No. 15 Football falls at Arkansas

Saturday, September 11

Fayetteville, Ark.

6 p.m. CT

University of Texas

1-1 , 0-0

Arkansas

2-0 , 0-0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Texas

Arkansas

09.11.2021 | Football

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The Longhorns scored 21 points in the second half but came up short against the Razorbacks.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 15 Texas Football lost to Arkansas, 40-21, on Saturday night at Donald W. Reynolds Razorbacks Stadium to drop to 1-1 early in the season. Casey Thompson had two rushing touchdowns and rushed for 44 yards as well as 57 passing yards in the second half.

KEY STATISTICS

The Longhorns were held scoreless in the first half and trailed 16-0 at halftime after Arkansas hit three field goals and found the end zone once.
The Texas defense did well to hold Arkansas to only a field goal after a fumbled snap and blocked punt gave the Razorbacks the ball at the Longhorns' 14-yard line.
B.J. Foster gave Texas a lifeline in the third quarter, intercepting a pass from K.J. Jefferson and returning it to the Arkansas 26-yard line.
Bijan Robinson gave Texas its first points of the game on a 1-yard touchdown run to cap a 26-yard drive and trim the Arkansas lead to 16-7.
Arkansas immediately answered with an 81-yard touchdown drive to extend the lead to 23-7 in the third quarter. The biggest play of the drive was a 45-yard pass from Jefferson to Tyson Morris.
After a failed fourth-down attempt by Texas, the Razorbacks added to their lead with a fourth field goal of the game to go up 26-7.
The Razorback defense recovered a fumble on the ensuing drive and immediately scored on the first play of their next drive to make the score 33-7.
Casey Thompson came off the bench to manufacture a touchdown drive for Texas, capping it off with a five-yard run to make it 33-14 early in the fourth quarter.
Arkansas extended the lead to 40-14 with a 30-yard touchdown run halfway through the fourth quarter.
The Longhorns completed the scoring in the fourth quarter, as Thompson rushed in from two-yards out to complete a 14-play, 75-yard drive to make the score 40-21.

NEXT
Texas returns to Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium to host Rice on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. The Longhorns and Owls will be televised on Longhorn Network.