No. 20 Football Preview: No. 12 Washington [Alamo Bowl]

No. 20/21/21 Texas (8-4, 6-3 Big 12) vs. No. 12 /12/12 Washington (10-2, 7-2 Pac-12)

December 29, 2022

Where: San Antonio, Texas

Stadium: Alamodome

Time: 8:00 p.m. CT

TV: ESPN (Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic)

Radio: Longhorn Radio Network/LEARFIELD (Craig Way, Roger Wallace, Will Matthews)

National Radio: ESPN (Jorge Sedano, Dustin Fox, Ian Fitzsimmons)

Spanish Radio: Longhorn Radio Network/LEARFIELD (Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva, Arturo Mata, Jesus Mendoza)

Longhorn Bowl History         

• Texas is making its 58th all-time bowl look this season, the third-most within the nation behind solely Alabama and Georgia.

• The Longhorns have an all-time document of 31-24-2 (.561) in bowl video games.

• This yr marks the Longhorns’ sixth Alamo Bowl look (2006, 2012-13, 2019-20, 2022) and third within the final 4 seasons.

• The Longhorns are 4-1 of their earlier Alamo Bowl outings (Win – 2006, 2012, 2019, 2022; Loss – 2013).

• Texas shall be enjoying a present member of the Pac-12 Conference for the thirteenth time. UT holds an 8-4 document in these cases, together with a 55-23 win over Colorado within the 2020 Valero Alamo Bowl.

• This yr will mark Texas’ sixth look within the Alamo Bowl, and fifth since 2012. The Cotton Bowl (22 appearances) is the one bowl sport that the Longhorns have appeared in additional regularly than the Alamo Bowl and matches the entire variety of appearances within the Bluebonnet Bowl (six appearances).

Series History vs. Washington          

• Texas and Washington will face off for the fifth time in class historical past. It is scheduled to be the primary assembly between the groups since 2001.

• Texas holds a 3-1 document all-time towards Washington, together with a 1-1 document in bowl video games.

• In the final assembly, the Longhorns bested the Huskies on the 2001 Holiday Bowl, 47-43, rallying from a 19-point deficit late within the third quarter.

• Texas received a home-and-home sequence towards Washington within the early 70’s profitable in Austin by a rating of 35-21 in 1974, then topping the Huskies in Seattle in 1975, 28-10.

• Washington defeated Texas on the 1979 Sun Bowl with the No. 13 Huskies topping the No. 11 Longhorns, 14-7.

The Opening Kickoff  

• The (*20*) of Texas continues its a hundred and thirtieth season of soccer on Thursday, Dec. 29 when the Longhorns meet Washington within the thirtieth Valero Alamo Bowl. The sport will kick off from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN.

• Texas (8-4, 6-3) defeated Baylor, 38-27, within the season-finale in Austin and has received three of the final 4 video games.

• Washington (10-2, 7-2) closed out the season profitable the Apple Cup over Washington State, 51-33 and heads to San Antonio on a six-game win streak.

• Steve Sarkisian shall be serving his 106th profession sport as head coach and twenty fifth with Texas. He has a profession document of 59-46 (.562).

• Texas at the moment boasts 936 all-time wins, the fifth-most in faculty soccer historical past. UT holds an all-time document of 936-389-33 (.701).

A Texas Win Would …

• Be Texas’ 937th victory all-time, the fifth-winningest program in faculty soccer historical past.

• Improve the Longhorns to 32-24-2 all-time in Bowl video games, 5-1 within the Alamo Bowl and 9-4 in Bowl video games versus present PAC-12 groups.

• Give Steve Sarkisian his sixtieth victory as a head coach and 14th at Texas in his 106th profession sport as a head coach.

• Be Sarkisian’s third bowl sport win enhance his document to 3-2.

Sarkisian Era Enters Second Season

• Texas Football Head Coach Steve Sarkisian is in his second season on the helm of the Longhorns and his ninth season as a head coach general.

• Last season, the Texas offense ranked 18th within the nation and second within the Big 12 Conference with 35.5 factors per sport, the third-straight top-18 scoring output for a Sarkisan-led offense.

• The offensive displaying additionally marked the eighth top-30 scoring offense in Sarkisian’s profession.

• Bijan Robinson rushed for 1,401 yards in 2021 and has established a profession finest with 1,580 speeding yards this season marking the Eleventh consecutive yr a Sarkisian offense has had a 1,000-yard rusher.

Oghoufo an Academic All-American

• Senior EDGE Ovie Oghoufo was named to the 2022 Academic All-America Second Team, as chosen by the College Sports Communicators.

• Oghoufo had a 3.58-grade level common and obtained a graduate certificates in strategic communication from the Moody College of Communications this fall.

• A primary-team Academic All-Big 12 choice in 2022 and two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, Oghoufo is the twenty fifth Longhorn to be named to the Academic All-America first or second crew and it marks the thirty fourth honor in program historical past.

