1994 Texas - Baylor

Texas offense rolls for 582 yards in Longhorns' 63-35 rout of Baylor

I wish we could have been doing that the whole season. That's exactly my 
feeling."  -- Blake Brockermeyer, UT offensive lineman

UT FOOTBALL

Mark Livingston
Daily Texan Staff

   WACO -- Baylor head coach Chuck Reedy said he knew in the second quarter 
that his prediction that the Bears would have to score 40 points to win the 
game was wrong. So he corrected himself.
   "After the first half, I thought we would have to score 60," he said.
   Oops. Wrong again.
   The Longhorns moved the ball at will against the Bear defense, racking 
up 63 points to end the regular season on an emotional high.
   In the Horns' final tune-up before their trip to El Paso for the Sun 
Bowl, Texas scorched the Bears' new 3-4 defense on the ground and in the 
air. Texas totaled 278 rushing yards and 304 passing yards and spread 
touchdowns out between seven different players.
   The offensive explosion came at the end of a season in which the Horns 
have faced injuries, controversy and almost every distraction possible. 
Texas head coach John Mackovic said the players came out of the adversity 
stronger than they were before it.
   "I guess we found ourselves," he said.
   It made some players wonder where they have been hiding.
   "I wish we could have been doing that the whole season," said offensive 
tackle Blake Brockermeyer. "That's exactly my feeling. I don't know how the 
others feel, but that's exactly what I'm thinking."
   Texas broke through first the Baylor defense, then the record books. 
Lovell Pinkney's 45-yard touchdown catch etched him into the Texas record 
books with 15 touchdown catches, the most in Longhorn history, to surpass 
Johnny "Lam" Jones, who had held the record since 1979.
   James Brown threw five touchdown passes, which also broke a single-game 
Longhorn record.
   Eric Jackson, who has made a habit of having big games, topped 100 
receiving yards for the second week in a row, with 108 yards and two 
touchdowns.
   Like Houston last week, the Bears bit twice bit on the pump-and-go 
routes, in which Brown pump-fakes to the receiver before the receiver runs 
by the frozen safety.
   "They were predictable," Brown said. "They bit on the same routes last 
year."
   Texas also used an assortment of running backs to attack the Bears. 
Priest Holmes, Darrell Wilson and Rodrick Walker each scored a touchdown, 
with Walker's 93 rushing yards leading the way. Brown ran for 51 yards.
   Texas' high-powered offense has re-emerged since Mackovic started 
calling plays again at the Houston game. Texas racked up 1,079 yards on 
their way to 111 points in the two games. They had not scored 100 points 
over a two-game period since 1987, when they scored 106 total points 
against Oregon State and Rice.
   But much of the day belonged to James Brown, who toyed with the Bear 
defense.
   "[Brown] is unstoppable," Brockermeyer said. "You absolutely can't stop 
him. He's gone and had a big year."
   "My confidence level is pretty high," Brown said. "It could be higher, 
but it's still pretty high."
   So is his quarterback rating. Brown has finished the season with a 
quarterback rating of 204.84, which would have led the Southwest Conference 
easily if he had had more pass attempts. He is 3-0 as a starter.
   Brown visibly celebrated after the first Texas touchdown, but as the 
touchdowns started piling up, he said he had to quit the revelry.
"I just got too tired after that," he said
   Too bad. Because he still had a lot of touchdowns to celebrate.


Texas 63, Baylor 35

Texas  14  14  21  14 -- 63
Baylor 21   0   0  14 -- 35

Texas -- E. Jackson 37 pass from Brown (Dawson kick).
Baylor -- Rubin 1 run (Van Dyke kick).
Baylor -- Muhammad 4 run (Van Dyke kick).
Texas -- R. Walker 42 run (Dawson kick).
Baylor -- Muhammad 28 pass from Watson (Van Dyke kick).
Texas -- Wilson 1 run (Dawson kick).
Texas -- Pinkney 45 pass from Brown (Dawson kick).
Texas -- Holmes 33 run (Dawson kick).
Texas -- E. Jackson 16 pass from Brown (Dawson kick).
Texas -- Fitzgerald 28 pass from Brown (Dawson kick).
Texas -- Lucas 1 pass from Brown (Dawson kick).
Baylor -- Douglas 6 run (Van Dyke kick).
Texas -- Wilson 1 run (Dawson kick).
Baylor -- Douglas 51 run (Van Dyke kick).
A -- 41,212.


                    Texas   Baylor
First downs            23       20
Rushes-yards       44-278   50-233
Passing               314      241
Return Yards           30        2
Comp-Att-Int      19-27-0  16-32-3
Punts                3-41     4-29
Fumbles-Lost          2-2      4-2
Penalties-Yards       0-0     6-45
Time of Possession  28:55    31:05

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
   Rushing -- Texas: R. Walker 12-93, Wilson 17-87, Brown 7-51, Holmes 
7-47, Dutton 1-0. Baylor: Douglas 20-210, Muhammad 3-15, Lewis 8-15, Rubin 
4-6, Jackson 4-4, Hodge 1-1, Moore 3- (-2), Watson 7- (-16).
   Passing -- Texas: Brown 18-25-289, R. Walker 1-2-15. Baylor: Watson 
14-29-180, Moore 2-3-61.
   Receiving -- Texas: E. Jackson 6-108, Fitzgerald 4-72, C. Jackson 3-42, 
Pinkney 2-57, Hakes 2-19, Davis 1-15, Lucas 1-1. Baylor: Bronson 5-97, 
Stanley 4-72, Muhammad 3-35, Rhynes 3-22, Dennard 1-15.