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Texas Football By The Numbers: Week 8

35 -- Texas points scored before Missouri joined them on the scoreboard.

173 -- Rushing yards advantage for Texas (203 on 40 carries) over Missouri (30 on 19).

29 -- Completions by Colt McCoy in 32 passing attempts.

1 -- Completions by John Chiles in 1 attempt.

388 -- Yards passing between McCoy and Chiles, including 3 touchdowns.

17 -- Consecutive completions by Colt McCoy during Saturday's game, a school record.

9.7 -- Yards averaged over 6 carries by Vondrell McGee on Saturday, his best effort of the season.

3 -- Consecutive games Chris Ogbonnaya has averaged 5.0+ yards per carry.

4 -- Longhorns who caught at least 6 Colt McCoy passes (Ogbonnaya, Collins, Cosby, Shipley).

1 -- Career touchdowns for Malcolm Williams, who scored on an acrobatic 32-yard grab in the 2nd Quarter.

10 -- Third downs successfully converted by Texas in 12 chances.

55 -- Percentage of third downs successfully converted by Texas in 2008, the 4th best rate nationally.

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0 -- Turnovers by Texas on Saturday.

6 -- Turnovers by Texas in 2008, tied for third fewest nationally.

26 -- Turnovers by Texas in 2007, tied for 71st nationally.

5 -- Consecutive games Texas has scored 50+ at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.

11 -- Tackles by Roddrick Muckelroy, giving him 67 on the season.

33 -- Tackles by Blake Gideon on the season, second most on the team.

827 -- All-time victories by Texas, pulling them to within 1 of idle Notre Dame (828).

3 -- Career bests by Brandon Collins on Saturday--Receptions (6), Yards (78), and Longest Reception (38).

7 -- Consecutive games with a rushing touchdown by freshman Cody Johnson.

27 -- Career victories by Colt McCoy, third all-time at Texas behind Bobby Layne (28) and Vince Young (30).

7 -- Consecutive games with a touchdown reception by Jordan Shipley, tying Limas Sweed's school record.

98,383 -- Fans in attendance on Saturday night, a DKR record.

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love how we are bringing along

the new receivers. i have a feeling that teams are basically going to have to pick their poison in which reciever they’re going to have to try and stop. i also like how mcgee looked at full speed the other night. he was a step or 2 faster at hitting the holes and showed some good explosion.

by kcc28 on Oct 22, 2008 1:42 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mcgee

He looked alot more explosive,what are teams going todo with all the options we are going to find week in and week out. Buwahahah

by cpabis on Oct 22, 2008 1:50 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

McGee and Fozzy looked great and i was really happy to see them do well. But I was wondering if Mizzou’s starting defense was still in at that time? I was under the impression that they did keep their starters in for most of the game, but I wasn’t really paying attention to that stuff…

by hooked on texas on Oct 22, 2008 2:39 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Turnovers

I am jazzed by the turnaround in turnovers from last year. I think it speaks to:
1. Colt being so freakin accurate
2. The running backs being coached to hang on to that ball

Amazing the difference it makes!

Watch out, I bite.

by EddieTheAlbinoSquirrel on Oct 22, 2008 5:08 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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