Baylor, though, already was down its first two quarterbacks and its third-stringer, Chris Johnson, was lost with a concussion in the first half. Baylor’s fourth quarterback Lynx Hawthorne was intercepted on a deep pass with less than a minute remaining in the first quarter, and at the end of the play made a hard tackle near the Texas sideline to take down Duke Thomas.
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The only flag thrown was for unsportsmanlike conduct on Texas safety Kevin Vaccaro, who came off the bench and shoved Hawthorne in the back while he was down. Baylor and Texas coaches did their best to separate the players and it did not appear that any punches were thrown, but multiple helmets were tossed.
Saturday’s game between the University of Texas Longhorns and the Baylor University Bears was interrupted during the first quarter when a bench-clearing brawl erupted after an interception.
Texas came up with a fourth-down stop at its own 30 on the opening drive.
Baylor is ranked number twelve in the nation thanks to a 9-2 record for the season. Quarterback Tyrone Swoopes found tight end Caleb Bluiett open behind the safeties for a 57-yard catch and run touchdown on the Longhorns’ third play from scrimmage. Winning a conference championship, I would have never thought we would have done it five or six years ago.
Full-strength Baylor is probably the Big 12’s best team, but we’ll never know.
The Longhorns added kicker Nick Rose’s 23-yard field goal on its second offensive series before Texas made the play that shaped the rest of the game.
The Bears were in line to be the Big 12’s representative in the Sugar Bowl against an SEC team, with the expectation that league champ Oklahoma (11-1) will get into the College Football Playoff.
“We certainly thought at halftime that we were going to come back and win, 21-20”. The first half marks the first time since 2011 that the Bears have failed to score before the intermission. Well, injuries would creep up, as they would lose two starting quarterbacks in Seth Russell and Jarrett Stidham.
They had two more chances to cut the deficit after that, but were stopped on fourth down both times. The blow caused Johnson to fumble the football and the Longhorns recovered.
Houston (12-1) jumped to a 17-0 lead with the help of two turnovers by Temple, one capped by a 47-yard touchdown run by Ward.
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