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No. 15/16 Football hits the road Saturday to face BYU
09.02.2013 | Football
Longhorns and Cougars will play at 6 p.m. on ESPN2
Game Notes | Longhorns Gameweek
Texas Hits the Road To Face BYU: Coming off a convincing season-opening home victory over New Mexico State, No. 15/16 Texas now hits the road Saturday (6 p.m. CDT/ESPN2) to face BYU, which is trying to rebound from a tough 19-16 loss at Virginia. The Longhorns rolled up a school-record 715 yards of total offense in the 56-7 win over the Aggies. David Ash posted a career-high 434 yards of total offense (343 passing/91 rushing) leading a balanced offensive attack. Four players rushed for more than 60 yards and four pass-catchers had at least 50 receiving yards. The defense held the Aggies to 2.7 yards per rush and forced three turnovers, two of which led to touchdowns.
First-and-Goal:
• David Ash had 343 passing yards and 91 rushing yards vs New Mexico State, marking only the second time in UT history that a player passed for 300-plus yards and rushed for 90 or more in the same game. Colt McCoy had 304 passing yards and 175 rushing vs. Texas A&M in 2009.
• With a 74-yard touchdown pass and a 55-yard TD run vs New Mexico State, David Ash became the first player in UT history to post a run and pass of 50-plus yards in the same game.
• Ash's 55-yard TD run is tied for 10th longest rush by a QB in UT history.
• With 109 receiving yards vs. New Mexico State, Malcolm Brown is the fourth running back in UT history to have 100-plus receiving yards. In addition, his 74-yd TD catch was the third-longest by a running back in UT history and the longest since Victor Ike's 80-yarder vs. NC State in 1999.
• RB Jalen Overstreet's 92 rushing yards were the fourth-most by a freshman during his debut in school history. Jamaal Charles had a school-record 135 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette in 2005.
• Daje Johnson posted a career-high 139 all-purpose yards vs. New Mexico State. He had a pair of scores, one on a 66-yard reception from Ash and another on a 24-yard rush. He now has four career touchdowns and has averaged 61 yards on those scores. Johnson earned the team's offensive player of the game award.
• Three defensive linemen registered seven or more tackles vs. New Mexico, led by a career-high 10 from DE Cedric Reed, who earned the team's defensive player of the game award. DT Malcom Brown had a career-best seven stops in his first-ever start and DE Jackson Jeffcoat chipped in seven tackles.
• The Texas defense was able to get off the field consistently vs. New Mexico State. The Aggies converted just 5 of 18 third-down attempts and punted nine times. The longest rush from scrimmage was 15 yards.
• Texas has 19 positional starters back from 2012, including 10 on offense and nine on defense. There are 16 offensive players on the roster who have started at least one game while the defense includes 18 players with one or more starts in their career.
• The Longhorns return a total of 51 letterwinners from last season with 23 on offense, 22 on defense and six specialists. Meanwhile, Texas lost only 14 letterwinners, including nine on offense, four on defense and one specialist.
Septembers to Remember: Texas has won 42 of its last 46 games in the season's first month (August/September) under Mack Brown. The only losses in that stretch were to UCLA in 2010, Kansas State in 2007, when the Horns gave up two special teams TDs and committed four turnovers, No. 1 Ohio State in 2006 and when the Horns gave up three turnovers versus Arkansas in 2003. Overall, the Horns have won 49 of their last 55 outings in Aug./Sept.
Streaks, Trends and Milestones:
• Texas won its 14th straight season-opening game by defeating New Mexico State.
• The Longhorns 715 yards of total offense was the most against an FBS opponent during the opening weekend of the season (Oregon - 772 vs. Nicholls State). The 715 total yards was a school record, ecplising the mark of 692 set in 1998 vs. Rice (list on pg. 8).
• With a win vs. BYU, head coach Mack Brown would tie Woody Hayes for 10th on the NCAA all-time coaches victories list. Brown has 237 career victories.
