The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
1-0
Louisiana Tech
0-1
No. 10/10 Football beats Louisiana Tech, 45-14
09.01.2019 | Football
The Longhorns jumped out to a 38-0 lead en route to the season opening win.
AUSTIN, Texas – Sam Ehlinger tied a career high with four touchdown passes and the defense pitched a shutout through three quarters to give No. 10/10 Texas (1-0, 0-0) a 45-14 win over Louisiana Tech (0-1, 0-0) on Saturday night at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The Longhorns jumped out to a 24-0 lead at halftime were up 38-0 through three quarters.
KEY STATISTICS
- Sam Ehlinger started the game 15-of-18 with three touchdowns, as the Longhorns scored on three of their first four drives.
- On Louisiana Tech's first possession of the second quarter, Jacoby Jones forced a fumble and Brandon Jones recovered it to set up the Longhorns' third touchdown of the game.
- A Joseph Ossai interception in the second quarter setup a Cameron Dicker 43-yard field goal to make the Texas lead 24-0 before halftime.
- To start the second half, the Longhorns defense got a stop on fourth down to set up another touchdown drive. Ehlinger connected with Brennan Eagles for the wide receivers second score of the game.
- Keaontay Ingram scored from one yard out to give Texas a 38-0 lead in the third quarter. Ingram finished with 78 yards rushing on 11 carries and 121 total all-purpose yards.
- Casey Thompson put the finishing touches on the game with a one yard touchdown run in his first career game action.
- Texas totaled 454 yards of offense and rushed for 164 total yards.
UP NEXT
Texas will remain at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for their matchup next Saturday when they host No. 6/6 LSU. The game between the Longhorns and Tigers will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. and be televised on ABC.
Team Stats
LATECH 0, UT 7
UT - Devin Duvernay 4 yd pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick) 7 plays, 57 yards, TOP 2:20
LATECH 0, UT 14
UT - Collin Johnson 6 yd pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick) 11 plays, 74 yards, TOP 3:42
LATECH 0, UT 21
UT - Brennan Eagles 28 yd pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick) 2 plays, 37 yards, TOP 0:34
LATECH 0, UT 24
UT - Cameron Dicker 43 yd field goal 4 plays, 6 yards, TOP 1:08
LATECH 0, UT 31
UT - Brennan Eagles 25 yd pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick) 9 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:55
LATECH 0, UT 38
UT - Keaontay Ingram 1 yd run (Cameron Dicker kick), 9 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:30
LATECH 7, UT 38
LATECH - STANLEY, Malik 5 yd pass from SMITH, J'Mar (HALE, Bailey kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:13
LATECH 14, UT 38
LATECH - HEBERT, Griffin 12 yd pass from SMITH, J'Mar (HALE, Bailey kick) 12 plays, 70 yards, TOP 3:52
LATECH 14, UT 45
UT - Casey Thompson 2 yd run (Cameron Dicker kick), 5 plays, 27 yards, TOP 1:43
