SB Nation Dallas - Longhorns Upset Fifth-Ranked Nebraska 20-13https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48887/dallas-fave.png2010-10-16T18:55:02-05:00http://dallas.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15195912010-10-16T18:55:02-05:002010-10-16T18:55:02-05:00Texas Longhorns Upset No. 5 Nebraska 20-13
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<p>(Sports Network) – Garrett Gilbert ran for 71 yards and a pair of scores, as a disciplined Texas team held off the highly ineffective fifth- ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers, 20-13, at Memorial Stadium.</p>
<p>Gilbert carried the ball 11 times and added 62 yards through the air on 4-of- 16 passing for the Longhorns (4-2, 2-1 Big 12), who avoided their first three- game losing streak in 11 years by beating Nebraska (5-1, 1-1) for the sixth straight time.</p>
<p>Despite an ineffective offense, Texas used 94 Nebraska penalty yards and didn’t turn the ball over in the victory, the Longhorns’ ninth straight against the North division. Huskers quarterback and freshman sensation Taylor Martinez, who rushed for 241 yards last week, was pulled after running for just 21 yards on 13 carries and passing for 63 yards on 4-of-12 throws.</p>
<p>Nebraska had been seeking its first 6-0 start since 2001, but was denied in part because of their 10 penalties. Eric Hagg’s school-record 95-yard punt return for a score got the Huskers back in the game late, but Texas recovered an onside kick with three minutes left and ran off the remainder of the clock, aided by a substitution penalty on Nebraska that gave Texas a key first down.</p>
<p>Texas stopped Nebraska on fourth down with seven minutes to play, ahead by 14, and tried to run down much of the clock. The Longhorns managed to chew up 3 1/2 minutes of the remaining time before punting from the Cornhuskers’ 33. Hagg caught the kick around the five and chose to attempt to run it back, which turned out to be a good decision when he avoided several would-be tacklers en route to the end zone and a 20-13 game with 3:02 to play.</p>
<p>The Huskers went for an onside kick, which was easily recovered by Texas at the 42-yard line. Cody Johnson, who led the team with 73 yards rushing on 11 carries, ripped off a 24-yard run two plays later, helping the Longhorns run off the rest of the clock.</p>
<p>Texas got off to a quick start and built a substantial lead at halftime.</p>
<p>Nebraska couldn’t garner a first down on its initial possession, and Texas drove all the way to the Cornhuskers’ 10 before settling on a Justin Tucker 27-yard field goal for the early lead.</p>
<p>On the hosts’ next play from scrimmage, Roy Helu, Jr. fumbled the ball away, giving the Longhorns a 21-yard field. Five plays later, Gilbert took it in himself from three yards away for a 10-point advantage seven minutes into the contest.</p>
<p>The Huskers finally got in the board in the early moments of the second quarter on Alex Henery’s 45-yard field goal, but Gilbert capped a seven-play, 78-yard series with a one-yard run to the end zone to give Texas a 17-3 lead with 8:44 until halftime.</p>
<p>Nebraska’s offense failed to garner any more points before the half, punting on each of its last two possessions. The Huskers were pinned deep in their own territory on their first second-half possession, and the Longhorns took over on the Nebraska 32 following a punt and a personal foul.</p>
<p>A pass interference call on the next play helped set up Tucker’s 28-yard field goal for a 20-3 lead six minutes into the third quarter.</p>
<p>Nebraska’s first two series of the second half didn’t garner a first down, prompting the Cornhuskers to replace Martinez with quarterback Zac Lee. Lee had far more success than Martinez, immediately orchestrating a 16-play, 83- yard drive, but it stalled inside the Texas red zone, ultimately leading to Henery’s 28-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 14 with less than a minute left in the third.</p>
<p>Lee guided the Huskers into Texas territory again in the fourth quarter, but an incompletion on 4th-and-18 from the Longhorns’ 38 gave the ball away with seven minutes to play.</p>
<p>Game Notes</p>
<p>Texas has won its last nine true road games…The Longhorns have won their last four games in Lincoln…Nebraska has lost three straight conference home openers…Texas head coach Mack Brown has never lost three straight games while coaching at the school…The Huskers fell to 22-4 against unranked teams under head coach Bo Pelini…Lee finished with 25 yards rushing on 10 carries and 14 yards passing on 4-of-9 throws…Texas garnered 271 yards of offense, while Nebraska had just 202.</p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/2010/10/16/1756153/texas-longhorns-upset-no-5-nebraska-20-13JP Starkey2010-10-16T12:21:20-05:002010-10-16T12:21:20-05:00Texas Longhorns Look To Upset Fifth-Ranked Nebraska
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<p>By Scott Haynes, Senior College Football Editor</p>
<p>GAME NOTES: The fifth-ranked <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/nebraska-cornhuskers" class="sbn-auto-link">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a> put their unblemished record on the line this weekend when they welcome the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/texas-longhorns" class="sbn-auto-link">Texas Longhorns</a> to Lincoln for a Big 12 showdown at Memorial Stadium.</p>
