No. 15/15 Football loses 42-41 to No. 12/10 WVU

Saturday, November 3

Austin, Texas

2:30 p.m. CT

University of Texas

6-3 , 4-2

West Virginia

7-1 , 5-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

West Virginia

Texas

Photo by: Patrick Meredith / Texas Athletics

11.03.2018 | Football

Box Score

The Longhorns fell to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in the Big 12 Conference.

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AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas (6-3, 4-2) fell to the West Virginia Mountaineers (6-1, 4-1), 42-41, after WVU connected on a 33-yard touchdown pass and successful two-point conversion with 16 seconds remaining at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.

Key Statistics

The Mountaineers opened up the game with an 11-play drive that ended with a field goal.
After trading punts, Texas drove 53 yards for a touchdown and a 7-3 lead.
West Virginia answered with a 60-yard pass from Will Grier to David Sills V to put WVU on top 10-7.
A 21-yard pass from Sam Ehlinger to Lil'Jordan Humphrey capped a 3-play, 39-yard drive as Texas regained the lead (14-10).
Grier connected with Sill V for an 18-yard touchdown early in the second quarter to put the Mountaineers back up 17-14 with 14:49 to play in the half.
After a fourth-down conversion near midfield, Ehlinger punched it in from 13-yards out for his first rushing score of the day and a 21-17 Texas lead.
West Virginia responded with a 55-yard rushing score by Martell Pettaway for a 24-21 lead.
The Longhorns ended their fourth-straight offensive series with a touchdown with a 32-yard strike from Ehlinger to Tre Watson.
The Texas defense held WVU to a field goal with 14 seconds remaining in the half as the Longhorns headed to the locker room with a 28-27 lead.
After a fourth-down stop inside the 10-yard line by West Virginia, the Texas defense forced a punt on the ensuing WVU possession.
Ehlinger linked up with Humphrey for a 29-yard completion that would eventually lead to a short field and a 31-27 Longhorn lead.
After the Mountaineers drove to the Texas 20-yard line, the Longhorn defense stiffened once again and held them on fourth down to close out the third quarter.
The Longhorns drove 59 yards and Cameron Dicker connected on his third field goal of the day to extend the Texas lead to 34-27 with 9:38 to play.
The Mountaineers tied up the game at 34-34 with an 11 play, 75-yard drive that was capped off by a 13-yard rush by Pettaway.
Texas answered with a 48-yard strike from Ehlinger to Devin Duvernay to take a seven-point (41-34) lead with 2:34 to play.
West Virginia would go 75 yards in 2:18 for a touchdown and converted on the two-point conversation after Grier rushed to the corner of the end zone with 16 seconds to put the Mountaineers up 42-41.
The next drive for the Longhorns started at their own 41 after the kickoff, but an incompletion and a fumble near midfield on a last second play closed out a West Virginia win.

Up Next
Texas will head to Lubbock, Texas to face Texas Tech (5-3, 3-2) next Saturday (Nov. 10) at Jones AT&T Stadium. Time and television is still to be decided.