No. 11/12 Football takes down No. 3/3 Alabama, 34-24

Saturday, September 9

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m. CT

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No. 11/12 Football takes down No. 3/3 Alabama, 34-24

09.09.2023 | Football

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The Longhorns racked up 454 yards of total offense and snapped the Crimson Tide’s 21-game home winning streak.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 11/12 Texas Football took down No. 3/3 Alabama, 34-24, on Saturday night to snap the Crimson Tide's 21-game home winning streak at Bryant-Denny Memorial Stadium. With the victory, the Longhorns secured the first victory over a Top-3 team since 2008 (Oklahoma) and the first-ever win on the road versus an AP Top-3 program.

Sophomore quarterback Quinn Ewers completed 24-of-38 passes for 349 passing yards and three touchdowns, connecting with junior wide receivers Adonai Mitchell and Xavier Worthy.

Ja'Tavion Sanders was the Longhorns' leading receiver with five catches for 114 yards, including a 50-yard reception. Worthy caught five passes for 75 yards with one touchdown, while Mitchell had three catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns.

Jonathan Brooks rushed 14 times for 57 yards with one touchdown and was instrumental in closing out the game with a seven-minute drive to end the game.

Freshman linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. had six total tackles, including two sacks to lead the Longhorns defense.

Alabama took their first lead of the game with 14 seconds remaining in the third quarter. The Longhorns would only trail for 1:09 during the game. Behind heading into the fourth quarter, Texas scored two touchdowns over a 15 second span to build a 27-16 lead with 13:50 remaining to play.

The Longhorns' victory snapped Alabama's 21-game home winning streak. The Tide had won 57 consecutive regular-season games versus non-conference opponents. Texas' win was also the first double-digit home loss for Alabama head coach Nick Saban as a college football head coach since 2003.

Ewers threw for 349 yards and three touchdowns in the victory, the first non-SEC quarterback to eclipse 250 passing yards and two touchdowns since Saban took over the Crimson Tide program in 2007.

Texas had five sacks in the game, the most surrendered by the Crimson Tide since 2021 (at Auburn) and the most at home since 2015 (Tennessee). The five sacks were the most for a non-conference foe at Bryant-Denny Stadium since 2012 (6, Western Kentucky).

KEY STATISTICS:

Jahdae Barron intercepted his first pass of the season early in the first quarter to set up the game's opening score, a 22-yard field goal by Bert Auburn.
Alabama answered with a 42-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter to tie the game, 3-3.
The Longhorns quickly retook the lead on a 44-yard strike from Ewers to Worthy, capping a four-play, 75-yard drive to make the score 10-3.
Auburn extended the Texas lead to 13-3 with a 29-yard field goal after a 14-play, 82-yard drive that lasted more than six minutes.
On the final play of the first half, the Crimson Tide trimmed the Longhorns lead to 13-6 with a 30-yard field goal.
Alabama kicked its third field goal of the game, a 51-yarder to open the second half.
The Crimson Tide took their first lead of the game, 16-13, with a 49-yard touchdown pass right before the end of the third quarter.
The Longhorns answered immediately with a three-play 75-yard touchdown drive to retake the lead, 20-16. Ewers hit Sanders for a 50-yard strike to put Texas in the red zone. On the next play, Ewers connected with Mitchell for a seven-yard touchdown pass.
Jerrin Thompson intercepted Jalen Milroe and returned it 32-yards down to the Alabama five-yard line. Jonathan Brooks took full advantage and punched in a five-yard touchdown to give Texas a 27-16 lead.
Alabama came right back with a 75-yard touchdown drive and converted the two-point conversion to trim the Texas lead to 27-24.
Mitchell caught his second touchdown of the fourth quarter, a 39-yard strike from Ewers, with eight minutes left to play to extend the lead back to 10 points.
Texas forced a punt with 7:14 left in the fourth quarter and ran the ball nine times to run out the clock and secure the win.

UP NEXT
Texas returns home to Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium to host Wyoming on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. with the game broadcast on Longhorn Network.