Tuesday, May 21, 2024

No. 12 UW Beats No. 20 Texas 27-20 To Win Alamo Bowl



Alamo Bowl: Washington vs. Texas


Scott Eklund / Red Box Pictures





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20




Texas
U T

8-5 , 6-3


27

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Washington
U W

11-2 , 7-2


20


27

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Washington
U W

11-2 , 7-2





















Score By Quarters
Team
1st

2nd

third

4th
F

U T
Texas
3 0 7 10 20

U W
Washington
10 3 7 7 27


Game Recap: Football |





SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Michael Penix, Jr. threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns and No. 12 Washington held off No. 20 Texas 27-20 on Thursday night time within the Valero Alamo Bowl.

Penix led back-to-back scoring drives of 75 and 90 yards within the second half to stretch the Huskies’ result in 17. He was 32 of 55, accomplished passes to eight receivers, and linked with Taj Davis and Jalen McMillan for scores.

 

Texas scored 10 late factors, pulling inside seven on a 26-yard discipline aim with 1:40 remaining, then failed on an onside kick attempt. The Longhorns (8-5) regained possession on their very own 16 with 32 seconds however the Huskies (11-2) did not allow them to advance previous the 40 earlier than time expired.

Penix completed the season with 4,641 yards passing to interrupt the 20-year-old Washington season mark of 4,458 set by Cody Pickett. He was named the sport’s Offensive MVP. Bralen Trice was the sport’s Defensive MVP.

Wayne Taulapapa ran for 108 of the staff’s 158 yards on the bottom and added a landing.

 

The Huskies held the Longhorns to simply 51 yards dashing, changing into simply the third staff all season to carry them to lower than 100 yards on the bottom.

Washington completed the 2022 season with an 11-2 report, marking simply the fifth time in class historical past that the Huskies have reached 11 wins. Kalen DeBoer is the primary UW head coach to win a bowl sport in his first season. Never earlier than had UW gained greater than 8 video games underneath a first-year head coach.

The Huskies have been an ideal 4-0 towards ranked opponents.



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