Football outruns Kansas State, 69-31

Saturday, December 5

Manhattan, Kansas

11 a.m. CT

University of Texas

6-3 , 5-3

Kansas State

4-6 , 4-5

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Texas

Kansas State

12.05.2020 | Football

Box Score Stats Notes

The Longhorns rushed for 334 yards and seven touchdowns on Saturday in Manhattan.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Texas Football program earned its fourth-straight win over Kansas State, besting the Wildcats, 69-31, on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. The win improves Texas to 6-3 (5-3 Big 12) and drops the Wildcats to 4-6 (4-5 Big 12) this season.

KEY MOMENTS
• After forcing a three-and-out to open the game, the Texas offense stormed down the field, covering 81 yards in seven plays to take an early 7-0 lead. QB Sam Ehlinger completed 5-of-6 passes for 69 yards and true freshman RB Bijan Robinson capped the drive with a 12-yard run – his first collegiate touchdown.
• True freshman DB Jerrin Thompson, making his first career start, snagged his first career interception and returned it 21 yards to set up the Texas offense at the K-State 3-yard line. Sophomore RB Roschon Johnson punched it into the endzone on the Longhorns' first play of the drive, giving Texas a 17-0 first quarter lead.
• The Wildcats cut the lead to 10 late in the first quarter with an eight-play touchdown drive, but Robinson quickly extended the lead again with a 30-yard touchdown run on the opening play of the second quarter. It was Robinson's second rushing touchdown of the first half, and Texas' third of the game.
• Johnson notched his second rushing touchdown of the game in the second quarter as well, scampering in from seven yards out to cap Texas' fifth-straight scoring drive. His score gave the Horns a 31-10 lead, and was their fourth of the game – tying the team's season-high mark (4 vs. Oklahoma).
• K-State freshman RB Deuce Vaughn scored his second rushing touchdown of the first half with just under 90 seconds remaining in the second quarter to cut Texas' lead to 31-17.
• Robinson scored for a third time, breaking a 75-yard run on Texas' first possession of the second half. It was the sixth-longest run by a freshman in school history, and the longest by a Longhorn since Chris Warren III logged a 91-yard run vs. Texas Tech in 2015.
• Robinson's touchdown was only the beginning for Texas in the second half, as UT scored 35 points in the third quarter, capped by a pair of passing touchdowns from Ehlinger. The captain first found senior TE Cade Brewer on a 15-yard touchdown, and then a 32-yard strike to Malcolm Epps on the Longhorns' ensuing possession.
• Cameron Dicker pushed Texas' tally to 69 points midway through the fourth quarter with a 21-yard field goal – his second of the game. The 69-point tally marked Texas' best offensive output since scoring 70 in the 2005 Big 12 Championship Game vs. Colorado.

UP NEXT
The Longhorns are scheduled to conclude their regular season next Saturday, Dec. 12, with a road game against Kansas. Kickoff at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence is set for 2:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU.