Football runs past Kansas, 35-13

Saturday, November 2

Austin, Texas

2:30 p.m.

University of Texas

6-2 , 5-0

Kansas

2-6 , 0-5

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2nd

3rd

4th

Kansas

Texas

11.02.2013 | Football

Box Score

Malcom Brown ran for a career-high four touchdowns; Horns improve to 5-0 in the Big 12

AUSTIN, Texas -- Malcolm Brown rushed for a career-high four touchdowns, Chris Whaley returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown, and Texas' defense kept the Kansas offense in check during a 35-13 win Saturday afternoon that put the Longhorns atop the Big 12 standings at 5-0.

Brown rushed 20 times for 119 yards while scoring multiple touchdowns for the second straight game – he had two last weekend at TCU – and Johnathan Gray added 68 yards on the ground. Case McCoy went 20 of 29 for 196 yards, and Jaxon Shipley posted 77 yards on six receptions. The victory moved Texas (6-2, 5-0) a half-game ahead of idle Baylor in the conference standings.

The Texas defense limited Kansas (2-6, 0-5) to nine first downs on its first 12 possessions, while forcing the Jayhawks into five three-and-outs. Kansas was held to 140 rushing yards and 306 total yards, and didn't score a touchdown until putting together a nine-play, 75-yard drive late in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach.

Cedric Reed provided constant pressure for the Texas defensive front, recording three tackles for a loss and two sacks. The junior defensive end also forced the fumble that Whaley scored on. Dalton Santos led the defense with eight tackles, while Steve Edmond and Jackson Jeffcoat had six apiece.

Brown scored on runs of 2, 3, 1 and 30 yards, and averaged 5.9 yards per carry in recording his second 100-yard effort in the last three games. Daje Johnson had a career-high seven catches for 46 yards, and finished with 152 all-purpose yards. Four of Shipley's six catches came on third down and resulted in first downs.

Leading 14-6 in the second quarter, the UT defense provided a scoring punch. Whaley scored his second defensive touchdown in the last three games when he scooped up a fumble forced by Reed and returned it 40 yards for the score with 6:25 left in the third quarter. Against Oklahoma, Whaley had a 31-yard interception return for a TD.

After Texas forced Kansas' offense into a three-and-out, the Longhorns put the game away. UT marched 57 yards on nine plays – spurred by a 31-yard pass from McCoy to Marcus Johnson on third down – and Brown capped the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 28-6 with 45 seconds left in the third quarter. Brown scored his fourth touchdown on a 30-yard scamper with 9:07 left in the game.

The drive was emblematic of much of the game for Texas, which was balanced once again with 221 rushing yards and 197 passing yards.

Early in the game, Texas struck first on its longest drive of the season, going 92 yards on eight plays while taking 6:29 off the clock. Shipley had three catches for 47 yards on the drive, including two on third down that extended the drive, and Brown punched it in from two yards out to make it 7-0.

A series after turning it over on downs when attempting to convert on fourth-and-1, the Longhorns went ahead 14-0 with a seven-play, 56-yard drive. Brown setup his second touchdown with a 21-yard run that got Texas to the 3-yard line, and the junior punched it in one play later.

Kansas got on the board with a 21-yard field goal from Ron Doherty as time expired in the first half. The field goal was set up with a 43-yard catch by Rodriguez Coleman. The Jayhawks added another field goal, this time from 27 yards, on their first drive of the second half to make it 14-6.

But KU didn't score again until Montell Cozart had a 20-yard touchdown run with 5:28 to play, making it 35-13.

Texas improved to 12-2 all-time against Kansas, including a perfect 6-0 in Austin. The Longhorns have outscored KU by an average of 47.7 to 13.0 at home.