• Texas had 5 student-athletes earn Academic All-District accolades this season, with quarterback Hudson Card, offensive lineman Jake Majors, defensive lineman Moro Ojomo and offensive lineman Logan Parr becoming a member of Oghoufo in receiving the consideration.

2022 Academic All-Big 12     

• Thirty Longhorns earned 2022 Academic All-Big 12 honors this season, with a complete of 23 Longhorns garnering first-team distinctions and 7 amassing second-team accolades.

• Texas’ 23 first-team honorees and 30 whole alternatives are the second-most in program historical past.

• The 23 first-team honorees had been Parker Alford, Junior Angilau, Bert Auburn, Michael Balis, Ben Ballard, Hudson Card, Zach Edwards, Nathan Hatter, Gunnar Helm, Roschon Johnson, Gabriel Lozano, Jake Majors, Byron Murphy, Ovie Oghoufo, Moro Ojomo, Logan Parr, Devin Richardson, Bijan Robinson, Ja’Tavion Sanders, Ryan Watts, Chad Wolf, Xavier Worthy and Charles Wright.

• The second-team alternatives had been Luke Brockermeyer, Casey Cain, Christian Jones, Barryn Sorrell, Michael Taaffe, Jordan Whittington and Doak Wilson.

Longhorn Graduates 

• Seven members of The (*20*) of Texas Football crew entered the 2022 season having accomplished their diploma necessities and have earned their levels previous to the season. The checklist consists of: OL Junior Angilau, DB Anthony Cook, OL Christian Jones, WR Tarique Milton, EDGE Ovie Oghoufo, WR Gabe Sulser and LB Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey.

• Additionally, 15 Longhorns earned their bachelors or masters levels or graduate certificates within the fall. They are: WR Parker Alford, QB Ben Ballard, LB Luke Brockermeyer, DL Keondre Coburn, DS Zach Edwards, EDGE Chris Hannon, TE Nathan Hatter, DB D’Shawn Jamison, RB Roschon Johnson, TE Brayden Leibrock, EDGE Ovie Oghoufo, DL Moro Ojomo, LB DeMarvion Overshown, LB Devin Richardson and WR Jordan Whittington.

The Eyes of College Football Are Upon Austin        

• Nearly 10.6 million viewers tuned into FOX for Texas Football’s sport towards the Alabama Crimson Tide at Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 10, the most-watched faculty soccer sport of 2022.

• The broadcast averaged 10,595,000 viewers on FOX, peaking at over 15.1 million viewers, and was the fourth-most watch common season faculty soccer matchup within the community’s historical past.

• It marked the thirtieth sport in DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium historical past to attract greater than 100,000 followers.

• In addition to the record-setting crowds on the Forty Acres, FOX College Football introduced that the sport was essentially the most streamed common season faculty soccer or NFL sport in FOX Sports historical past.

• ESPN’s College GameDay drew its prime Week 2 viewership in over a decade for the pregame present’s dwell protection from Lyndon B. Johnson Library Lawn.

• The present averaged 2,104,000 million viewers, a rise of 26% from 2021’s Week 2 whole.

• The remaining hour of the present, broadcast dwell from inside Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. CT, drew 2.7 million viewers.

• ESPN College GameDay’s viewership of two.1 million was the very best Week 2 whole for the present since 2010 and one of the best for a September episode since 2016.

• ESPN GameDay returned in Week 11 for the Longhorns’ top-20 matchup with No. 4 TCU, drawing 2.2 million viewers, up eight % from the earlier season, with 2.846 million viewers tuning in for the ultimate hour.

Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Shines          

• The Texas-Alabama sport at Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium drew a record-setting crowd to the Forty Acres.

• A complete of 105,213 packed DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, topping the earlier document of 103,507 established in 2018 within the Longhorns’ victory over USC.

• It marked the thirtieth sport in DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium historical past to attract greater than 100,000 followers and there have been 4 extra since then.

• Texas drew over 100,000 followers to a house sport for the primary time since 102,498 packed the home for UT’s 24-10 victory over Iowa State in 2018.

Drawing a Crowd      

• Every week after setting the Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium attendance document, the Longhorns drew one other big crowd with 102,520 Longhorn devoted packing the home, the then-third-largest crowd in DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium historical past, and the thirty first crowd of 100,000-plus.

• It marked the primary time since 2018 that Texas had drawn back-to-back crowds of over 100,000 followers.

• Texas adopted that by drawing 100,740 followers for the matchup with West Virginia and 100,072 for sport towards Iowa State, the primary time DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium held over 100,000 followers 4 occasions in a season since 2012.

• Against TCU, the Horns drew 104,203 followers to DKR-TMS, the second-largest crowd in stadium historical past. It marked the fifth consecutive crowd of 100,000, the longest streak since 2012.

