The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
4-7 , 2-6
West Virginia
5-6 , 3-5
Football Falls to West Virginia, 31-23
11.20.2021 | Football
MORGANTOWN, W.V. – The Texas football team lost on the road to West Virginia, 31-23, on Saturday. Xavier Worthy's 12th receiving touchdown is now tied for the second-most in a season in UT history.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• West Virginia drove down field on its opening drive of the game for 75 yards and scored off a 20-yard pass from Jarret Doege to Sam James.
• The Mountaineers kept the Longhorns off the board and added another touchdown on a 14-yard pass to Winston Wright Jr.
• Texas scored its first points of the game with 8:34 left in the second off a 49-yard rush from Keilan Robinson.
• Mountaineers added a rushing touchdown with 2:34 left in the first half by Leddie Brown to extend the lead to 21-7.
• Cameron Dicker added a season-long 50-yard field goal to cut the West Virginia lead to 21-10 before halftime.
• Both teams exchanged touchdowns in the third quarter. Hudson Card connected with Xavier Worthy on a 52-yard pass, marking his fourth-straight game with a receiving TD and his 12th of the season, which ties him for second-most in UT history. Worthy's touchdown made it 21-17, WVU.
• West Virginia scored off a 7-yard TD pass to extend the lead 28-17.
• Longhorns opened the fourth quarter driving the field off eight plays and capped the 72-yard drive from Roschon Johnson's six-yard rush. Texas failed to convert the 2-point conversion and cut the lead to 28-23.
• Casey Legg added a 45-yard field goal to make it a 31-23 West Virginia lead for the final score of the game.
NEXT UP:
Texas returns home on Nov. 26 to host Kansas State at 11 a.m. The game will be streamed on Fox.
Team Stats
TEX 0, WVU 7
WVU - James,Sam 20 yd pass from Doege,Jarret (Legg,Casey kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:58
TEX 0, WVU 14
WVU - Wright,Winston 14 yd pass from Doege,Jarret (Legg,Casey kick) 11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 05:05
TEX 7, WVU 14
TEX - Robinson,Keilan 49 yd run (Dicker,Cameron kick), 6 plays, 79 yards, TOP 02:39
TEX 7, WVU 21
WVU - Brown,Leddie 2 yd run (Legg,Casey kick), 12 plays, 82 yards, TOP 05:55
TEX 10, WVU 21
TEX - Dicker,Cameron 50 yd field goal 7 plays, 33 yards, TOP 01:21
TEX 17, WVU 21
TEX - Worthy,Xavier 52 yd pass from Card,Hudson (Dicker,Cameron kick) 7 plays, 79 yards, TOP 03:12
TEX 17, WVU 28
WVU - Ryan,Sean 7 yd pass from Doege,Jarret (Legg,Casey kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 05:11
TEX 23, WVU 28
TEX - Johnson,Roschon 6 yd run (), 8 plays, 72 yards, TOP 03:04
TEX 23, WVU 31
WVU - Legg,Casey 45 yd field goal 14 plays, 47 yards, TOP 05:22
