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.