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No. 18 Football preview: at Kansas
11.14.2022 | Football
The Longhorns meet Kansas in David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff on Saturday.
Texas (6-4, 4-3) at Kansas (3-4, 6-4)
November 19, 2022
Where: Lawrence, Kan.
Stadium: David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
Time: 2:30 p.m. CT
TV: FS1 (Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich)
Radio: Longhorn Radio Network/LEARFIELD (Craig Way, Roger Wallace, Will Matthews)
Spanish Radio: Longhorn Radio Network/LEARFIELD (Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva, Arturo Mata)
THE OPENING KICKOFF
• The University of Texas continues its 130th season of football on Saturday when the Longhorns meet Kansas for the 21st time. The game will kick off from David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas at 2:30 p.m. CT on FS1.
• Texas (6-4, 4-3) fell to No. 4/4/4 TCU last week in Austin, 17-10.
• Kansas (6-4, 3-4) returns home after falling to Texas Tech, 37-16, in Lubbock.
• Steve Sarkisian will be serving his 104th career game as head coach and 23rd with Texas. He has a career record of 57-46 (.553).
• Texas currently boasts 934 all-time wins, the fifth-most in college football history. UT holds an all-time record of 934-389-33 (.701).
The All-Time Series
• Texas is set to face off with Kansas for the 21st time in program history on Saturday, and for the 11th time in Lawrence.
• The Longhorns are 16-4 against Kansas all-time, and 7-3 when the teams face off in Lawrence.
• Texas fell to Kansas in overtime in Austin last season, 57-56.
• UT's 0.800 winning percentage against the Jayhawks is its best against any current member of the Big 12 Conference.
A Texas Win Would ...
• Be Texas' 935th victory all-time, the fifth-winningest program in college football history.
• Improve the Longhorns to 17-4 all-time against Kansas and 8-3 in Lawrence.
• Give Steve Sarkisian his 58th victory as a head coach and 12th at Texas in his 104th career game as a head coach.
• Be the Longhorns 147th victory in Big 12 Conference play and improve their all-time conference record to 147-79.
Sarkisian Era Enters Second Season
• Texas Football Head Coach Steve Sarkisian is in his second season at the helm of the Longhorns and his ninth season as a head coach overall.
• Last season, the Texas offense ranked 18th in the nation and second in the Big 12 Conference with 35.5 points per game, the third-straight top-18 scoring output for a Sarkisan-led offense.
• The offensive showing also marked the eighth top-30 scoring offense in Sarkisian's career.
• Bijan Robinson rushed for 1,127 yards in 2021 and has established a career best with 1,129 rushing yards this season marking the 11th consecutive year a Sarkisian offense has had a 1,000-yard rusher.
DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Shines
• The Texas-Alabama game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium drew record-setting crowds to the Forty Acres.
• A total of 105,213 packed DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, topping the previous record of 103,507 established in 2018 in the Longhorns' victory over USC.
• It marked the 30th game in DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium history to draw more than 100,000 fans.
• Texas drew over 100,000 fans to a home game for the first time since 102,498 Longhorn faithful packed the house for UT's 24-10 victory over Iowa State in 2018.
Drawing a Crowd
• A week after setting the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium attendance record, the Longhorns drew another huge crowd with 102,520 Longhorn faithful packing the house, the third-largest crowd in DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium history, and the 31st crowd of 100,000-plus.
• It marked the first time since 2018 that Texas has drawn back-to-back crowds of over 100,000 fans.
• Texas followed that by drawing 100,740 fans for the matchup with West Virginia and 100,072 for game against Iowa State, the first time DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium held over 100,000 fans four times in a season since 2012.
• Against TCU, the Horns drew 104,203 fans to DKR-TMS, the second-largest crowd in stadium history. It marked the fifth consecutive crowd of 100,000, the longest streak since 2012, and brought the total attendance through six homes games to 607,621, the highest total through six games of a season in stadium history.
The Eyes of College Football are Upon Austin
• Nearly 10.6 million viewers tune into FOX for Texas Football's game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 10, the most-watched college football game of the 2022.
• The broadcast averaged 10,595,000 viewers on FOX, peaking at over 15.1 million viewers, and was the fourth-most watch regular season college football matchup in the network's history.
• It marked the 30th game in DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium history to draw more than 100,000 fans.
• In addition to the record-setting crowds on the Forty Acres, FOX College Football announced that the game was the most streamed regular season college football or NFL game in FOX Sports history.
