Texas vs. Vanderbilt: Box score, stats and summary feat. Quinn Ewers (Week 9)
The fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns were able to hold onto the lead and secure a 27-24 road victory against the 25th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores in Week 9 SEC action. The Longhorns (7-1, 3-1 SEC) are still in the race for the SEC Championship Game while the Commodores (5-3, 2-2) were able to prove they can compete with the top teams in the nation.
Quinn Ewers played a great game and his connection with DeAndre Moore Jr. was the difference in this game. Let's take a closer look at the box score and discuss what happened to make the game end how it did.
Texas vs. Vanderbilt Box Score
Texas vs. Vanderbilt box score
Texas box score
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Vanderbilt box score
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Texas vs. Vanderbilt Game Summary
The Texas Longhorns were able to bounce back after their loss to the Georgia Bulldogs as they were able to go 9-of-15 on third downs to continue generating drives. Quinn Ewers had a big passing game but also turned the ball over twice. The running game was able to compliment the passing as the Longhorns ran for 3.1 yards per attempt.
The Vanderbilt Commodores did well as they scored 24 points but were 3-of-12 on third downs in this game. The passing had some issues as Diego Pavia threw for 143 yards and a pair of interceptions as well as two touchdowns. Three turnovers against Texas is not going to get it done to pull off a win as an inferior team. Below is the scoring breakdown for this game.
- 9:40 1Q: Diego Pavia 18 Yard Rushing TD | Vanderbilt 7-0
- 5:37 1Q: Quinn Ewers 3 Yard Passing TD to Matthew Golden | 7-7
- 1:13 1Q: Quinn Ewers 27 Yard Passing TD to DeAndre Moore Jr. | Texas 14-7
- 5:04 2Q: Quinn Ewers 25 Yard Passing TD to DeAndre Moore Jr. | Texas 21-7
- 0:00 2Q: Brock Taylor 54 Yard Field Goal | Texas 21-10
- 8:34 3Q: Bert Auburn 40 Yard Field Goal | Texas 24-10
- 3:11 3Q: Diego Pavia 3 Yard Passing TD to Junior Sherrill | Texas 24-17
- 1:57 4Q: Bert Auburn 23 Yard Field Goal | Texas 27-17
- 0:46 4Q: Diego Pavia 8 Yard Passing TD to Eli Stowers | Texas 27-24