<p>Bo Pelini's Cornhuskers have certainly looked the part of national title contenders in 2010 and that includes last week's 48-13 whipping of Kansas State in Manhattan in the team's Big 12-opener.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/115256/mack-brown" class="sbn-auto-link">Mack Brown</a>'s Longhorns are struggling in the post-<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/8525/colt-mccoy" class="sbn-auto-link">Colt McCoy</a> era. The team is just 3-2 on the season and brings a two-game losing streak into this contest. Texas was idle this past weekend, following a 28-20 setback to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game on October 2nd.</p>
<p>Texas owns a 9-4 edge in the all-time series with Nebraska and has been dominant since the formation of the Big 12, winning eight of the nine meetings.</p>
<p>Quarterback <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/77301/garrett-gilbert" class="sbn-auto-link">Garrett Gilbert</a> certainly has some big shoes to fill in Austin. He has played to mixed reviews thus far, completing 63.3 percent of his pass attempts, for 1,151 yards with four TDs against five INTs. The supporting cast, in particular the skill positions, lacks star power this season, with the leading receiver being <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/8521/james-kirkendoll" class="sbn-auto-link">James Kirkendoll</a> (23 receptions, for 288 yards, one TD) and the top tailbacks being Fozzy Whitaker (234 yards, two TDs) and Cody Johnson (146 yards, three TDs).</p>
<p>Gilbert realizes the challenge he faces in Nebraska's defense this week and just how good the Cornhuskers are on that side of the football.</p>
<p>"The soundness of it. Everyone knows their responsibility. Everyone does their responsibility. They're very athletic, very big and very physical. They're everything that you would like in a defense. They do very well. They stick to their guns. They play their defense and they don't get out of what they want to do."</p>
<p>The Texas defense has played well enough in most games to give the team a chance. The team is allowing 20.0 ppg, but doing so with foes netting a meager 254.2 yards of total offense per outing.</p>
<p>Junior LB Keenan Robinson leads Texas in tackles, with 50. He also has one sack and one INT. Defensive ends <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/8554/eddie-jones" class="sbn-auto-link">Eddie Jones</a> (31 tackles, 8.0 TFLs, 4.0 sacks) and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/8595/sam-acho" class="sbn-auto-link">Sam Acho</a> (23 tackles, seven TFLs, 4.0 sacks) have done a nice job making plays upfield, as has defensive tackle <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/37931/kheeston-randall" class="sbn-auto-link">Kheeston Randall</a> (18 tackles, 9.0 TFLs).</p>
<p>Athletic, dual-threat QBs are becoming more and more the norm in college football, and Nebraska has one of the very best in freshman phenom <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/76896/taylor-martinez" class="sbn-auto-link">Taylor Martinez</a>. Last week, Martinez single-handily destroyed KSU's defense, rushing for a school-record 241 yards and four TDs on just 15 carries.</p>
<p>Martinez is the orchestrator of an explosive offense that is averaging 41.6 ppg. The strength is on the ground, where Nebraska is averaging a robust 337.6 yards per game (second nationally).</p>
<p>Martinez doesn't throw often, but when he does drop back, he has completed 60 percent of his attempts, for 660 yards and three TDs. What he has done is run the ball to the tune of 737 yards, averaging 10.8 yards per carry and 147.4 yards per game. The youngster has scored 12 of the team's 21 rushing TDs to date. He is not the only option on the ground either, with tailbacks <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/8200/roy-helu-jr" class="sbn-auto-link">Roy Helu Jr</a>. (8.1 ypc, five TDs) and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/76903/rex-burkhead" class="sbn-auto-link">Rex Burkhead</a> (6.9 ypc, three TDs) getting the job done as well.</p>
<p>The Nebraska defense has followed the offense's lead and has thrived also. Foes are averaging a modest 12.8 ppg thus far, and have really struggled in passing situations against the Cornhuskers, who are limiting teams to just 128.0 ypg through the air.</p>
<p>Opposing QBs usually stay away from throwing to Prince Amukamara's side of the field and that has allowed DBs DeJon Gomes (42 tackles, one INT), <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/8188/rickey-thenarse" class="sbn-auto-link">Rickey Thenarse</a> (28 tackles, one INT), <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/37018/p-j-smith" class="sbn-auto-link">P.J. Smith</a> (19 tackles, three INTs) and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/37011/alfonzo-dennard" class="sbn-auto-link">Alfonzo Dennard</a> (13 tackles, three INTs). Junior LB Lavonte David leads the team in tackles (60) from his spot in the middle of the field, while All-Big 12 tackle <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/8290/jared-crick" class="sbn-auto-link">Jared Crick</a> (23 tackles, 5.0 TFLs, 2.5 sacks) headlines the play up front.</p>
<p>The Cornhuskers are simply the better team on both sides of the football. Martinez is a dynamic playmaker under center and while he will definitely make plenty of plays in this one, the defense may just take center stage in a big win for Nebraska.</p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/2010/10/16/2322672/texas-longhorns-look-to-upset-fifth-ranked-nebraskaJP Starkey