Texas Football By The Numbers, Week 3
0 -- Second half points allowed by the Texas defense through two games. 14 -- Minutes longer than Texas the Miners had possession of the ball. 2 -- Weeks in a row Texas' opponent has converted...
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| Final - 9.6.2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Longhorns | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| UTEP Miners | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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Stories
Morning Coffee Wonders, What's Up With Vince?
About that small man running everywhere. Texas fans were understandably upset this weekend after UTEP ran for 145 yards against the Longhorns defense. Despite the horrible struggles of the pass...
Morning Coffee Seeks Context
As good as his name... He was the story this spring, the hope this summer, the standout this August, and now, following his exciting debut against UTEP, all the rave this week. Coming off a...
Postgame React, Week 2: Texas at UTEP
The outcome was: Unimpressive. I started the summer thinking this team's likely deficiencies would net 2-4 losses. The annual end-of-summer surge of optimism combined with our season opening...
Open Game Day Thread: #10 Texas at UTEP
Game 2: #10 Texas Longhorns (1-0) vs Texas-El Paso Miners (0-1) Saturday, September 6, 2008 · 9:15 p.m. CT Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500) · El Paso, TX The Eyes of Texas Texas Fight...
Opponent Profile: UTEP
Irony: When everything in your life is going well you have no free time; conversely, when you're in a horrible rut you've got all the time in the world. Which is why we all look forward to that one...
By The Numbers
96 -- Season opening wins in Texas program history. 5 -- Times in the last 6 seasons Texas has scored 50+ to open the year. 29 -- Yards covered on John Chiles' first career touchdown pass to...
54b's Road Trip Travel Tips - El Paso
In case you didn't know...El Paso is Spanish for, The Paso. That's tip #1 and there's a lot more where that came from in the Travel Guide I wrote for The Eyes of Texas 2008... For those BONers...
GameThreads
Miners Fans GameThread on Miner Rush
Longhorns Fans GameThread on Barking Carnival
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| UTEP | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Scoring Drives |
|---|
| Quarter 1 |
| 9:15 left: Texas-El Paso Field Goal - 30-yarder by Jose Martinez. |
| 5:51 left: Texas-El Paso Field Goal - 49-yarder by Jose Martinez. |
| 3:13 left: Texas Touchdown - 16-yard pass from Colt McCoy to Quan Cosby. (Hunter Lawrence kick). |
| Quarter 2 |
| 14:51 left: Texas Touchdown - 12-yard pass from Colt McCoy to Dan Buckner. (Hunter Lawrence kick). |
| 9:20 left: Texas Touchdown - 1-yard run by Cody Johnson. (Hunter Lawrence kick). |
| 3:59 left: Texas Touchdown - 23-yard pass from Colt McCoy to Blaine Irby. (Hunter Lawrence kick). |
| 0:18 left: Texas-El Paso Touchdown - 12-yard pass from Trevor Vittatoe to Tufick Shadrawy. (Jose Martinez kick). |
| Quarter 3 |
| No Scoring. |
| Quarter 4 |
| 13:33 left: Texas Touchdown - 15-yard pass from Colt McCoy to Jordan Shipley. (Hunter Lawrence kick). |
| 13:22 left: Texas Touchdown - 26-yard fumble return by Roddrick Muckelroy. (Hunter Lawrence kick). |
| Team statistics | Texas | UTEP |
|---|---|---|
| Time of Possession | 22:33 | 36:41 |
| First Downs | 26 | 23 |
| Passing Yards Completions-Attempts Interceptions | 282 20-29 1 | 267 25-46 0 |
| Rushing Yards Attempts | 122 31 | 145 31 |
| Punt Return Yards | 42 | 7 |
| Turnovers Fumbles-Lost Interceptions | 1 0-0 1 | 1 1-1 0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-45 | 11-97 |
| Punts-Average | 4-40.2 | 5-38.2 |
