NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ARKANSAS ST 3 0 0 3 TEXAS (4) 14 0 7 21 END, 3RD QTR SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: TEXAS - TD, LIMAS SWEED 35 YD PASS FROM COLT MCCOY (RYAN BAILEY KICK), 2:35. TEXAS 7-0 ARKANSAS ST - FG, JOSH ARAUCO 45 YD, 6:48. TEXAS 7-3 TEXAS - TD, ANTWAN COBB 16 YD PASS FROM COLT MCCOY (RYAN BAILEY KICK), 12:11. TEXAS 14-3 2ND QUARTER: NONE 3RD QUARTER: TEXAS - TD, JAMAAL CHARLES 10 YD RUN (RYAN BAILEY KICK), 11:51. TEXAS 21-3</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF ARKANSAS ST 3 TEXAS (4) 21 12:22 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF ARKANSAS ST 3 TEXAS (4) 21 10:41 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF FG ARKANSAS ST JOSH ARAUCO 28 YD ARKANSAS ST 6 TEXAS (4) 21 9:29 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF ARKANSAS ST 6 TEXAS (4) 21 6:48 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF ARKANSAS ST 6 TEXAS (4) 21 4:13 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF ARKANSAS ST 6 TEXAS (4) 21 1:52 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF TD ARKANSAS ST REGGIE ARNOLD 2 YD RUN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) ARKANSAS ST 13 TEXAS (4) 21 0:56 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ARKANSAS ST 3 0 0 10 13 TEXAS (4) 14 0 7 0 21 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: TEXAS - TD, LIMAS SWEED 35 YD PASS FROM COLT MCCOY (RYAN BAILEY KICK), 2:35. TEXAS 7-0 ARKANSAS ST - FG, JOSH ARAUCO 45 YD, 6:48. TEXAS 7-3 TEXAS - TD, ANTWAN COBB 16 YD PASS FROM COLT MCCOY (RYAN BAILEY KICK), 12:11. TEXAS 14-3 2ND QUARTER: NONE 3RD QUARTER: TEXAS - TD, JAMAAL CHARLES 10 YD RUN (RYAN BAILEY KICK), 11:51. TEXAS 21-3 4TH QUARTER: ARKANSAS ST - FG, JOSH ARAUCO 28 YD, 5:31. TEXAS 21-6 ARKANSAS ST - TD, REGGIE ARNOLD 2 YD RUN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK), 14:04. TEXAS 21-13</div>
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NCAAF ARKANSAS ST 13 TEXAS (4) 21 FINAL</div>
AUSTIN, Texas (Ticker) -- After racing to a fast start, ColtMcCoy and Texas certainly did not look like a national titlecontender. McCoy passed for two first-quarter touchdowns before thefourth-ranked Longhorns were forced to stave off a late rally inSaturday night's 21-13 triumph over Arkansas State. It was the eighth straight season-opening victory for Texas(1-0), which yielded a touchdown in the final minute beforebenefitting from a penalty on the ensuing onside-kick attempt. The reigning Big 12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year,McCoy had the heavily favored Longhorns rolling in the firstquarter. The sophomore hooked up with Limas Sweed for a 35-yard TD just 21/2 minutes into the contest and found Antwan Cobb for a16-yard scoring strike with 2:49 remaining in the opening periodto make it 14-3. But the Longhorns stumbled late in the first half, as McCoy wasintercepted on each of Texas' last two possessions before thebreak. McCoy finished 22-of-33 for 223 yards while Sweed hauled in fivereceptions for 93 yards. Jamaal Charles rushed for 112 yardsand a TD on 27 carries while Nate Jones chipped in 73 yards onnine receptions for Texas, which improved to 95-17-3 all-time inseason openers. The Longhorns took a 21-3 advantage on Charles' 10-yard TD withthree minutes left in the third quarter, but the Indians (0-1)rallied to make a game of it. After Josh Arauco converted a 28-yard field goal to drawArkansas State within 21-6, Texas was forced to punt on its nextpossession. The Indians clawed within 21-13 on Reggie Arnold's two-yard TDplunge with 55 seconds left and recovered the following on-sidekick. But ASU was penalized for having too many players on oneside of the kicker - nullifying the recovery - and Texasrecovered the next attempt to seal the victory.
