Texas produces historic feats in upset victory at Alabama
By Paul Harvey
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Texas is flying high Saturday night with Steve Sarkisian providing a breakthrough moment for the Longhorns.
After Alabama held a 16-13 lead at the end of the third quarter, Texas outscored the Crimson Tide 21-8 in the fourth quarter for the 34-24 win. Quinn Ewers was the big engineer of the upset, completing 24-of-38 passes for 349 yards and 3 touchdowns in the win.
Alabama’s defense struggled to find an answer for that passing attack all game long with Ja’Tavion Sanders leading the way with 5 catches for 114 yards. AD Mitchell came through with a pair of late touchdowns, and Xavier Worthy also shined with 5 catches for 75 yards and a score.
In the process, Texas secured its road victory over an AP Top 3 team in 50+ years. The last time that happened for the Longhorns was in 1969.
Texas’ first road win vs a top 3 opponent since 1969.
— Kevin Negandhi (@KevinNegandhi) September 10, 2023
While it is one of the highest moments for Texas football in recent memory, it is a bleak night for Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide had not lost a home nonconference game since 2007 to UL Monroe. To put that in perspective, that was Nick Saban’s first season with the program, a team that went 7-6 overall.
The 10-point defeat is also Alabama’s first loss at home by double digits since the 2004 season, a 20-3 loss to South Carolina. That game featured a head coaching matchup of Mike Shula vs. Lou Holtz.
Alabama loses to a non-conference opponent at home for 1st time since losing to UL Monroe 21-14 in 2007
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 10, 2023
Alabama hasn’t lost by double digits at home since 2004 vs. South Carolina (20-3)
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) September 10, 2023
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
