The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Louisiana-Lafayette Game notes
09.03.2005 | Football
No. 2 Texas 60, Louisiana-Lafayette 3
September 3, 2005
Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium - Austin, Texas
Team Notes
- Texas is 93-17-3 in season-opening games, 72-2-2 when they open the year at home.
- Eighth-year head coach Mack Brown has won nine of his last 10 and 15 of his last 18 season-opening games.
- Coach Brown is 7-1 in openers at UT and was 8-2 at North Carolina.
- Texas is 39-3 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium under coach Brown.
- The Longhorns have won 11 straight and 30 of their last 31 games at home.
- Texas has held opponents to under 24 points 38 out of the last 42 games at home.
- In the past six season openers Texas has outscored their opponents 311 to 27. In the past three years the Longhorns have totaled 60 or more points in their season openers, while holding their opponents to under 10 points and shutouts twice.
- Today's attendance was 82,519, marking the 29th straight home game the Longhorns played in front of a sellout crowd.
- True freshmen Henry Melton, Jamaal Charles and Quan Cosby all got their first career touches. Both Charles and Melton also scored their first career rushing touchdowns in the game.
- Texas' 39 points and 400 yards of total offense are it's highest totals in a half since last-year's opener against North Texas when they scored 44 points and had 409 yards of total offense at halftime.
- UT's 26-point second quarter is it's highest second quarter since it scored 27 points against Oklahoma in 2003.
- Texas has produced over 400 yards of total offense in 33 of its last 52 games.
- This was the 20th over 50 -point game in the Mack Brown era.
- Under Mack Brown, Texas is 60-0 when outrushing their opponent and 39-0 when rushing for more than 200 yards.
- Six true freshmen, Melton, Charles, Crosby, Roy Miller, Aaron Lewis and Tarell Brown, all saw action in tonight's game.
- It was the 23rd 500-yard total offensive output game of the Mack Brown era.
- The 418 total yards of rushing was UT's highest output since 2004, when Texas totaled 513 rushing yards against North Texas.
Individual Notes
Vince Young
- With his rushing touchdown in the third quarter, Vince Young now has 26 rushing TDs for his career, which ties the record for rushing TDs by a quarterback. He shares the record with Marty Akins, who played from 1972-75.
- Young threw for 173 yards with 13 completions on 17 attempts, three touchdowns and one interception. His 3,177 total passing yards is good for seventh place all-time at Texas.
- Young's 49 yards on the ground puts his career total at 2,126 yards, good enough for 12th place all-time at Texas for all rushers.
- With his 10-yard touchdown pass to Nate Jones in the second quarter, Young moved to eighth place in UT's career touchdown passes list with 19.
- Young finished the first half by completing his last 10 passes to UT receivers. He also completed 13 passes to seven different receivers.
- The 10 consecutive passes is third all-time at UT, he owns the all-time consecutive passes completed record of 14 set in 2004.
Jamal Charles
- True freshman Jamaal Charles finished the night with 135 yards on 14 attempts, his total was the highest debut game total in Texas history for a freshman. The previous record was owned by Ramonce Taylor in 2004.
- His total of 135 yards is the 11th best freshman rushing performance in UT history.
- Charles scored his first-career touchdown in the first quarter with a 14-yard run of the left tackle.
Henry Melton
- True freshman Henry Melton scored his first-career touchdown in the third quarter with a 14-yard run.
- The rookie scored his second touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter with a 22-yard run through the middle of the Cajun defense.
- He becomes the first freshman Texas running back to have a multiple rushing touchdown game since Selvin Young accomplished the feat in 2001 against Tulane.
David Thomas
- With his second catch of the game, senior David Thomas moved into fifth place all-time at Texas for a tight end with his 51th career reception.
- With two touchdown receptions in the game, Thomas moved into a tie for first place on UT's career TD receptions list for a tight end with 12. He is tied with Pat Fitzgerald who played from 1994-96.
- The game was his second career multiple TD game. His other came against Rice in 2004.
Selvin Young
- Junior Selvin Young scored his 11th career touchdown with a nine-yard scamper in the first quarter. It was his first rushing touchdown since last year's opener versus North Texas.
Aaron Ross
- Junior cornerback Aaron Ross snagged his second career interception in the second quarter. His last interception came against Missouri in 2004.
- Also, Ross had a career-long punt return of 43 yards in the third quarter, his previous high was 20 yards against Colorado in 2004.
Brian Carter
- Senior Brian Carter set a career high with three receptions against the Ragin' Cajuns for 65 yards, matching his previous career total of three receptions in only the first half.
- He had a career-long reception for 40 yards in the second quarter from Vince Young.
Brian Orakpo
- Redshirt freshman Brian Orakpo stripped Louisiana-Lafayette quarterback Jerry Babb for his first career forced fumble with 10:02 left in the first half.
- His strip was the first forced fumble by a freshman since the 2003 Holiday Bowl against Washington State.
Nate Jones
- Sophomore Nate Jones caught his eighth career reception and first career touchdown with a 10-yard pass from Vince Young in the second quarter.
Ramonce Taylor
- Sophomore wide receiver/running back Ramonce Taylor finished the game tying a career-high with two receptions for 23 yards.
- Taylor scored his second career rushing touchdown with a 30-yard reverse in the second quarter, his previous rushing touchdown was a regular season contest against Oklahoma in 2004.
- He finished with 88 all-purpose yards.
Tarell Brown
- Tarell Brown had a career-long 34-yard kick-return, his previous high was 23 yards against Baylor in 2004.
Robert Killebrew
- Redshirt sophomore Robert Killebrew brought down Ragin' Cajun quarterback Michael Desormeaux the second half for his first career sack.
Attendance: 82,519
Game Captains: Ahmard Hall
Coin Toss: Louisiana-Lafayette won the toss and deferred till the second half. UT received and defended the north goal.