• Texas completed the yr with a complete house attendance of 701,697 followers, the second-largest house determine in program historical past, solely behind the document of 704,580 set in 2010.

• It marked the second whole house attendance of greater than 700,000 followers in Longhorn historical past.

• UT averaged 100,242 followers per sport in 2022, the fifth-largest common in program historical past and the primary time Texas averaged greater than 100,000 followers per house sport since 2012.

• It was the fifth time in program historical past that Texas had a mean attendance of over 100,000 per sport.

Record-Setting Season Ticket Sales  

• Texas Football season ticket gross sales for the 2022 season broke an all-time document, eclipsing 64,000 season tickets to prime the earlier document of 63,279 set in 2019. This season, greater than 8,000 new season tickets had been bought for Coach Steve Sarkisian‘s second season on the helm of the Longhorns. 

• The 2022 house schedule, that includes seven house video games for the primary time since 2010, has been highlighted by the marquee non-conference house sport with future Southeastern Conference foe Alabama. The Sept. 10 conflict drew an all-time Darrell Okay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium document of 105,213.

• It was solely the third time the Longhorns and Crimson Tide had met in Austin and the primary time since 1922.

• The house slate additionally opened with three consecutive house video games for the primary time since 1996 and simply the second time since 1981.

Halftime Momentum

• Texas has had a scoring try in 9 of its remaining 12 drives of the half this yr, scoring touchdowns earlier than heading into the locker room in six of the final 9 video games: Missed FG; Missed FG; FG; TD; TD; TD; TD; punt; TD; punt; TD, half). The Longhorns’ opponents have scored simply three (WVU, TCU, Baylor) on their remaining drive of the half with the opposite 9 video games being 5 punts, three interceptions and a missed FG.

• The Longhorns have held their opponents scoreless on every of their preliminary drives of the second half with the Horns scoring 5 occasions (4 TDs and one FG) in 12 video games.

Complimentary Football       

• Texas is one in every of solely 10 groups within the FBS (eight amongst Power 5 groups) averaging greater than 35 factors (35.7) and permitting lower than 22 (21.2) on the season. The others are: Georgia (39.2 / 12.8), Michigan (40.1 / 13.4), Alabama (40.8 / 18.0), Penn State (35.8 / 18.0), Ohio State (44.5 / 19.2), Florida State (36.2 / 19.7), Utah (40.0 / 20.4), Tulane (35.2 / 20.5) and James Madison (37.0 / 20.9).

• Ranking fifteenth amongst Power 5 applications in scoring offense (35.7 ppg/twentieth FBS) and nineteenth in scoring protection (21.2 ppg/thirtieth FBS), Texas is one in every of 9 groups that ranks among the many Power 5’s top-20 in each scoring offense and scoring protection (the others are: Alabama, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Utah).

• Texas has one of the best rush offense to hurry protection ratio in Big 12 with Okay-State rating second: Texas +76.6 (199.6 rush off/123 rush def); Okay-State +60.7 (209.6 rush off/148.9 rush def).

Talking Takeaways    

• After forcing simply two turnovers within the first 5 video games of the season, the Longhorns have pressured a turnover in every of the final seven video games.

• Over the final seven video games, Texas has totaled 11 takeaways which have resulted in 49 factors, together with touchdowns heading into halftime following three Jaylan Ford interceptions.

Finding the End Zone

• In the Longhorns’ season opener towards ULM, Keilan Robinson returned a blocked punt for a landing, D’Shawn Jamison returned an interception for a rating and the Texas offense scored three speeding and two passing touchdowns.

• It marked the primary time for the reason that season opener towards Maryland in 2017 that Texas scored a landing on offense, protection and particular groups.

• In the 2017 sport, Holton Hill had a 31-yard interception return and returned a blocked discipline purpose for a landing, and Reggie Hemphill-Mapps scored on a 91-yard punt return. Shane Buechele added a pair of landing passes to Armanti Foreman and Collin Johnson and ran in for one more rating.

• Also marked the primary time since Selvin Young’s 97-yard kickoff return for a landing towards New Mexico State in 2003 that the Longhorns’ first factors of the season occurred on particular groups.

• Texas tacked on a 3rd non-offensive landing of the season when Jahdae Barron returned an interception 44 yards for a pick-six towards UTSA.

• Barron added a scoop-and-score fumble restoration towards TCU, taking a ball 48 yards for a landing on the primary fumble restoration of his profession.

• The 4 mixed defensive and particular groups touchdowns are essentially the most for Texas since 2017.

The Running Back Room       

• The Longhorns are the one Power 5 college to have a participant with 3,000-plus profession speeding yards and one with 2,000-plus profession speeding yards (Bijan Robinson – 3,410; Roschon Johnson – 2,190).