• ESPN's College GameDay drew its top Week 2 viewership in over a decade for the pregame show's live coverage from Lyndon B. Johnson Library Lawn.
• The show averaged 2,104,000 million viewers, an increase of 26% from 2021's Week 2 total.
• The final hour of the show, broadcast live from inside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. CT, drew 2.7 million viewers.
• ESPN College GameDay's viewership of 2.1 million was the highest Week 2 total for the show since 2010 and the best for a September episode since 2016.
Dallas Domination
• The Longhorns won the 118th edition of the Red RIver Showdown in dominating fashion, topping Oklahoma by a score of 49-0.
• UT's shutout was the first over OU since 1965 and the first suffered by the Sooners since 1998.
• The 49-point margin was also the worst suffered by the Sooners in shutout fashion in program history.
• Texas held Oklahoma to 39 passing yards, the fewest surrendered by the Longhorns since 2014 (North Texas - 15).
• The Longhorns 49 points were the most-ever scored against the Sooners and the 49-point win was the largest margin of victory of UT in the rivalry.
• Texas' 36 first downs were the most in a single game in the matchup and the most ever at a game held inside Cotton Bowl Stadium.
• Redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers passed for four touchdowns, tied for third-most in the Texas-Oklahoma game in series history.
Weathering the Cyclones
• Facing an Iowa State defense that was holding opponents to a Big 12-best (13th/NCAA) 91 rushing ypg, Bijan Robinson (28-135) & Roschon Johnson (11-71) combined for 206 rushing yards — including teaming up for 59 yards on nine carries on the game-winning 11-play, 75-yard touchdown drive.
• Iowa State's defense is putting together one of the best seasons in school history, leading the Big 12 in total defense (277.5 yards per game), rushing defense (91.0) and scoring defense (13.7 points).
• Nationally, ISU is eighth in scoring defense, 11th in total defense and 13th in rushing defense.
Heisman Hopeful: Bijan Robinson
• Texas has a strong Heisman tradition when it come to the running back position with two of the greats - Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998) hailing from the Forty Acres.
• Additionally, the Longhorns have had 10 running backs or fullbacks place in the Top-10 in Heisman Trophy voting, most recently D'Onta Foreman in 2016.
• Current Big 12 Conference programs have produced five Heisman Trophy Winners from the running back/tailback position: Campbell, Williams, Billy Vessels (1952), Billy Simms (1978) and Barry Sanders (1988).
• The last three running backs named as the Heisman Trophy winner have been sophomores or juniors: Reggie Bush (2005), Mark Ingram (2009) and Derrick Henry (2015).
Robinson By the Numbers
• Bijan Robinson has been one of the top performers in the FBS this season, ranking seventh in all-purpose yards (147.20 ypg), ninth in total touchdowns (14) and 10th in rushing yards (1,158), while also ranking 11th in rushing yards per game (115.8), 16th in rushing touchdowns (12) and 25th in total points scored (84).
• Robinson is the only FBS player to have more than 1,000 rushing yards (1,158) and 300 receiving yards (314), and his 1,472 tandem yards (rushing + receiving) are the second-most in the nation, 42 behind Illinois' Chase Brown. He is one of only two players with 1,450 combined rushing and receiving yards through the first 11 weeks of the season.
• He leads the Big 12 Conference in all purpose yards per game, rushing yards, rushing yards per game and total touchdowns, while ranking third in rushing touchdowns and total points scored, fourth in scoring (8.4 ppg) and rushing yards per carry (5.68), 11th in total offense (115.8 ypg), 12th in points responsible for (84) and 13th in points responsible for per game (8.4).
• The junior has seven total plays (five rushing, two receiving) of at least 40 yards.
• This offseason, Robinson focused on maintaining his speed for 90 yards (instead of the 40-yard dash), and was clocked at 22.3 mph on the GPS.
• Robinson has a history of not only making people miss and getting the tough yards, but also breaking big plays as both a rusher and receiver. For his career, Robinson has 41 plays (27 rushes/14 receptions) of 20-plus yards and that includes eight of 50 or more (all runs).
• Over his last 22 games, his ratio of long plays is even more impressive. During that time, he has 36 plays (23 rushes/13 receptions) of 20-or-more yards, including six runs of 50-plus. He's accomplished that in just 468 plays (418 rushes/50 receptions) in that 20-game span, or a play of 20-plus yards on average every 13 plays.
• In 10 games this season, he has 15 plays (8 rushes/7 receptions) of 20-or-more yards, including touchdown runs of 78, 42, 41, 40 and 36 yards.
