Texas Football: 3 takeaways from blowout win over Texas Tech in Week 14

By Dante Pryor | Nov 29, 2019

AUSTIN, TX - SEPTEMBER 08: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns leads the team on to the field before the game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /

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AUSTIN, TX – NOVEMBER 29: Roschon Johnson #2 of the Texas Longhorns rushes for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 29, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /

1. Texas ruled the trenches

The Texas Longhorns won the battle up front. Defensively the Longhorns won the line of scrimmage today. They bottled up the Red Raiders run game. SaRodrick Brown didn’t have a bad day with 86 yards on the ground, but the rest of the team had -15 yards rushing.

Texas Tech quarterback Jett Duffey had a critical fumble trying to avoid a sack when the game was still close. Texas controlled the line all game defensively with the Red Raiders finding few holes to run and Duffey was pressured consistently.

It didn’t help that the Longhorns started to pull away in the second half and forced the Red Raiders to throw the ball and go away from the run. The Longhorns found their run game on offense in this one.

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Led by converted quarterback Roschon Johnson and his 105 yards, the Longhorns ran for 262 yards and averaged 5.5 yards per carry. Sam Ehlinger had another good game on the ground with 83 yards, and he wasn’t pressured throwing the ball either.

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