Texas Football 2020 Postgame Notes
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TEXAS FOOTBALL 2020 POSTGAME NOTES RV/RV TEXAS LONGHORNS 27 (3-2, 2-2 BIG 12) VS. BAYLOR BEARS 16 (1-2, 1-2 BIG 12) DARRELL K ROYAL-TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM (18,202) • AUSTIN, TEXAS • OCT. 24, 2020 TEAM NOTES INDIVIDUAL NOTES SERIES HISTORY VS. BAYLOR SAM EHLINGER, QB • Texas pushed its record to 79-27-4 all-time against Baylor in the program's 110th meeting all-time. • Completed 15-of-23 passes for 270 yards and threw one touchdown. Also carried the ball 15 times for 51 yards • Texas' 79 wins against Baylor are the Longhorns' most against an opponent in school history. UT's 73 wins and two touchdowns. against Rice is its next-best win total vs. an opponent. • Surpassed 12,000 yards of total offense for his career, becoming the 12th player in Big 12 history, and second • Saturday's win pushed the Longhorns' record to 48-10-2 against the Bears when the two programs meet in Longhorn ever (Colt McCoy; 14,284), to achieve that feat. Austin. • Surpassed Patrick Mahomes (Texas Tech, 2014-16) for fifth place on the Big 12 Conference's total touchdowns • UT is 3-1 against Baylor since 2017, Tom Herman's first season as head coach, and have won five of the last six leaderboard. Following Saturday, he has logged 117 total touchdowns in his career. meetings overall. • Marked his 18th-straight game with at least 200 passing yards, the second-longest streak in school history and three games shy of Major Applewhite's school record. Has thrown for at least 200 yards 34 times in his career HEAD COACH TOM HERMAN after Saturday, also the second-best tally on UT record (Colt McCoy; 38). • Marked his 50th career win as a head coach (sixth season) and his 28th win at Texas. • Matched his 2019 total with 17 touchdown passes through five games. Those totals are tied for the best five- • Improved to 3-1 vs. Baylor, and 19-13 vs. the Big 12, during his tenure in Austin. game marks in school history. • Tallied his 17th career game with at least one passing and rushing touchdown, extending his school record. No BOUNCING BACK other player in UT history has done so more than 14 times. • The Longhorns are now 13-4 following losses in four seasons under Tom Herman. That includes a 5-2 mark • Marked his eighth career game with multiple rushing touchdowns. He has scored 32 times on the ground in his since the start of the 2019 season. career - second only to Vince Young (36) in Longhorn history. • Texas has scored 590 points (34.7 ppg) following losses under Herman. • In 2020, the Longhorns have scored 45 (vs. Oklahoma) and 27 (vs. Baylor) points following losses. BIJAN ROBINSON, RB • Made his first career start DEFENDING DKR • Carried the ball 12 times for 55 yards. • Texas improved to 12-4 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium since the start of the 2018 season, and 15-6 overall during Tom Herman's tenure at head coach with Saturday's win. TARIK BLACK, WR • The Longhorns are 10-4 against Big 12 opponents at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium under Herman. • Hauled in a 72-yard reception from QB Sam Ehlinger in the second quarter, the second-longest catch by a • Texas has scored 117 points across three home games this season, and allowed its opponents to score just 52. Longhorn this season (78, Joshua Moore from Sam Ehlinger vs. UTEP). WITH TIME TO PREPARE BRENNAN EAGLES, WR • Tom Herman’s teams across his head coaching career are 11-1 (8-1 at Texas) when given more than one week • Caught a team-high four passes for 36 yards. to prepare for an opponent. That includes a 5-0 mark since the start of the 2019 season. • His four catches were a season-high and his best output since also making four receptions during UT's visit to • In 2020, Texas is 2-0 in such instances, picking up an overtime road win over Texas Tech following its first bye Iowa State last season. week of the season in September and Saturday's win over Baylor. • Including Herman’s two seasons at Houston, his teams have scored 419 points (38.1 ppg) and allowed 263 JOSHUA MOORE, WR (23.9 ppg) when Herman’s teams are coming off at least one extra week of preparation. • Finished with two catches for 45 yards and one touchdown. • Caught a 3-yard touchdown from QB Sam Ehlinger late in the second quarter, his sixth touchdown reception of FIRST TIMERS the season. Jordan Shipley (7 TD, 2008) is the only other Longhorn since 2000 to catch at least six touchdowns • RB Bijan Robinson and WR Kelvontay Dixon, both true freshmen, made their first career start vs. Baylor. in UT's first five games of a season. • They are the seventh and eighth players to make their first career starts at Texas through five games this • Made a 42-yard reception on the same drive he caught his touchdown from Ehlinger. season. • The other six are DB Chris Adimora, WR Tarik Black, RB Roschon Johnson, OL Christian Jones, WR Joshua JARED WILEY, TE Moore, WR Jake Smith and WR Jordan Whittington. • Caught two passes for 70 yards. • Hauled in a career-long 47-yard reception from QB Sam Ehlinger. LEADING AT THE HALF • Texas bumped its record to 26-3 when leading at halftime since 2017 with its win over Baylor. MORO OJOMO, DL • That tally includes a 3-0 mark in 2020. • Recorded his first career sack. • The Longhorns led the Bears, 13-3, after two quarters Saturday. • Finished with three total tackles, including two solo stops. SUCCESS ON THIRD DOWN JUWAN MITCHELL, LB • UT converted 8-of-15 third downs vs. Baylor, the third time this season the Longhorns have converted at least • Registered a career-high 12 tackles (5 solo) with two tackles for loss. 50% of their third downs (vs. UTEP and TCU). • Marked his second-straight outing with a career-high in tackles (10 vs. Oklahoma). • The Longhorns improved to 8-2 since the start of the 2019 season in games where they convert at least 50% of their third down tries (2-1 in 2020). B.J. FOSTER, DB • Notched six total tackles (three solo), one tackle for loss and broke up one pass. NO FLY ZONE • The Texas defense broke up nine passes on Saturday, UT's second-best output of the Herman era. CAMERON DICKER, K • Under Herman, the Longhorns broke up 10 passes vs. Texas Tech in 2017, eight against the Red Raiders earlier • Went 2-for-2 on field goal tries, marking the 13th time (2nd in 2020) he has made multiple field goals in the this season and blocked seven vs. Texas Tech in 2019 and at Iowa State in 2017. same game..