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Longhorn runners trample over Rice for 58-0 shutout

Longhorn runners trample over Rice for 58-0 shutout

Matthew Boncosky, Sports Reporter September 18, 2021
The Longhorn running backs rushed all over an inferior Rice defense to the tune of 418 total yards and six touchdowns.
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Big 12 expansion, future of college athletics: How does it affect Longhorn sports?

Nick Hargroue, Sports Reporter September 17, 2021

The Big 12 officially invited BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF to join its athletic conference last Friday, counteracting the departure of Texas and Oklahoma, which sent a shock wave throughout college...

Texas, Arkansas set to renew historic football rivalry

Texas, Arkansas set to renew historic football rivalry

Matthew Boncosky September 14, 2021

The Texas Longhorns and Arkansas Razorbacks are set to renew a centuries old Southwest Conference rivalry on Saturday when No. 15 Texas travels to Fayetteville to face off on the gridiron. Texas and...

Texan Tuesday Football Talk: QB switch, what needs improvement, and more

Texan Tuesday Football Talk: QB switch, what needs improvement, and more

Nathan Han, Matthew Boncosky, Sports Reporters September 14, 2021

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Texan Tuesday Football Talk, where Daily Texan football beat reporters Matthew Boncosky and Nathan Han discuss, of course, Texas football. Nathan Han: You and our...

Risking it for the biscuit: Sarkisian’s aggressive Saturday calls give Longhorns leg up

Risking it for the biscuit: Sarkisian’s aggressive Saturday calls give Longhorns leg up

Nathan Han, Sports Reporter September 13, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 13 flipbook. Texas’s 38-18 win against Louisiana this Saturday will go down in record books and Wikipedia pages as a clean, drama-filled...

Texas football has everything to lose, everything to gain

Texas football has everything to lose, everything to gain

Kaitlyn Harmon, Sports Reporter September 11, 2021

Editor’s note: This story first appeared as part of the September 3 Double Coverage flipbook. Texas football has no other choice but to come out of the gates swinging. Texas athletic director Chris...

New man in charge brings new wave of coaching staff

New man in charge brings new wave of coaching staff

Hannah Williford, Sports Reporter September 11, 2021

Editor's note: This story first appeared as part of the September 3 Double Coverage flipbook. In a new era of Texas football, head coach Steve Sarkisian came to Austin with a fresh coaching staff in...

Texas linemen unprepared for trench battle in hostile SEC territory

Texas linemen unprepared for trench battle in hostile SEC territory

Matthew Boncosky, Sports Reporter September 11, 2021
The Razorbacks, hardly the darlings of the SEC, managed to overpower the Longhorns in the trenches for the length of the contest, and it wasn’t particularly close.
No. 15 Texas football falls in blowout fashion to Arkansas

No. 15 Texas football falls in blowout fashion to Arkansas

Nathan Han, Sports Reporter September 11, 2021
Riding high off a 38-18 win over Louisiana in Week 1, Texas traveled into a hostile Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and came out worse for wear as fans chanted “S-E-C” in the blowout loss.
Texas football returns four key players on each side of ball

Texas football returns four key players on each side of ball

Ross Fisher, Sports Reporter September 11, 2021

Editor's note: This story first appeared as part of the September 3 Double Coverage flipbook. The void Sam Ehlinger leaves behind at the Texas quarterback position is so large that two will fill his...

Hudson Card: Austin’s next Longhorn QB1

Hudson Card: Austin’s next Longhorn QB1

Matthew Boncosky, Sports Reporter September 11, 2021

Editor's note: This story first appeared as part of the September 3 Double Coverage flipbook. One of the many reasons former Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger endeared himself so easily to Longhorn fans...

Notes from the opponent: What to expect from experienced Louisiana squad

Notes from the opponent: What to expect from experienced Louisiana squad

Nathan Han, Sports Reporter September 11, 2021

Editor's note: This story first appeared as part of the September 3 Double Coverage flipbook. The Daily Texan spoke with Zachary Nagy, sports editor of Louisiana-Lafayette’s The Vermilion ahead of...

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