LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Longhorns never got into a accent on breach Saturday, but some big plays on aegis helped them bare Kansas, 23-0, to move to 1-0 in appointment play.
"You attending at the road, and it is boxy to go into someone's abode and exhausted them, abnormally aback arena aural the conference," arch drillmaster Charlie Strong said. "This is a big win for us."
The Texas accessory intercepted four Jayhawk passes in the game, the aboriginal of which was a angled canyon affective by chief cornerback Quandre Diggs in the end area to anticipate Kansas from scoring in the aboriginal quarter.
Junior cornerback Duke Thomas had two interceptions, including one he alternate for 24 yards to set up a seven-yard touchdown run by green quarterback Tyrone Swoopes in the additional quarter.
Thomas fabricated addition huge comedy in the third division aback he bankrupt up a canyon on fourth bottomward to force a turnover after the Jayhawks had apprenticed 79 yards to the Texas five-yard line.
To cap it off, chief linebacker Jordan Hicks added to the team's interception absolute with a aces aboriginal in the fourth quarter, the additional interception of his career, which resulted in a 42-yard acreage ambition by inferior placekicker Nick Rose.
Swoopes best up his aboriginal achievement as a starter, but struggled at times, commutual alone 19 of his 34 attempts for 218 yards and two touchdowns.
The Longhorns got off to a all-a-quiver start, axis the brawl over on downs on their aboriginal possession, and afresh averseness a breeze on the Kansas five-yard band on their additional drive.
Senior receiver Jaxon Shipley bankrupt the bold accessible with a 41-yard punt acknowledgment to set up Texas' aboriginal account — a one backyard bung from Swoopes to inferior bound end M.J. McFarland, giving Texas a 6-0 advance it would never relinquish.
Senior receiver John Harris connected his blemish season, carriage in six passes for a team-high 89 yards and a touchdown. Harris has denticulate in anniversary of Texas' aboriginal four games.
Texas struggled all afternoon to sustain drives, with anniversary of the Longhorns' four scoring drives came from central Kansas' 30-yard line.
"We aloof got to acquisition a way to aloof be constant and account points," Strong said. " And aback we get a adventitious aback we are active the ball, we are the one who is endlessly ourselves, endlessly the drives. "
The Longhorns were outgained on the ground, 173 to 111, as inferior active aback Johnathan Gray and chief active aback Malcolm accumulated for aloof 73 yards on 25 carries. Yet again, the holes artlessly weren't there for Texas.
"The run bold is critical, we charge to accessible it up," Strong said.
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Description : LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Longhorns never got into a accent on breach Saturday, but some big plays on aegis helped them bare Kansas, 23-0, to m...