Football tops West Virginia, 38-20

Saturday, October 1

Austin, Texas

6:30 p.m. CT

University of Texas

West Virginia

Photo by: Texas Athletics

10.01.2022 | Football

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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.