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Texas Football 2019 Allstate Sugar Bowl Postgame Notes

Texas Football 2019 Allstate Sugar Bowl Postgame Notes

TEXAS FOOTBALL 2019 ALLSTATE POSTGAME NOTES

TEXAS LONGHORNS 28 (10-4, 7-2 BIG 12) VS GEORGIA BULLDOGS 21 (11-3, 7-1 SEC) MERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME (71,449) • NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA • JANUARY 1, 2019

TEAM BOWL NOTES

• Texas made it’s 55th all-time bowl appearance, including their fourth appearance in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. UT is now 28-24-2 all-time in bowl games and 1-2 in the Sugar Bowl. The Longhorns are 13-8-1 all-time in bowl games against SEC opponents. • Tonight’s win marks the 10th victory on the for Texas, the Longhorns’ most since 2009 when they went 13-1 • Texas improved to 4-1 all-time against Georgia with the victory. • Tom Herman improved to 39-14 in his career, including a mark of 12-6 against Top 25 teams, 5-4 against Top 10 foes and 3-0 in bowl games TEAM SEASON NOTES

• Both Tre Watson and Keaontay Ingram eclipsed 700 yards rushing on the season, the first time two Longhorns have done so since Malcolm Brown and Johnathan Gray in 2013. It is just the sixth time in school history (1968, 1970, 1981, 1995, 2013 and 2018) that two Longhorn running backs have each rushed for 700 yards in the same season. • Texas finished with 310 completions as a team on the season, just the third season in school history (also 2008, 2009) with at least 300 pass completions. • The Longhorns finished with (3,615 tonight) passing yards on the season, third-most in school history. • Texas finished the season with just six , tied for second fewest ever in school history.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

QB

• Ehlinger finished the season with XX total on the season (25 passing, 16 rushing as of latest). He is just the sixth Power 5 in the last 20 years to have 25+ pass touchdowns and 15+ rushing touchdowns in a season, joining winners , , , and . • With his three rushing touchdowns, Ehlinger finished the season with 16 rushing touchdowns, breaking ’s (2004) and Don Wigginton’s (1971) record for most rushing touchdowns in a season by a Longhorn quarterback in school history. • Ehlinger’s three rushing touchdowns tied the Sugar Bowl record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. • After throwing for 169 yards tonight, Ehlinger is now fifth in school history with 3,292 passing yards.

WR

• Tied John Harris with 68 catches on the season which is the eighth-most in school history for a single season. • Had a catch in his 27th straight game to tie B.J. Johnson for fifth-most all-time

WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey

• Now has 86 catches for 1,176 yards and nine touchdowns on the season. The 1,176 yards are third-most in school history.

DE Charles Omenihu

• His 2 tackles for loss tonight bring his season total to 18, the most for a Longhorn since Jackson Jeffcoat’s 22 in 2013.

RB Keaontay Ingram

• Entered the Top 10 among UT RBs single season all-time receptions record with his 3 tonight. • Broke the 700-mark tonight with his 25 rushing yards. He’s just the 10th freshman with 700 rushing yards in a single season.

K Cameron Dicker

• With his first quarter field goal, Cameron Dicker set UT’s all-time record for field goals made by a freshman in a season. He finished with (16 + tonight) on the season. • Set the freshman record at UT with his two made FG tonight.

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