The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
3-2 , 1-1
West Virginia
2-3 , 0-2
Football tops West Virginia, 38-20
10.01.2022 | Football
Hudson Card completed 21-of-27 passes for 303 yards and a career-high three touchdowns on Saturday.
AUSTIN, Texas – Hudson Card completed 21-of-27 passes for 303 yards and a career-high three touchdowns as the Texas Longhorns beat West Virginia 38-20 on Saturday.
Xavier Worthy caught seven balls for 119 yards and two touchdowns and also passed for a touchdown. Bijan Robinson carried 21 times for 101 yards.
KEY STATISTICS
• Xavier Worthy started the scoring for the Longhorns as he reeled in a 15-yard touchdown catch from Hudson Card to put Texas up 7-0. Card went 4-for-4 on the drive for 46 passing yards.
• Worthy threw for the Longhorns second touchdown of the game, a 33-yard strike to Ja'Tavion Sanders to put Texas up 14-0. Card completed a 31-yard pass to Jordan Whittington on the 6-play, 74-yard drive.
• After the first quarter Texas outgained West Virginia 136-57 and allowed one rushing yard.
• Bijan Robinson scored his eighth rushing touchdown of the season to put Texas up 21-0. Robinson has now scored a rushing or receiving touchdown in 16 of his last 17 games and it's his fifth straight with a rushing touchdown. Robinson has scored 30 career touchdowns (23 rushing/seven receiving) and is one of 13 Longhorns to reach that mark.
• Texas drove 87 yards on six plays capped off by a 13-yard touchdown pass from Card to Sanders, the second touchdown of the game for Sanders.
• West Virginia got on the board before halftime with an eight-yard touchdown pass from JT Daniels to Kaden Prather.
• Card connected with Worthy for a 44-yard touchdown pass to put the Longhorns up 35-7. The catch gave Worthy 115 yards on five receptions and was his second receiving reception of the game. It's the fourth career multi-touchdown game for Worthy.
• After a West Virginia touchdown, the Longhorns drove 48 yards on 10 plays, which ended in a Bert Auburn 45-yard field goal to put Texas up 38-14.
NEXT
The Longhorns take on Oklahoma next week on Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Final 🤘🤘🤘 pic.twitter.com/BILpEhSzAB
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) October 2, 2022
Xavier 🤝 The Endzone
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HUD ➡️ X ➡️ JT ➡️ TOUCHDOWN! https://t.co/kH9sx2agiS
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) October 2, 2022
ADD IT TO THE TALLY @Jatavionsanders 👏
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Big. Play. Zay. 🤘pic.twitter.com/hd4RzQQSif
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Team Stats
WVU 0, TEX 7
TEX - Worthy,Xavier 15 yd pass from Card,Hudson (Auburn,Bert kick) 7 plays, 60 yards, TOP 03:08
WVU 0, TEX 14
TEX - Sanders,Ja'Tavion 33 yd pass from Worthy,Xavier (Auburn,Bert kick) 6 plays, 74 yards, TOP 02:22
WVU 0, TEX 21
TEX - Robinson,Bijan 1 yd run (Auburn,Bert kick), 6 plays, 71 yards, TOP 02:14
WVU 0, TEX 28
TEX - Sanders,Ja'Tavion 13 yd pass from Card,Hudson (Auburn,Bert kick) 6 plays, 87 yards, TOP 03:13
WVU 7, TEX 28
WVU - Prather,Kaden 8 yd pass from Daniels,JT (Legg,Casey kick) 13 plays, 83 yards, TOP 04:04
WVU 7, TEX 35
TEX - Worthy,Xavier 44 yd pass from Card,Hudson (Auburn,Bert kick) 5 plays, 70 yards, TOP 01:51
WVU 14, TEX 35
WVU - Mathis,Tony 1 yd run (Legg,Casey kick), 18 plays, 65 yards, TOP 07:31
WVU 14, TEX 38
TEX - Auburn,Bert 45 yd field goal 10 plays, 48 yards, TOP 04:34
WVU 20, TEX 38
WVU - Johnson Jr.,Justin 4 yd run (), 14 plays, 75 yards, TOP 05:51