• In 10 games last season, he had 12 plays (9 rushes/3 receptions) of 20-or-more yards, including two of 50-plus, with five touchdowns.
All About Zay
• Sophomore WR Xavier Worthy is one of the premier wide receivers in the Big 12, ranking first in receiving touchdowns (nine - eighth in the FBS), sixth in total touchdowns (nine) and receiving yards (584), and seventh in receiving yards per game (58.4) and receptions per game (4.6), while also ranking 15th in total points scored (54) and scoring (5.4 ppg) and 18th in yards per reception (13.27).
• Worthy is also serving as the Longhorns' primary punt returner this season, averaging 9.8 yards per return, the second-best return average in the Big 12.
• He caught four passes for 42 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas State.
• His scores brought his career receiving TD total to 21, third all-time in UT history while accomplishing the feat in just 21 games.
• The two-touchdown game was his third of the season and the sixth multi-touchdown game of his career.
• Had a touchdown reception in six consecutive games, tied for the third-longest streak in UT history.
• Worthy has caught a pass in all 22 games he has played and brought his career receptions total to 106.
• Tallied a touchdown reception in at least four consecutive games for the second time in his career.
• His second touchdown reception against Kansas State was the 100th overall reception of his career. The reception occurred in his 21st game played, the fastest any Longhorn has reached 100 career receptions, besting the previous record of 22 games by Longhorn great Roy Williams.
• He caught four passes for 78 yards and had one touchdown in the Longhorns game at Oklahoma State.
• He had a stand-out performance against Iowa State, catching a season-high eight passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns, including a 3-yard go-ahead score to help clinch the Texas victory.
• Versus Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown, he tallied three receptions for 29 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown reception.
• Against West Virginia, he caught seven passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns of 15 and 44 yards.
• He also threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Ja'Tavion Sanders on the first pass attempt of his career.
• Worthy was the first Longhorn to pass and receive a touchdown in the same game since Lil'Jordan Humphrey against Oklahoma in 2018.
• At Texas Tech, Worthy caught three passes for 50 yards, including a 39-yard TD reception before leaving the game with an injury.
• In the Longhorns' 41-20 victory over UTSA, Worthy hauled in four receptions for 41 yards.
• Worthy caught five passes for a game-high 97 yards against Alabama, including a diving 46-yard reception at the end of the first quarter.
• His standout performance against No. 1 Alabama moved him past 1,000 career receiving yards.
• He had a pair of receptions for 24 yards against ULM and also returned three punts for 33 yards, including a career long 21-yard return, and ran the ball once for seven yards.
Quinn in Command
• Redshirt freshman QB Quinn Ewers has guided the Longhorns to four victories in his first seven career starts.
• His four victories are tied for seventh-most by a freshman in program history.
• Connected on 18-of-31 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns at Kansas State.
• Marked the fifth time in his first six starts he had thrown multiple touchdown passes.
• Ewers threw for 319 yards and two touchdowns on 19-of-49 passing at Oklahoma State, the first 300-yard passing game of his career.
• In the win over Iowa State, Ewers passed for 172 yards and three touchdowns, completing 17-of-26 passes along the way.
• He had a standout performance against Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown, completing 21-of-31 passes for 289 yards and four touchdowns, establishing then-career bests in each category.
• The four touchdown passes are tied for third-most in the UT-OU game in series history and are the most-ever by a Texas freshman.
• Ewers' four passing scores are also tied for 10th-most in a game in program history and tied for third among Texas freshmen.
• His four touchdown passes were the most for a Texas freshman since Shane Buechele had four against UTEP in 2016.
• His efforts earned him Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week honors, the first weekly conference honor of his career.
Sanders is a Sensation
• Sophomore TE Ja'Tavion Sanders has been tremendous during the 2022 campaign and is already making his marking on the UT record books.
• Caught a career-high seven passes for 61 yards against TCU, upping his season total to 46 receptions, second-most in a season by a UT tight end.
• He has 511 receiving yards this season, the fifth-highest total in a season for a UT tight end.
• In Texas' victory at Kansas State, he hauled in five receptions for 54 yards
• At Oklahoma State, Sanders caught six passes for 76 yards. It brought his season total to 34 receptions and made him just the fifth Longhorn tight end with 30 catches in a season.
• Against Iowa State, he had three receptions for 37 yards, including a third-down, 13-yard reception that helped lead to Texas' first touchdown of the game.