• Texas had a historic speeding effort towards Kansas, producing a 200-yard rusher (Bijan Robinson, 243 yards) and a 100-yard rusher (Jonathon Brooks, 108) for simply the third time in program historical past and the primary time since three Longhorns did it at Baylor in Nov. 1968 (Chris Gilbert, 213; Steve Worster; 137, QB James Street, 121).

• The Longhorns rushed for 427 yards towards Kansas, the third-most ever for UT in a Big 12 sport and the most-ever in a Big 12 highway contest. The whole matched the sport excessive below Coach Sarkisian (427 vs. Rice, 2021) and was the fourth-most by Texas since 2000 (513 vs. North Texas, 2004).

Breaking Big Plays     

• This season, Texas is averaging nearly six huge performs (performs of 20 or extra yards) per sport with no fewer than three in a sport, whereas Longhorn opponents are averaging just below 4 per sport.

• Texas had a season-high 9 good points of at the very least 20 yards at Oklahoma State.

• UT has 68 performs of 20 or extra yards this season with 14 touchdowns, and Texas opponents have totaled 46 performs of at the very least 20 yards with 9 touchdowns.

• On performs of 30 or extra yards, the Longhorns have totaled 29 performs with 13 taken into the top zone for scores, whereas UT opponents have tallied 15 such performs with seven touchdowns.

Score Big and Score Often    

• Texas scored 55 factors within the victory at Kansas and held the Jayhawks to 14, offering the most important margin of victory on the highway for the Longhorns since 2007 when UT beat Iowa State in Ames, 56-3.

• Texas tallied 31 factors within the first half towards Kansas, the sixth time this season the Longhorns have scored 28 factors in a half.

• UT has scored at the very least 24 factors in a half 9 occasions this season.

• The Longhorns have scored at the very least 34 factors in 9 of 12 video games this season.

• Texas scored at the very least 32 factors in six of 12 video games in 2021 and had 4 video games of 48 factors or extra.

• In final season’s victory over Texas Tech, the Longhorns scored 70 factors in a sport for the primary time since 2005 Big 12 (*12*) Game towards Colorado.

• It marked solely the second time since 1977 and Eleventh time in class historical past that UT had scored 70 factors in a sport.

• The 70 factors tied for the second most scored towards a Big 12 opponent in convention play, whereas the 42 factors scored within the first half had been additionally the second most in a Big 12 contest.

Starting Strong          

• It was a whole crew effort from the Longhorns within the season-opening 52-10 victory over the ULM Warhawks.

• Texas tallied seven touchdowns within the profitable effort and scored in number of fashions with the offense, protection and particular groups all discovering the top zone by way of a blocked punt return, an interception return, two receiving touchdowns and a trio of speeding scores.

•Texas has begun every of the final 5 seasons with a win, besting Tulsa in 2018, Louisiana Tech in 2019, UTEP in 2020, Louisiana in 2021 and ULM in 2022.

Dallas Domination    

• The Longhorns received the 118th version of the Red River Showdown in dominating vogue, topping Oklahoma by a rating of 49-0.

• UT’s shutout was the primary over OU since 1965 and the primary suffered by the Sooners since 1998.

• The 49-point margin was additionally the worst suffered by the Sooners in shutout vogue in program historical past.

• Texas held Oklahoma to 39 passing yards, the fewest surrendered by the Longhorns since 2014 (North Texas – 15).

• The Longhorns 49 factors had been the most-ever scored towards the Sooners and the 49-point win was the most important margin of victory of UT within the rivalry.

• Texas’ 36 first downs had been essentially the most in a single sport within the matchup and essentially the most ever at a sport held inside Cotton Bowl Stadium.

• Redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers handed for 4 touchdowns, tied for third-most within the Texas-Oklahoma sport in sequence historical past.

Defense Bringing the Heat    

• The Texas protection got here up big within the 20-19 defeat by the hands of Alabama in week two, the primary matchup between the storied applications for the reason that 2010 BCS (*12*) Game.

• Texas’ protection restricted the high-powered Crimson Tide offense to 20 factors, simply the seventh time within the final eight seasons that Alabama has been held to 20 factors or fewer.

• In the primary half, Alabama rushed for 94 yards on 12 carries, with 81 of these yards occurring on one play.

• Following the 81-yard run, Texas pressured Alabama to punt on every of the following six drives.

• The Horns did it once more towards TCU, holding a Horned Frogs crew that was averaging over 43 factors a sport to 17 for the sport, and limiting them to a few factors within the first half, the fewest factors TCU had scored in a half all season.

• UT additionally posted season-high 5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss towards TCU.

Doak Walker Award Winner: Bijan Robinson          

• Junior operating again received the 2022 Doak Walker Award, the fourth Longhorn to win the award honoring the nation’s premier operating again.

• Ricky Williams was a two-time winner, bringing house the trophy in 1997 and 1998, whereas Cedric Benson collected it in 2004, and D’Onta Foreman received the consideration in 2016.

