UTSA, Texas and Roadrunner
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The Texas Longhorns entered Saturday night as the No. 1 team in the country for the first time this season. They left Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium sti
Arch Manning threw two first-half touchdown passes to Cam Coleman and Gianni Spetic hit three field goals as top-ranked Texas sleepwalked through a 30-6 win over UTSA on Saturday in Austin, Texas.
For its trouble, and for its role in providing an admirably compelling three hours of content for a crowd of 103,753 and a SEC Network TV audience, UTSA will receive a $1.7 million payout. That's enough to cover almost half of its estimated $4 million player payroll.
Texas and UTSA are scheduled to play twice more between Saturday's game and 2030. If Roadrunners coach Jeff Traylor had his way, those games wouldn't happen.
Despite an average performance against UTSA, Texas football stayed atop the AP poll as the Longhorns prepare for SEC play this week.
Texas beats UTSA 30-6, but offensive struggles raise concerns ahead of SEC play. Defense shines in Longhorns' win. Postgame analysis and reaction.
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Texas maintains No.1 ranking in AP Top 25 Poll despite questions that emerged in Week 3
The Texas Longhorns are still the No. 1 team in the nation even after a questionable performance against the unranked UTSA Roadrunners in Week 3.
On Saturday night, No. 1 Texas football closed out nonconference play with a successful but somewhat uneventful outing at Royal-Memorial Stadium. Cam Coleman hauled in two touchdown passes and the Texas defense held UTSA out of the end zone in a 30-6 win.