• In the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma, Sanders caught five passes for 71 yards and two touchdowns.
• The two scores brought his season total to five this season, tied for third all-time among Texas tight ends.
Ford Foundation
• Junior LB Jaylan Ford has emerged as a crucial member of the defense during the 2022 season.
• Collected nine tackles in the Horns strong defensive effort against TCU.
• Ford was sensational in the victory over Kansas State, recording a game-leading 10 tackles (six solo), while also forcing a fumble and recovering another. He also intercepted a pass in the final two minutes of the first half, returning it 18 yards to the K-State 33-yard line to set up Texas final score before the half.
• His efforts earned him Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
• At Oklahoma State, Ford collected six tackles (four solo) and had two tackles for loss and a sack.
• Ford played a critical role in ending two Iowa State drives in the Longhorns' victory over the Cyclones, earning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week accolades for his performance.
• First, he intercepted a pass in the end zone that shifted momentum in the game in towards Texas and prevented a potential two-score deficit. Then, with just over two minutes remaining, he jumped on a Cyclone fumble that sealed the game for the Longhorns. He also added eight tackles (two solo) to lead the team.
• In the Red River Showdown, Ford made seven tackles (four solo) and had one TFL against the Sooners.
DeMarvion is Dialed In
• Senior LB DeMarvion Overshown has become a leader and proven big-play maker during his time on the Forty Acres.
• Now a two-time Butkus Award semifinalist, this season, he has registered at least five tackles in every game, including a season-high 11 (two solo) with a half sack and half TFL against TCU.
• Registered nine tackles (seven solo) most recently at in the victory at Kansas State.
• Also has 1.5 tackles for loss against the Wildcats.
• Tallied eight tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack, one pass break up and a QB hurry at Oklahoma State.
• In Texas' shutout of Oklahoma, he posted six tackles (two solo) and broke up one pass in guiding the 'Horns to the historic victory.
• Against West Virginia, Overshown registered eight tackles (two solo) and had half a sack for a three yard loss.
• At Texas Tech, he tallied seven tackles (five solo) and had his first sack of the season while playing in just the second half of the game.
• In UT's victory over UTSA, Overshown had 10 tackles (four solo) for his third career game with 10 or more tackles. He also added a half a tackle for loss and a pass break up.
Going Big with Oghoufo
• Senior EDGE Ovie Oghoufu has been a dependable cog in the Longhorn defense this season.
• Equaled his season highs with seven tackles and two tackles for loss in helping limited the high-powered TCU offense to 17 points.
• In the victory at Kansas State, Oghoufu had five tackles (two solo), 1.5 TFLs, one sack and a pass breakup.
• He collected seven tackles (three solo) and had one pass break up at Oklahoma State.
• Oghoufo registered four tackles (two solo) and a half a sack in the win over Iowa State and had three tackles (two solo) and had one tackle for loss in the shutout victory over Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown.
• Against Texas Tech, he had six tackles (four solo) and a career-best two tackles for loss.
• He wreaked havoc on UTSA, registering seven tackles (two solo) and tallying one QB hurry.
• Oghoufo made an impact all over the field against No. 1 Alabama, registering five tackles (three solo) and one tackle for loss, including a sack for four yards.registering seven tackles (two solo) and tallying one QB hurry.
Jahdae on the Spot
• Junior DB Jahdae Barron's impact in the defensive backfield can be felt throughout the team.
• The Austin native had a career day against TCU, recording 11 tackles with a career-high nine solo and 3.5 tackles for loss, while also collecting his first fumble recovery and returning it 48 yards.
• Barron posted a critical PBU to prevent a TD and create a turnover on downs at Kansas State.
• He had a standout game against Oklahoma State, recording a career-best 12 tackles (six solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss.
• Against Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown, Barron picked off a pass to shut down a Sooner drive, and also tallied six tackles (three solo) and had half a tackle for loss.
• Versus West Virginia, he posted six tackles (five solo) and had one tackle for loss.
• He had a career day at Texas Tech, establishing career bests with 10 tackles, six solo tackles and two tackles for loss.
• Barron recorded his first career interception against UTSA and took it 44 yards for the first pick-six of his career. He also added six tackles (three solo) in the victory over the Roadrunners.
• His effort against UTSA earned him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors.
• Had four tackles (two solo) against Alabama.• Oghoufo made an impact all over the field against No. 1 Alabama, registering five tackles (three solo) and one tackle for loss, including a sack for four yards.registering seven tackles (two solo) and tallying one QB hurry.
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