The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
4-0 , 1-0
Baylor
1-3 , 0-1
No. 3/6 Football runs by Baylor, 38-6
09.23.2023 | Football
Quinn Ewers completed 18-of-23 passes for 293 yards as the Longhorns won their Big 12 Conference opener on Saturday night.
WACO, Texas - Quinn Ewers completed 18-of-23 passes for 293 yards as the Longhorns (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) took down Baylor (1-3, 0-1 Big 12) 38-6 on the road on Saturday night.
Ewers ran for a touchdown and passed for a touchdown in the Texas victory. Jonathon Brooks scored a pair of touchdowns and ran for 106 yards. Ja'Tavion Sanders caught five passes for 110 yards to become the first tight end in Longhorn history with multiple career 100-yard receiving games.
The Longhorns held an 503-365 advantage in total yards over Baylor, including limiting the Bears to 60 rushing yards. The Texas defense recorded five sacks and eight tackles for loss.
KEY STATISTICS
• Jonathon Brooks started the scoring for Texas with a 40-yard run. It was his 10th career touchdown and he now has four career touchdowns of 34 or more yards.
• Quinn Ewers ran down the sideline for a 29-yard score to put Texas up 14-3.
• Xavier Worthy passed it 35 yards down the field to Ja'Tavion Sanders, which set up a seven-yard rushing touchdown by CJ Baxter for his first career touchdown.
• The Longhorns stopped Baylor on fourth and two as they took over at the Baylor 46 and went the distance with Brooks scoring his second rushing touchdown of the game to put Texas up 28-3. UT took a 28-6 lead into halftime.
• A Bert Auburn 37-yard field goal on the Longhorns' opening drive put Texas up 31-6.
• Ewers connected on his first passing touchdown of the game, a 21-yard strike to Xavier Worthy. The Longhorns went 95 yards in 3:28 for the score and increased the lead to 38-6. The touchdown for Worthy was his 24th in 29 career games.
NEXT:
The Longhorns are back at home on Saturday, Sept. 30 against Kansas with a 2:30 p.m. CT start on ABC.
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Team Stats
TEX 7, BAY 0
TEX - Brooks,Jonathon 40 yd run (Auburn,Bert kick), 2 plays, 55 yards, TOP 00:46
TEX 7, BAY 3
BAY - Hankins,Isaiah 22 yd field goal 9 plays, 70 yards, TOP 04:08
TEX 14, BAY 3
TEX - Ewers,Quinn 29 yd run (Auburn,Bert kick), 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:28
TEX 21, BAY 3
TEX - Baxter,CJ 7 yd run (Auburn,Bert kick), 2 plays, 42 yards, TOP 00:32
TEX 28, BAY 3
TEX - Brooks,Jonathon 2 yd run (Auburn,Bert kick), 5 plays, 46 yards, TOP 01:49
TEX 28, BAY 6
BAY - Hankins,Isaiah 36 yd field goal 4 plays, 2 yards, TOP 00:50
TEX 31, BAY 6
TEX - Auburn,Bert 37 yd field goal 6 plays, 55 yards, TOP 02:36
TEX 38, BAY 6
TEX - Worthy,Xavier 21 yd pass from Ewers,Quinn (Auburn,Bert kick) 7 plays, 95 yards, TOP 03:28
