The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
04.18.2015 | Football
Swoopes completed 20 of 29 passes for 159 yards and Foreman rushes for 66 yards to propel Texas; Heard connected on 20 of 29 passes for 177 yards for the Longhorns
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Junior Tyrone Swoopes completed 20 of 29 passes for 159 yards to along with a rushing touchdown and sophomore D'Onta Foreman bulled his way to 66 yards on the ground to help propel Texas to a 27-16 victory over the Longhorns in Saturday's annual Orange-White Scrimmage at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Armanti Foreman, D'Onta's twin brother, was the leading receiver for Texas, which featured mostly the No. 1 offense and second-string defense.
Redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard completed 20 of 29 passes for 177 yards for the Longhorns who were made of mainly the No. 2 offense and first-string defense.
D'Onta Foreman also had a 15-yard rush for the Longhorns whose leading ground gainer was reserve running back Gaston Davis (11 rushes for 29 yards). Ty Templin produced a team-best five receptions for 62 yards for the Longhorns.
The game, which ended the four-week,15-practice spring, was four quarters in length, but the clock ran during the final period. There were no kickoffs and all punts were fair caught.
Linebacker Edwin Freeman, a redshirt freshman, scooped up a Daje Johnson fumble late in the second quarter that was forced by freshman Malik Jefferson, who joined the team this spring, and returned it 33 yards for a touchdown to extend the Texas lead to 24-10.
The Texas defense racked up five sacks on Heard though the quarterbacks were not allowed to be tackled. Junior linebacker Timothy Cole was the leading tackler for Texas with seven, including two sacks.
Junior defensive end Bryce Cottrell had five tackles, including two tackles for loss and one sack, for the Longhorns.
Swoopes led Texas to three first-half scoring drives, including a 65-yard touchdown march on the scrimmage's opening possession that was capped off by his 14-yard run up the middle on third-and-11.
Heard answered on the ensuing possession by leading the Longhorns on a 65-yard touchdown drive to knot the game at 7-all. Heard scampered into the end zone on third-and-5 from 12 yards out.
Nick Rose connected on four field goals, two for each team, including a 52-yarder in the second quarter and a 49-yarder in the third for the Longhorns which cut the deficit to 24-13 with 11:01 left in the third quarter.
Rose then hit a 31-yard field goal for Texas in the third quarter and Nick Jordan nailed a 36-yarder for the Longhorns to close out the scoring.
Injury Report: A number of players missed the Orange-White Scrimmage due to injury including WR Roderick Bernard (knee), DE Caleb Bluiett (knee), CB Sheroid Evans (knee), DT Desmond Jackson (foot), OG/T Darius James (knee), WR Marcus Johnson (knee), DT Chris Nelson (shoulder), DE Derick Roberson (shoulder), CB Jermaine Roberts Jr. (knee), LB Dalton Santos (ankle) and CB Duke Thomas (ankle).
