Capital City Sports Report

Texas Tech vs. UT Game Recap

The numbers donít tell the whole story.

Texas Tech quarterback Taylor Potts finished the night completing 46 out of 62 for 405 yards and 3 TDs.
Texas quarterback and Heisman candidate Colt McCoy went 24 of 35 for 205 yards and 1 TD.

The most important numbersó Texas 34, Texas Tech 24.
The 101,297 fans at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Saturday night were witness to a first half of two sluggish offenses combined with good defense, followed by a second half full of offensive fireworks.
The defensive struggle of the first half resulted in just one touchdown, a 46-yard punt return from Jordan Shipley. Texas led 10-3 heading into the break.

The second half of the nationally televised matchup was a complete 180.
McCoy, who struggled for the second time in as many weeks in the first half, guided the Longhorns on three TD scoring drives in the second half of 66, 47, and 19 yards respectively. While the 19-yard drive was the shortest, it turned out to be the biggest.

Early in the fourth quarter with the Tech offense playing in the shadows of its own goalpost, Texas defensive end Sergio Kindle blindsided Potts. Both the ball and Pottsí helmet were dislodged from the Tech quarterbackís body. Texasí Sam Acho recovered the fumble.

Six plays later McCoy found tight end-wide receiver Dan Buckner in the back of the end zone for the touchdown and another two-touchdown lead.
The senior Potts, who was playing his first-ever road game, had a solid second-half performance of his own including three touchdown passes, the last coming on a 22-yard pass to Tramain Swindall, which capped off an eight-play, 88-yard drive that closed the gap to seven points.

In the end, however, Pottsí fumble and an interception in the fourth quarter proved to be too costly as the Red Raiders suffered their first defeat of the season (2-1) and fell to the Longhorns in Austin for the sixth consecutive time dating back to 1997 and former Texas coach John Mackovic.

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