The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Big 12 Championship/Colorado game notes
12.03.2005 | Football
No. 2 Texas 70, Colorado 3
December 3, 2005
Reliant Stadium - Houston, Texas
Team Notes
- With a 12-0 record, Texas has won 12 games in a season for the first time in school history.
- Texas has won 19 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in school history (30, 1968-70).
- Texas has now won 15 consecutive Big 12 conference games.
- Texas wins its second Big 12 Championship (1996) and its 20th outright conference championship.
- Texas now leads the all-time series with Colorado, 9-7 and is 2-1 at neutral sites.
- With 282 total yards in the first half, the 2005 team has now set a new single-season total yards record with 5,879, passing the 2003 team (5,709). Texas finished the game with 486 yards for 6,101 and its first 6,000 yard total offense season.
- Texas' 70 points and 42 first-half points are both Big 12 Championship records.
- Texas scored 70 points for the first time since Oct. 12, 1996 (71-14 vs. Oklahoma State).
- Texas 67-point margin of victory is the largest for Texas since a 68-0 win over West Virginia in 1977.
- Texas has recorded at least 400 yards of total offense in 10 of 12 games this season.
- Texas has scored 50 or more points seven times this season, the most in the nation.
- Texas has scored 40 or more points in the last 10 games, and in 11 out of the 12 games this season.
- With 42 first-half points, Texas has now scored at least 25 points in a half 12 times this season.
- Texas has not allowed an opponent to score on its opening drive in any game this season.
- Texas' six rushing TDs give them 50 this season, which is the third-best single-season total in UT history. The record is 52 in 1969 and 1970.
- Texas rushed for 70 yards in the first quarter against a Colorado defense that entered the game second in the nation in rush defense (79.6 ypg).
- Texas' two one-play scoring drives gives them 10 on the season, UT now has 31 scoring drives of four or fewer plays for the season.
- Texas has scored 10 of the 16 rushing TDs Colorado has allowed this season.
- Texas is now 70-0 when outrushing an opponent, 46-0 when rushing for more than 200 yards and 63-2 when recording more than 400 total yards in a game under Mack Brown.
Individual Notes
Vince Young
- Young is now 29-2, the 29 wins is a new UT record for QB career victories, passing Bobby Layne (1944-47).
- With a 29-2 record, Young has a .935 winning percentage, moving him to sixth on the NCAA all-time list, passing Jay Barker of Alabama (35-2-1, .934).
- With four TDs responsible for, Young has 78 for his career setting a new UT career record, passing Ricky Williams (76).
- With three passing TDs, Young has 26 this season and has tied the UT single-season record with Chris Simms (2002).
- Young has now passed for at least two TDs in a game in 10 of 12 games this season. It is his fourth game this season with at least three in a game.
- With his 18-yard rush in the first quarter, Young moved into sixth place on UT's career rushing list with 2,888, passing A.J. Jones (2,874, 1978-81).
- Young's three passing TDs give him 44 for his career, he stands at fifth on the UT career pasing TDs list.
- Young's second-quarter rushing TD was the 34th of his career, putting him alone in fifth on UT's career rushing TDs list.
- Young has totaled at least 250 yards of total offense in nine of 12 games this season
Henry Melton
- Melton's two rushing TD give him nine this season, tying him for third on UT's freshman rushing TD list and passing Ricky Williams (1995), Butch Hadnot (1990) and Graylon Wyatt (1974). It also moved him to into a tie for fourth on the UT freshman total TD list, passing the same trio and equaling Roy Williams (2000).
Michael Griffin
- Griffin's third-quarter blocked punt was his fourth this season, tying the UT single-season record with Terrol Dillon (1999).
- Griffin's punt block was his the sixth of his career, which builds on his UT career record of five.
- With six blocked punts, Michael Griffin moved back into first on UT's career blocked kicks after Brian Robison had tied him earlier in the game.
- Griffin's third-quarter fumble recovery was his third this season and the fifth of his career.
Michael Huff
- Huff's first-quarter forced fumble was his fourth this season and the sixth of his career.
- Huff's first-quarter pass breakup gives him 44.
Jamaal Charles
- With three TDs, Charles now has 13 total TD this season season, tying him for the UT record with Cedric Benson (13, 2001).
- Charles' first-quarter TD reception is the second of his career
Brian Robison
- Robison's first-quarter FG block is the fifth blocked place kick of his career, a UT record. He is now tied with Michael Griffin (five blocked punts) for the overall UT record for blocked kicks. It was Robison's first block since 2003 when he blocked four.
David Thomas
- Thomas' second-quarter TD reception was the his sixth this season, tying him for second on UT's single-season receiving TDs by a tight end list with Derek Lewis (1998). It was the 15th of his career, a UT record he held entering the game.
- With two receptions, David Thomas has 39 this season, a new UT single-season record, breaking Pat Fitzgerald's mark of 38 in 1996.
- Thomas has caught at least three passes in five consecutive games and nine of 12 this season. He has caught at least one pass in 11 of 12.
Tarell Brown
- Brown's second-quarter INT is his first this season and the third of his career.
- Brown's third-quarter fumble recovery was the first of his career.
Limas Sweed
- Sweed's 102 receiving yards mark a career high and his first 100-yard game, he reached 102 on five catches by halftime.
- Sweed's second quarter receiving TD his fifth this season and the fifth of his career.
Ramonce Taylor
- Taylor's second-quarter 54-yard kickoff return is a career long. His previous was 43 this season at Missouri.
Quan Cosby
- Cosby's four receptions are a career high. He has also caught a pass in four consecutive games.
Selvin Young
- Young's third-quarter rushing TD is his seventh this season and the 17th of his career.
Rashad Bobino
- Bobino's third-quarter forced fumble was the first of his career.
Brandon Foster
- Foster's third-quarter blocked punt recovery was the first of his career.
Game Captains: Ahmard Hall and the senior class.
Coin Toss: Texas won the toss and chose to defer.
