3

ULM
ULM

2-1, 0-0

51

Winner

Texas
TEXTS

4-0, 0-0

3

51

Winner

Score per quarter

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
ULM ULM	0	3	0	0	3
TEXTS Texas	21	7	9	14	51

Match Summary: Football | 09.21.2024

Jaydon Blue scored four total touchdowns, helping the Longhorns move to 4-0 on the season.

AUSTIN, Texas – No. 1/2 Texas Football defeated ULM 51-3 thanks to five rushing touchdowns in front of the fifth-largest crowd in Darrell K. Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium history with an attendance of 102,850 on Saturday night.

The Longhorns offense was effective all night, scoring five touchdowns and 239 yards on the ground, a season record. Jaydon Blue had a great day with 25 rushes for 124 yards and four total touchdowns (three rushing).

Bow Manningmaking his first career start, he was 15 of 29 for 258 yards and two touchdowns. Isaiah Bond was the top receiver with two catches for 75 yards, including one of 56 yards.

The Texas defense allowed just three points and just 111 yards of total offense, the fewest the Longhorns have allowed this season. Anthony Hill had a big day with a sack and his first career interception, which was the Longhorns’ sixth interception of the season.

After the Longhorns threw an interception on the game’s opening drive, they came back with a touchdown drive on their second possession. The first big play of the game came when Manning connected with Bond for a 56-yard pass to put Texas in the red zone. The Longhorns then gave the ball to Blue on the next four consecutive plays to knock him into the end zone.

Hill quickly gave the Longhorns another scoring opportunity with an interception he returned deep in ULM territory. Blue found the end zone again on a three-yard touchdown reception from Manning.

The Longhorns continued to score on their fourth drive of the first quarter, with Manning connecting with Ryan Wingo with a 17-yard touchdown pass to increase the lead to 21-0.

Blue’s career continued in the second quarter, with a 12-play 87-yard drive capped by a two-yard touchdown run.

The Warhawks got their only points of the game on a 35-yard field goal with 1:46 left in the first half. ULM looked to score more points at the end of the half, but Alfred Collins blocked a field goal attempt as the first half ended.

To open the second half, Texas kept the scoring going with a six-play, 66-yard drive that was capped by a Jerrick Gibson two-yard touchdown run.

The Longhorns defense got in on the scoring with a safety in the third quarter when Liona Lefau a tackle for loss in the end zone. The safety was the first by Texas since Sept. 18, 2021, against Rice.

Texas rounded out the scoring with a pair of rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter, by Blue and Ryan Niblett.

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Texas will play its first-ever SEC game, hosting Mississippi State on Saturday, September 28 at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. Game time and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.

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