• Texas has won its last 13 nonconference road games. The Longhorns haven't lost to a non-Big 12 foe away from home since falling at Stanford, 27-24, in 2000.
• In the New Mexico State game, Texas posted more than 300 rushing (359) and 300 passing yards (356) for the fourth time in school history. The most recent 300-yard rushing and 300-yard passing effort was at Ole Miss on Sept. 15, 2012.
• Mike Davis had five catches for 63 yards vs. New Mexico State to move from seventh to sixth (154) on the UT career receptions list. He passed B.J. Johnson (152/2000-03).
• OG Mason Walters leads the team with 39 straight straight starts, which is tied for the second-longest streak in the nation among offensive linemen (40, Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi St.). CB Carrington Byndom leads the defense with 27 consecutive starts.
• David Ash's rating of 207.19 vs. NM State ranked No. 9 among quarterbacks nationally during the first weekend of the season.
• Ash's total yardage output (434) vs. New Mexico State was the most ever in a UT season opener and No. 6 on the all-time single-game list.
• Ash had the fourth 300-yard passing game of his career (343), which ties Chris Simms for fourth on the UT all-time list. Colt McCoy (2006-09) had 15, Major Applewhite (1998-01) nine and James Brown (1994-97) seven. Ash's 343 passing yards ranks 20th on UT's all-time single-game list.
• Texas was the only school in the nation to have two receptions of more than 60 yards during the opening week of the season - 74-yard TD from Ash to Malcolm Brown, 66-yard TD from Ash to Daje Johnson.
Quick Strike: The Texas offense showed its quick strike ability midway through the New Mexico State. After the Aggies took a 7-0 lead with 2:28 to go in the second quarter, the Longhorns scored the next 35 points in a span of 8:37. The Longhorns managed to gain just 136 yards on their first 27 plays of the game, but then posted 342 yards in their next 15 plays, scoring five touchdowns. The Horns averaged 54.6 yards per play on those touchdowns. It had been nearly 10 years since Texas scored that many offensive touchdowns in just 15 plays. The last time it happened was at Rice on Sept. 20, 2003, when UT scored five TDs in the second quarter, all in a span of just 14 plays.
• John Harris 54-yard TD pass from David Ash
• Daje Johnson 66-yard TD pass from Ash
• Johnson 24-yard TD run
• Ash 55-yard TD run
• Malcolm Brown 74-yard pass from Ash
Going Deep: The Longhorns scored four touchdowns of 50 yards or longer in the New Mexico State game, a first in school history. Texas had 10 offensive plays of 50 or more yards last season. Six other times, Texas had three scores of 50 yards or longer, including three times with offensive scores:
• 1973 vs. Arkansas: (2 offense/1 special teams) - 73-yard punt return by Jim Moore; 59-yard run by Roosevelt Leaks; 85-yard run by Raymond Clayborn.
• 1985 vs. Stanford: (3 on offense) - 74-yard run by Bret Stafford; Ward Pitts 55-yard pass from Todd Dodge; 62-yard run by Darron Norris.
• 1987 against Rice: (3 on offense) - 58 yard run by Darron Norris, 57-yard run by Samuels, 59-yard run by Eric Metcalf.
• 1999 vs. Stanford: 3 (all offense) - Montrell Flowers 54-yard pass from Major Applewhite; Kwame Cavil 78-yard pass from Applewhite; 68-yard run by Chris Robertson.
• 2003 vs. New Mexico State: (1 offense/1 defense/1 special teams) - 97-yard kickoff return by Selvin Young; Roy Williams 53-yard pass from Chance Mock; 55-yard interception return by Michael Huff.
• 2005 vs. Oklahoma: (2 offense/1 special teams) - 80-yard run by Jamaal Charles; Billy Pittman 64-yard pass from Vince Young; 67-yard fumble recovery by Rodrique Wright.
