In A battle of veteran NDL Coaches, points were at the minimal early for both.
Early On, the wildcats defense was stout applying a ton of pressure to Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers and stopping the run game from establishing. This made life very very difficult for the Texas Offense early in the game.
On the other side of the Ball, The Wildcats looked brilliant on offense driving it 9 plays, 61 yards, capped by a Reception from Barion Brown for the 10 yard score.
Texas responded but were haulted after a 2nd a goal sack by the wildcats, the Longhorns kicker was his shaky self and missed wide right giving the Wildcats the ball back.
After some trading of punts, the game turned on a Longhorns defensive play.
With 2 minutes and 25 seconds left in the half , Texas CB Gavin Holmes intercepted the ball with the Wildcats pinned back and ran it back for a short int td return.
From there, Texas stopped the wildcats and got the ball back for a chance to take the lead before the half.
With the ball on the 20, the Longhorns offense came alive ! 5 plays 80 yards in 39 seconds resulted in Texas taking the lead on a Jaydon Blue catch and run for 6, Score was 14-7.
On the first drive in the 2nd half, The Texas defense got yet another big play from a DB, This time Andrew Mukuba intercepting the Wildcats QB. The Longhorns wasted no time scoring on a 6 play, 27 yard drive capped by A CJ Baxter 1 yard touchdown run.
The Wildcat QB was feeling the roar of 79,471 Longhorn fans, loyal to their the 3-7 team. With crowd noise now at its peak, the QB backed up his last play with another INT, this time intercepted by Gavin Holmes who took it back for his second td of the day making it 28-7.
Coach Z was very happy with his defense after the game. "Our guys struggled early matching their strategy and game tempo.. they had it going. Our D stayed focused and waited to execute on some key opportunities making the game for us. "
Kentucky's first SEC game against Texas was a reminder how much tougher the SEC has now become.
Kentucky started off the game brilliantly by marching down the field and capping it with a TD pass to Barion Brown. Everything seemed to click both in the running and passing game.
After the initial shock wore off the Texas team gathered themselves and played stingy defense. Kentucky couldn't get much going after that first drive. The game was close at halftime with Texas leading only 14-7.
But the INT bug came biting once again and Brock V proceeded to throw 4 interceptions in the game. Texas would take advantage of the turnovers and converting to 2 interceptions into touchdowns.
The longhorn offense also settled into the game and Kentucky was not able to get them off the field.
Kentucky now looks to finish out the season against Louisville at home.
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