NCAAF: ARKANSAS ST at TEXAS <div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ARKANSAS ST 3 0 0 10 13 TEXAS (4) 14 0 7 0 21 FINAL TEXAS-TD, L Sweed 35 YD PASS FROM C McCoy (R Bailey KICK) 2:35 1st Qtr ARKANSAS ST-FG, J Arauco 45 YD 6:48 1st Qtr TEXAS-TD, A Cobb 16 YD PASS FROM C McCoy (R Bailey KICK) 12:11 1st Qtr TEXAS-TD, J Charles 10 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 11:51 3rd Qtr ARKANSAS ST-FG, J Arauco 28 YD 5:31 4th Qtr ARKANSAS ST-TD, R Arnold 2 YD RUN (J Arauco KICK) 14:04 4th Qtr ARKANSAS ST TEXAS First downs 26 23 Rushed-yards 34-125 38-117 Passing yards 272 223 Sacked-yards lost 4-30 1-10 Return yards 104 30 Passes 24-37-1 22-33-2 Punts 3-35.3 4-36.3 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-yards 10-65 10-90 Time of possession 30:12 29:48 Individual Statistics RUSHING: ARKANSAS ST-Reggie Arnold 11-68, Corey Leonard 16-37, Preston Brown 6-21, Brandon Thompkins 1-MINUS 1. TEXAS-Jamaal Charles 27-112, Colt McCoy 7-11, Chris Ogbonnaya 2-6, Limas Sweed 1-MINUS 1, - Team 1-MINUS 11. PASSING: ARKANSAS ST-Corey Leonard 23-36-259- 1, Travis Hewitt 1-1-13- 0. TEXAS-Colt McCoy 22-33-223- 2. RECEIVING: ARKANSAS ST-Levi Dejohnette 6-92, Preston Brown 5-48, Kevin Jones 3-45, Reggie Arnold 2-27, Trevor Gillott 3-20, Brandon Thompkins 3-17, Joe Smith 1-14, David Johnson 1-9. TEXAS-Limas Sweed 5-93, Nate Jones 9-72, Quan Cosby 5-29, Antwan Cobb 1-16, Jermichael Finley 1-8, Peter Ullman 1-5. Att: 84,440</div>
AUSTIN, Texas (Ticker) -- After racing to a fast start, ColtMcCoy and Texas certainly did not look like a national titlecontender. McCoy passed for two first-quarter touchdowns before thefourth-ranked Longhorns were forced to stave off a late rally inSaturday night's 21-13 triumph over Arkansas State. It was the eighth straight season-opening victory for Texas(1-0), which yielded a touchdown in the final minute beforebenefitting from a penalty on the ensuing onside-kick attempt. "I was trying to tell guys to keep their head up and bepositive," Texas coach Mack Brown said. "I told them not to letit scare them. Everybody's pretty good if you let them stay inthe game." "We probably weren't as focused as we should have been," McCoyadded. "They came here and expected to win and (almost) had thechance." The reigning Big 12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year,McCoy had the heavily favored Longhorns rolling in the firstquarter. The sophomore hooked up with Limas Sweed for a 35-yard TD just 21/2 minutes into the contest and found Antwan Cobb for a16-yard scoring strike with 2:49 remaining in the opening periodto make it 14-3. But the Longhorns stumbled late in the first half, as McCoy wasintercepted on each of Texas' last two possessions before thebreak. McCoy finished 22-of-33 for 223 yards while Sweed hauled in fivereceptions for 93 yards. Jamaal Charles rushed for 112 yardsand a TD on 27 carries while Nate Jones chipped in 73 yards onnine receptions for Texas, which improved to 95-17-3 all-time inseason openers. "It's not pretty and it's not the best, but we're 1-0 and movingon," McCoy said. The Longhorns took a 21-3 advantage on Charles' 10-yard TD withthree minutes left in the third quarter, but the Indians (0-1)rallied to make a game of it. After Josh Arauco converted a 28-yard field goal to drawArkansas State within 21-6, Texas was forced to punt on its nextpossession. The Indians clawed within 21-13 on Reggie Arnold's two-yard TDplunge with 55 seconds left and recovered the following on-sidekick. But ASU was penalized for having too many players on oneside of the kicker - nullifying the recovery - and Texasrecovered the next attempt to seal the victory. Corey Leonard completed 23-of-36 attempts for 257 yards and oneinterceptions for Arkansas State, which outgained the Longhornsin total offense, 394-345. "I'd love to play Texas again," said Leonard, who was sackedfive times.