• Texas’ 5 Doak Walker Award trophies match essentially the most by an FBS college all time (Wisconsin).

Unanimous All-America        

• Robinson was chosen as a first-team All-American by the 5 retailers acknowledged by the NCAA, incomes unanimous All-America honors for the primary time in his profession.

• He is the twenty third Longhorn in program historical past to be tabbed a unanimous All-America and the fourth Texas operating again to earn the excellence, becoming a member of James Saxton (1961), Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1997, ’98).

• Robinson is one in every of 14 gamers this season to be unanimous selections this season, whereas a complete of 24 gamers earned consensus honors.

• A complete of 148 Longhorns have earned 191 All-America honors within the historical past of this system. Texas is one in every of 10 groups within the nation to have at the very least 60 consensus All-Americans. With Robinson being named first-team All-American, a complete of 97 gamers have earned 119 first crew All-America honors in Texas Football historical past.

Robinson By the Numbers    

• An Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award finalist and  Walter Camp Award semifinalist, Robinson has been one of many prime performers within the FBS this season, main the NCAA in tandem yards with 1,894 (1,580 speeding, 314 receiving) and rating second in whole touchdowns (20).

• He ranks fourth nationally in speeding touchdowns (18), fifth in speeding yards (1,580), all-purpose yards (157.83 ypg) and factors scored (120), and sixth in speeding yards per sport (131.7), whereas main the Big 12 in every class.

• The Tucson, Ariz. native has 9 100-yard speeding video games within the final 10 outings, together with a pair of 200-yard efforts, and has rushed for a landing in 10 of 12 video games this yr with a number of speeding touchdowns on 5 events.

• Robinson has tallied 100 yards from scrimmage 11 occasions and notched 200-plus yards on three events. • He has 18 performs (11 rushes, 7 receptions) of 20-plus yards this season, together with landing runs of 78, 42, 41, 40, 36 and 31 yards.

• Robinson is the one FBS participant to have greater than 1,500 speeding yards (1,580) and 300 receiving yards (314).

• He is one in every of solely three gamers with 1,800 mixed speeding and receiving yards heading into Bowl season.

• Robinson leads the Big 12 Conference in speeding yards, speeding yards per sport (131.7), speeding touchdowns (18), whole touchdowns (20), all goal yards per sport (157.83), whole factors scored (120 )and scoring (10.0 ppg), whereas additionally rating fourth in speeding yards per carry (6.12), sixth in factors chargeable for (120) and factors chargeable for per sport (10.0) and Tenth in whole offense (131.7).

• The junior has seven whole performs (5 speeding, two receiving) of at the very least 40 yards.

• This offseason, Robinson targeted on sustaining his velocity for 90 yards (as an alternative of the 40-yard sprint), and was clocked at 22.3 mph on the GPS.

• Robinson has a historical past of not solely making folks miss and getting the robust yards, but additionally breaking huge performs as each a rusher and receiver. For his profession, Robinson has 45 performs (31 rushes/14 receptions) of 20-plus yards and that features eight of fifty or extra (all runs).

• Over his final 24 video games, his ratio of lengthy performs is much more spectacular. During that point, he has 40 performs (27 rushes/13 receptions) of 20-or-more yards, together with six runs of 50-plus. He’s completed that in simply 522 performs (472 rushes/50 receptions) in that 20-game span, or a play of 20-plus yards on common each 13 performs.

• In 12 video games this season, he has 19 performs (12 rushes/7 receptions) of 20-or-more yards, together with landing runs of 78, 42, 41, 40 and 36 yards.

• In 10 video games final season, he had 12 performs (9 rushes/3 receptions) of 20-or-more yards, together with two of 50-plus, with 5 touchdowns.

Bijan Brings it

• Robinson closed out the regular-season slate on a excessive word, speeding for 179 yards on 29 carries (6.2 ypc) and two touchdowns towards Baylor.

• The speeding touchdowns introduced his season whole to 18, tied for fifth-most in UT historical past and his profession whole to 33, tied for eighth in program historical past.

• Robinson pushed his season speeding whole to a career-best 1,580 yards, the seventh-most in a season for a Longhorn.

• He rushed for over 100 yards for the 18th time in his profession, fourth all-time in UT historical past.

• The scores gave him 5 multi-rushing landing video games on the season and 9 for his profession, whereas additionally marking the thirteenth multi-touchdown sport (speeding or receiving) in his profession.

• Robinson has scored a mixed 41 touchdowns (33 speeding, 8 receiving), tied for third amongst Longhorns all-time and he was the thirteenth Longhorn to attain 30.

• He has a speeding or receiving rating in 21 of his final 24 video games.

• He has scored a speeding landing in 10 of 12 video games this season, together with the primary six video games, and reached the top zone in 11 of his final 13 video games.

