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Football preview: at Kansas State [Dec. 5, 2020]
11.30.2020 | Football
The Longhorns begin a two-game road swing in the Sunflower State on Saturday.
RV/RV Texas (5-3; 4-3 Big 12) at Kansas State (4-5; 4-4 Big 12)
Where: Manhattan, Kan.
Stadium: Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
Time: 11 a.m. CT
TV: FOX
Radio: Longhorn IMG Radio Network (Craig Way, Roger Wallace, Quan Cosby)
Spanish Radio: Longhorn IMG Radio Network (Dr. Rubén Pizzaro-Silva, Jesus Mendoza)
National Radio: None
All-time Series: Tied, 10-10
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
• Texas opens up a two-game road swing in the Sunflower State with a visit to the 'Little Apple' - Manhattan, Kansas - where the Longhorns will face off with Kansas State on Saturday.
• The Longhorns and Wildcats have met 20 times previously, with both schools winning 10 of those matchups.
• Texas is currently riding a three-game winning streak against K-State, with all three wins coming since 2017. It is the program's longest winning run against the Wildcats.
• K-State holds a 7-2 edge when hosting Texas, but the Longhorns were victorious, 19-14, in the programs' last Manhattan meeting.
• Saturday's matchup will match the latest date the two teams have met in a season in series history. Previously, the latest was on Dec. 5 during the 2012 season.
HEAD COACH TOM HERMAN
• Tom Herman is in his sixth season overall as a head coach with a career record of 52-22 (.703). He is in his fourth season at Texas with a mark of 30-18 (.625).
• Herman won his 50th career game as a head coach in a 27-16 triumph over Baylor on Oct. 24, 2020.
• He won his 30th game at Texas one week later, as the Longhorns bested West Virginia, 17-13, in Austin.
• Herman's 30 wins are the fourth-most by a UT coach during his first four seasons at the helm in Austin.
• He owns a career mark of 15-10 against top-25 opponents, 6-6 against top-10 foes and 3-3 versus teams ranked in the top five.
• Including the 2020 season, Herman has spent 17 of his 23 seasons as a coach in the state of Texas on the collegiate level.
• Herman graduated from Cal Lutheran and received his master's degree in education from The University of Texas.
BOUNCING BACK
• Texas is 13-4 in games following losses in three seasons under Tom Herman. That includes a 4-1 mark in 2019, with the Longhorns picking up wins over Rice, Kansas, No. 16 Kansas State and Texas Tech following losses.
• The Longhorns also responded to a 39-27 loss to No. 5 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game two years ago by knocking off No. 6 Georgia, 28-21, in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
• UT is 1-1 in such instances thus far in 2020.
• After losses, Texas has scored a total of 590 points (34.7 per game), including outburts of 45 points (vs. Oklahoma, 2020), 48 points (at Rice, 2019) and 50 points (vs. Kansas, 2019).
• In the three seasons prior to Herman's arrival at Texas, the Longhorns were 9-10 following a loss (does not include season openers following a bowl-game loss).
ROAD SUCCESS
• During Tom Herman's four seasons as head coach, Texas is 9-5 in true Big 12 road games (in opponents' home stadiums).
• Texas' record moves to 10-9 away from Austin when including the neutral-site Texas-OU games.
• The Longhorns are 7-4 in games played outside the state of Texas under Herman (1-0 in 2020).
• In the three years prior to Herman's arrival, Texas was 5-7 in true Big 12 road games, including just a 2-6 mark over the two seasons before he took over.
• That record extends to 6-9 if you include the neutral-site AT&T Red River Showdown games contested during that three-year stretch.
