Football holds off TCU, 32-27

Saturday, October 2

Fort Worth, Texas

11 A.M. CT

University of Texas

4-1 , 2-0

TCU

2-2 , 0-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Texas

TCU

Photo by: Ellman Photography

10.02.2021 | Football

Box Score Box Score Notes

Bijan Robinson rushed for 216 yards on 35 carries to lead the Longhorns to a road Big 12 win.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Texas Football rushed for 272 yards and forced three turnovers to hold off TCU for a 32-27 win on Saturday at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Bijan Robinson had a career day, rushing 35 times for 216 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Longhorns to victory.

KEY STATISTICS

TCU returned the opening kickoff 87 yards down to the Texas 13-yard line and scored two plays later to take an early 7-0 lead.
The Longhorns got on the board with a Cameron Dicker 38-yard field goal on their first possession of the game to make the score 7-3. Bijan Robinson had four rushes for 27 yards and one catch for 16 yards on the drive.
Texas took its first lead of the game, 10-7, with a 99-yard touchdown drive capped off by a 27-yard run by Bijan Robinson.
D'Shawn Jamison gave the Longhorns a short field, recovering a fumble and returning it to the TCU 23-yard line. Texas had to settle for a field goal and Dicker booted a 38-yarder to extend the lead to 13-7.
TCU retook the lead near the end of the first quarter with a 6-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to make the score 14-13.
Texas was given another great opportunity after DeMarvion Overshown recovered a muffed punt at the TCU 9-yard line. The Longhorns had to settle for Dicker's third field goal of the game to retake the lead 16-14.
The Horned Frogs retook the lead midway through the second quarter, kicking a 25-yard field goal to go up 17-16.
Bijan Robinson put Texas back in front, 23-17, with a four-yard touchdown run to finish off a drive in which he rushed four times for 27 yards.
Texas forced its third turnover of the game to start the second half, as Anthony Cook forced and recovered a fumble on sack of Max Duggan. The Longhorns were forced to settle for Dicker's fourth field goal to extend the lead to 26-17.
TCU got a field goal of their own to make the score 26-20 late in the third quarter.
The Longhorns extended the lead to 12 points early in the fourth quarter, with a 32-yard touchdown pass from Casey Thompson to Jordan Whittington.
The Horned Frogs trimmed the lead to 32-27 with a 99-yard touchdown drive with 4:23 left in the game.
Texas ran off the final 4:23 of the clock to end the game, with Bijan Robinson racking up 35 rushing yards on the final drive.

UP NEXT
Texas and Oklahoma will meet in Dallas on Saturday, Oct. 9 at the Cotton Bowl for the AT&T Red River Showdown. The Longhorns and Sooners will kick off at 11 a.m. CT in a game televised on ABC.