• The Tucson, Ariz. native was dominant towards Kansas, establishing profession bests with 243 speeding yards and 4 speeding touchdowns whereas carrying out the feat on simply 25 carries for 9.7 ypc.

• The 200-yard effort was the third of his profession, tying him for third-most in Texas historical past.

• He grew to become the fourth Longhorn to have 200 speeding yards and 4 landing runs in the identical sport.

• Robinson had 15 carries of seven-plus yards and 9 carries of 10-plus yards towards Kansas, essentially the most in a sport by an FBS operating again this season.

• He has 4 profession video games of three speeding touchdowns and 6 video games of three or extra mixed speeding and receiving touchdowns.

• He reached 1,000 speeding yards for the season for the second consecutive time.

• Robinson is the primary UT operating again to achieve greater than a grand on the bottom in back-to-back seasons since Cedric Benson in 2003-04 — Vince Young did it in 2004-05 at quarterback.

• He is the seventh Longhorn with consecutive 1,000-yard speeding campaigns, becoming a member of Chris Gilbert, Roosevelt Leaks, Ricky Williams, Hodges Mitchell, Cedric Benson and Vince Young.

Climbing the Charts  

• Robinson has totaled 3,410 profession speeding yards, fourth all-time in Texas historical past and solely behind Longhorn Legends Ricky Williams (6,279), Cedric Benson (5,540) and Earl Campbell (4,443).

• He is one in every of solely seven Longhorns to surpass 3,000 profession speeding yards.

• Robinson is averaging 6.3 yards per carry for his profession (3,410 yards/539 carries), the second-best mark amongst Texas operating backs in UT’s all-time Top-25 speeding checklist behind D’Onta Foreman’s 6.4 ypc (2,782 yds/433 carries). The general chief and UT document holder is QB Vince Young’s mark of 6.8 ypc (3,127 yds/457 carries).

• The Tucson, Ariz. native has scored a mixed 41 touchdowns throughout his Longhorn profession, tied for third in program historical past.

• His 33 speeding touchdowns rank eighth in program historical past and he was the Tenth Longhorn to achieve the 30 speeding landing mark.

• Robinson’s eight receiving touchdowns are tops amongst Texas operating backs all time.

• He has scored 234 profession factors, tied for Eleventh in program historical past and fifth amongst non-kickers.

• Robinson has totaled 805 receiving yards in his profession, the third-most amongst operating backs in Texas historical past. He has 60 receptions as a Longhorn for a mean of 13.4 yards per catch.

All About Zay

• Sophomore WR Xavier Worthy is likely one of the premier extensive receivers within the Big 12, rating first in receiving touchdowns (9 – fifteenth within the FBS), seventh receiving yards (676) and receptions per sport (4.4), eighth in whole touchdowns (9) and ninth in receiving yards per sport (56.3).

• Worthy has caught a go in all 24 video games he has performed, tied for the eighth-longest streak in program historical past, and has 115 profession receptions.

• Worthy can also be serving because the Longhorns’ major punt returner this season, averaging 10.4 yards per return, the fourth-best return common within the Big 12.

• Hauled in seven receptions for 62 yards within the season-finale towards Baylor.

• Caught a pair of passes for 30 yards at Kansas, extending his streak to 23 consecutive video games with a reception.

• He caught 4 passes for 42 yards and two touchdowns towards Kansas State.

• His scores introduced his profession receiving TD whole to 21, third all-time in UT historical past whereas carrying out the feat in simply 21 video games.

• The two-touchdown sport was his third of the season and the sixth multi-touchdown sport of his profession.

• Had a landing reception in six consecutive video games, tied for the third-longest streak in UT historical past.

• Tallied a landing reception in at the very least 4 consecutive video games for the second time in his profession.

• His second landing reception towards Kansas State was the one hundredth general reception of his profession. The reception occurred in his twenty first sport performed, the quickest any Longhorn has reached 100 profession receptions, besting the earlier document of twenty-two video games by Longhorn nice Roy Williams.

• He caught 4 passes for 78 yards and had one landing within the Longhorns sport at Oklahoma State.

• He had a stand-out efficiency towards Iowa State, catching a season-high eight passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns, together with a 3-yard go-ahead rating to assist clinch the Texas victory.

• Versus Oklahoma within the Red River Showdown, he tallied three receptions for 29 yards, together with a 10-yard landing reception.

• Against West Virginia, he caught seven passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns of 15 and 44 yards.

• He additionally threw a 33-yard landing go to Ja’Tavion Sanders on the primary go try of his profession.

• Worthy was the primary Longhorn to go and obtain a landing in the identical sport since Lil’Jordan Humphrey towards Oklahoma in 2018.

• The 100-yard efficiency was his fifth.

• At Texas Tech, Worthy caught three passes for 50 yards, together with a 39-yard TD reception earlier than leaving the sport with an damage.

