Quinn Ewers #3 of the Texas Longhorns rushes for a touchdown in the first quarter against the Kansas Jayhawks at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 30, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Photo: Tim Warner / Getty Images Sport / Getty Images
The Texas Longhorns are now 5 and 0 on the season after defeating the Kansas Jayhawks 40-14 on Saturday afternoon at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Up next, Texas will travel to Dallas to play Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. at the Cotton Bowl.
The Longhorns offense knocked out 661 yards of total offense. The Texas defense allowed just 260 total yards of offense.
Jonathan Brooks rushed for a career-high 217 yards on 20 carries and a pair of touchdowns.
KEY STATISTICS
- The Longhorns jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, with an 88-yard touchdown drive. Ewers was outstanding on the drive, going 4-for-4 with 45 yards passing before finishing off the drive with a 30-yard touchdown run.
- Texas settled for a field goal on its second drive of the game, a 26-yarder by Bert Auburn to make the score 10-0.
- The Jayhawks found their way into the endzone early in the second quarter to trim the Texas lead to 10-7.
- Auburn kicked his second field goal of the game, a 30-yarder, to extend the Longhorns' lead to 13-7.
- Texas started the second half with a score, as Brooks exploded for a 54-yard touchdown run to give the Longhorns a 20-7 lead.
- Kansas answered quickly with a 58-yard touchdown pass from Jason Bean to Trevor Wilson to make the score 20-14 early in the third quarter.
- The Longhorn defense forced a turnover in the third quarter, with Jahdae Barron recovering a fumble. Texas turned that turnover into points as Brooks rushed for his second touchdown of the game to bring the score to 26-14.
- Texas created some breathing room in the fourth quarter with a 9-yard touchdown pass from Ewers to Mitchell to give the Longhorns a 32-14 lead.
- Ewers rushed for his second touchdown of the game to finish off the game.\