday. ROSCHON JOHNSON, RB • Texas is now 11-1 since 2017 when they field a 100-yard rusher. • Rushed for a career-high 139 yards on 14 carries and scored three touchdowns. • Bijan Robinson (172) and Roschon Johnson (139) both surpassed 100 yards rushing, marking the first time • Marked the third 100-yard game of his career, and first of the 2020 campaign. since 2016 (at Oklahoma State) that Texas produced two 100-yard rushers in the same game. Overall, it was the • Was his second-career game with three rushing touchdowns. He also hit the mark vs. Texas Tech in 2019. 36th time in school history that two Longhorns have rushed for more than 100 yards in the same game. BRENNAN EAGLES, WR FOUR-STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS • Caught four passes for 41 yards. • The Longhorns secured their fourth-straight winning season on Saturday, marking the first time the program • Marked his 21st-straight game with at least one reception. has done so since 2006-09. • Surpassed 1,000 career receiving yards with his second reception of the day. He has now totaled XXXXX • Texas has won 31 games during Tom Herman's first four years as head coach, the fourth-best tally for a UT (entered with 985) in his career following Saturday's win. coach over his first four seasons at the helm in Austin. JORDAN WHITTINGTON, WR THE TURNOVER BATTLE • Finished with three catches for 35 yards. • Texas won the turnover battle against Kansas State, 3-1, marking the sixth time UT has either won or tied its • Notched his first career touchdown on a 15-yard run in the third quarter. opponent in that category this season. • The Longhorns are 5-1 this season when winning or tying the turnover battle (4-0 when winning). JOSEPH OSSAI, JACK • Texas intercepted two K-State passes and recovered one fumble, turning those takeaways into 14 points. • Notched three tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack. • Entering the weekend, the Horns had forced more turnovers (77) and scored more points off of those turnovers • Pushed his season totals to five sacks and a Big 12-leading 16 tackles for loss. (267) than any other Big 12 team since 2017. Meanwhile, Texas (52 turnovers) and K-State (56 turnovers) ranked • Has recorded a tackle for loss in nine of his last 10 games, dating back to the 2019 Valero Alamo Bowl. as the league's two best teams at protecting the football during that same stretch. CHRIS BROWN, DB EXPLOSIVE PLAYS • Logged a career-high 12 tackles (all solo) and broke up one pass. • Texas recorded nine explosive plays (20-plus yards) offensively on Saturday, with five coming on the ground • Tied his previous career high with nine tackles (all solo) in the first half of Saturday's game. and four through the air. • Has broken up at least one pass in each of his last four games. • Bijan Robinson was responsible for the most of any Longhorn, tallying four (3 rush/1 rec). • His seven pass breakups this season are tied for the team lead. • Sam Ehlinger completed three passes that resulted in gains of more than 30 yards, and the Longhorns produced three rushes of greater than 30 yards in length on the ground. D'SHAWN JAMISON, DB • Totaled three tackles and one pass breakup. FIRST TIMERS • Has broken up at least one pass in four of his last six games. • True freshmen OL Jake Majors and DB Jerrin Thompson both made their first career starts on Saturday, making • Returned three kicks for 150 yards (50.0 avg) to break Fozzy Whittaker's nine-year-old school record (6 for 252, them the third and fourth UT true freshmen to start at least one game this season. 42.0 avg) for the best single-game kickoff return average in school history. • RB Bijan Robinson (five-straight starts) and WR Kelvontay Dixon (Baylor) are the other two true freshmen on • Broke a 98-yard kickoff return in the third quarter, tied for the second-longest return of his career. the Texas roster to start at least one game this season. • Majors is the first Longhorn to start at center as a true freshman since Zach Shackelford in 2016. JERRIN THOMPSON, DB • Thompson is the fourth Longhorn to start at safety as a true freshman during Tom Herman's four seasons as • Tallied three tackles (all solo), one interception and one pass breakup in his first career start. head coach. He joins B.J. Foster (6 starts in 2018), Caden Sterns (13 starts in 2018) and Tyler Owens (1 start in • Logged the first interception of his career in the first quarter, and returned it 21 yards to set up the UT offense 2019) in that group. at the K-State 3-yard line.

DAVID GBENDA, LB • Logged his first career interception.