• In the Longhorns’ 41-20 victory over UTSA, Worthy hauled in 4 receptions for 41 yards.

• Worthy caught 5 passes for a game-high 97 yards towards Alabama, together with a diving 46-yard reception on the finish of the primary quarter.

•  His standout efficiency towards No. 1 Alabama moved him previous 1,000 profession receiving yards.

• He had a pair of receptions for twenty-four yards towards ULM and in addition returned three punts for 33 yards, together with a profession lengthy 21-yard return, and ran the ball as soon as for seven yards.

Quinn in Command

• Redshirt freshman QB Quinn Ewers has guided the Longhorns to 6 victories in his first 9 profession begins.

• His six victories are tied for third-most by a freshman in program historical past.

• Connected on 18-of-31 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns at Kansas State.

• Marked the fifth time in his first six begins he had thrown a number of landing passes.

• Ewers threw for 319 yards and two touchdowns on 19-of-49 passing at Oklahoma State, the primary 300-yard passing sport of his profession.

• In the win over Iowa State, Ewers handed for 172 yards and three touchdowns, finishing 17-of-26 passes alongside the way in which.

• He had a standout efficiency towards Oklahoma within the Red River Showdown, finishing 21-of-31 passes for 289 yards and 4 touchdowns, establishing then-career bests in every class.

• The 4 landing passes are tied for third-most within the UT-OU sport in sequence historical past and are the most-ever by a Texas freshman.

• Ewers’ 4 passing scores are additionally tied for Tenth-most in a sport in program historical past and tied for third amongst Texas freshmen.

• His 4 landing passes had been essentially the most for a Texas freshman since Shane Buechele had 4 towards UTEP in 2016.

• His efforts earned him Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week honors, the primary weekly convention honor of his profession.

• He began the primary two video games of the season for the Longhorns, finishing 25-of-36 passes (69.4%), for 359 yards and two touchdowns in 4 whole quarters of motion.

• Against No. 1 Alabama, Ewers handed for 134 yards and linked on 9-of-12 passes earlier than being sidelined with an damage on the finish of the primary quarter.

• He made his first profession begin and his Longhorn debut within the season opener towards ULM, guiding the Texas to a season-opening 52-10 victory.

• The switch from Ohio State accomplished 16-of-24 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns. After throwing an interception on his second profession passing try, he bounced again to attach on eight-straight passes and 9 of 10, guiding Texas to 4 touchdowns, a discipline purpose and a discipline purpose try on his subsequent six drives. The stretch included a 19-yard landing go to Ja’Tavion Sanders and a 43-yard completion to Casey Cain.

• Ewers’ 225 passing yards had been the third-most since 1950 for a freshman beginning within the season opener, trailing Shea Morenz’s 347 (1993) and Shane Buechele’s 280 (2016).

Sanders is a Sensation

• Sophomore TE Ja’Tavion Sanders has been large throughout the 2022 marketing campaign, incomes All-Big 12 Honors from the league’s coaches and the AP.

• A John Mackey Award semifinalist, he caught two passes for 65 yards towards Baylor, upping his season whole to 49 receptions, second-most in a season by a UT tight finish.

• He has 577 receiving yards this season, the third-highest whole in a season for a UT tight finish.

• Caught a career-high seven passes for 61 yards towards TCU.

• In Texas’ victory at Kansas State, he hauled in 5 receptions for 54 yards

• At Oklahoma State, Sanders caught six passes for 76 yards. It introduced his season whole to 34 receptions and made him simply the fifth Longhorn tight finish with 30 catches in a season.

• Against Iowa State, he had three receptions for 37 yards, together with a third-down, 13-yard reception that helped result in Texas’ first landing of the sport.

• In the Red River Showdown towards Oklahoma, Sanders caught 5 passes for 71 yards and two touchdowns.

• The two scores introduced his season whole to 5 this season, tied for third all-time amongst Texas tight ends.

• Against West Virginia, Sanders caught 5 passes for 78 yards and a career-best two touchdowns.

• His two scores went for 33 and 13 yards and marked the primary time a Texas tight finish has hauled in two touchdowns in a sport since D.J Grant in 2011.

• At Texas Tech, he was the highest goal for QB Hudson Card, making 5 catches for 40 yards.

• He made his first profession begin within the season opener towards ULM and didn’t disappoint, establishing profession highs with six receptions, 85 yards and his first landing.

• The 85 receiving yards had been essentially the most for a Texas tight finish since Jermichael Finley tallied 149 yards on 4 receptions in towards Oklahoma within the 2007 Red River Showdown.

• An incredible blocker as properly, Sanders was focused six occasions and caught all six passes, together with a pair of clutch catches on third and fourth down that arrange a pair of touchdowns.

• He then added three receptions towards No. 1 Alabama.

Ford Foundation

• Junior LB Jaylan Ford has emerged as a vital member of the protection, incomes third-team All-American honors from the Associated Press and first-team All-Big 12 accolades from the league’s coaches and the AP.

• He leads the Big 12 in interceptions by a linebacker (4), and is tied for the lead in pressured fumbles (3) and fumble recoveries (2), and his 109 whole tackles and 9.1 common per sport each rank second.

• He hauled in his fourth interception on the yr within the regular-season finale towards Baylor and added 11 tackles (two solo) and two tackles for loss on his method to Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors.

• Tallied his third interception of the season on Kansas’ remaining drive of the primary half, establishing a Longhorn landing earlier than the groups headed to the locker rooms.

• Collected 9 tackles within the Horns’ robust defensive effort towards TCU.

• Ford was sensational within the victory over Kansas State, recording a game-leading 10 tackles (six solo), whereas additionally forcing a fumble and recovering one other. He additionally intercepted a go within the remaining two minutes of the primary half, returning it 18 yards to the Okay-State 33-yard line to arrange Texas remaining rating earlier than the half.

• His efforts earned him Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week accolades.

• At Oklahoma State, Ford collected six tackles (4 solo) and had two tackles for loss and a sack.

• Ford performed a essential function in ending two Iowa State drives within the Longhorns’ victory over the Cyclones, incomes Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week accolades for his efficiency.

• First, he intercepted a go in the long run zone that shifted momentum within the sport in in the direction of Texas and prevented a possible two-score deficit. Then, with simply over two minutes remaining, he jumped on a Cyclone fumble that sealed the sport for the Longhorns. He additionally added eight tackles (two solo) to steer the crew.

• In the Red River Showdown, Ford made seven tackles (4 solo) and had one TFL towards the Sooners.

• Against West Virginia, he registered 14 tackles (seven solo), his fourth-straight sport with 10-or-more tackles, and a sort out for loss.

• At Texas Tech, he recorded 12 tackles (4 solo) and had a pressured fumble.

• Ford was a pressure towards UTSA, posting profession finest numbers with 15 tackles, 10 solo tackles and his first pressured fumble.

• He had a breakout efficiency towards No. 1 Alabama, posting a team-high 10 tackles (six solo) with two tackles for loss and one sack, serving to maintain the Crimson Tide to 20 factors.

Jahdae on the Spot

• Junior DB Jahdae Barron’s affect within the defensive backfield will be felt all through the crew.

• Tallied 5 tackles (two solo) with two tackles for loss and his first profession sack in serving to Texas to a win within the season finale towards Baylor.

• The Austin native had a profession day towards TCU, recording 11 tackles with a career-high 9 solo and three.5 tackles for loss, whereas additionally amassing his first fumble restoration and returning it 48 yards.

• Barron posted a essential PBU to stop a TD and create a turnover on downs at Kansas State.

• He had a standout sport towards Oklahoma State, recording a career-best 12 tackles (six solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss.

• Against Oklahoma within the Red River Showdown, Barron picked off a go to close down a Sooner drive, and in addition tallied six tackles (three solo) and had half a sort out for loss.

• Versus West Virginia, he posted six tackles (5 solo) and had one sort out for loss.

• He had a profession day at Texas Tech, establishing profession bests with 10 tackles, six solo tackles and two tackles for loss.

• Barron recorded his first profession interception towards UTSA and took it 44 yards for the primary pick-six of his profession. He additionally added six tackles (three solo) within the victory over the Roadrunners.

• His effort towards UTSA earned him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors.

• Had 4 tackles (two solo) towards Alabama.

Auburn with Ice within the Veins

• Sophomore Okay Bert Auburn has come via within the clutch on a number of events throughout the 2022 marketing campaign, connecting on 19-of-24 discipline targets (79.2%), together with 7-of-9 tries from 40 or extra yards.

• He ranks second within the Big 12 Conference with 110 factors scored and third in factors per sport (9.2).

• His 110 factors scored are the Eleventh-most in a season in UT historical past and fifth for a Texas kicker.

• The 19 discipline profitable discipline targets this season are tied for seventh-most on UT’s all-time checklist.

• Auburn has been profitable on 56 consecutive additional level tries, the seventh-longest streak in program historical past.

• Has linked on an try in 11 of 12 video games, together with a number of profitable tries towards Alabama, UTSA, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State and Kansas.

• He was good from 45 yards towards West Virginia to increase a streak to eight-straight profitable makes an attempt.

• At Texas Tech, he was linked on each of his discipline purpose makes an attempt, together with a 48-yard try as time expired to assist ship the sport to additional time.

• Auburn earned Lou Groza Award Star of the Week honors following an impressive sport towards top-ranked Alabama. He was good on  4-of-5 makes an attempt, together with a 49-yard attempt with 1:29 remaining that gave the Longhorns a 19-17 lead.