Longhorns take the Texas Bowl over Missouri

The Texas Longhorns and the Missouri Tigers played in the Academy Sports & Outdoors Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Both teams looked to end their season with a win. Who would come out on top in this bowl game matchup? Let's see what happens! The Longhorns would start with the ball and on second and 10, Missouri would get called for pass interference and Texas would get a first and 10 at their own 40 yard line. Missouri would get called for holding for another Longhorns first down and on second and 3 at the Misssouri 37 yard line and Shane Buechele went to Armanti Foreman for a one yard gain but yet another penalty by the Tigers, a facemask, would give the Longhorns a first down at the Tigers 22 yard line and on the next play, Buechele would go to Daniel Young for a 22 yard touchdown and a 7-0 Texas lead. The Tigers would go three and out on their first possession of the game. The Longhorns would get the ball at midfield and Buechele would get ten yards on second and 10 but that was all they could muster and would be forced to punt. Texas and Misssouri would trade three and outs. After another three and out by the Tigers, the Longhorns would take over at their own 45 yard line and on the first play, Sam Ehlinger would go to Daniel Young for 42 yards to the Missouri 13 yard line. They would face a third and 4 and Ehlinger would find John Burt for a seven yard touchdown pass and a 14-0 Longhorns lead. The Tigers and Longhorns would trade three and outs once again. The Tigers would take over at their own 12 yard line. On second and 6, Drew Lock would go to Kendall Blanton for 23 yards to the Tigers 39 yard line. The Tigers would face a third and 6 as we head to the end of the first quarter. First play of the second quarter, the Tigers faced a third and 6 and the pass by Lock would go to Larry Rountree but would be two yards short of the first down and would be forced to punt. After a Longhorns three and out, the Tigers would take over at midfield. First play of the drive, Lock would go to J'Mon Moore for 19 yards to the Longhorns 31 yard line. On a second and 8, Lock would go to Moore again but from 15 yards out to the Texas 14 yard line. After a holding call on the next play, the Tigers would have a first and goal at the Longhorns seven yard line. On second and goal from the Longhorns four yard line, Ish Witter would go in for a four yard touchdown to cut the Longhorns' lead to 14-7. The Longhorns would be forced to punt on their next possession. The Tigers would take over and on second and 5, Ish Witter would move the chains with a five yard run. The Tigers faced a third and 2 and Witter would go for eight yards but would fumble and would be recovered by Anthony Wheeler and returned 38 yards for the Longhorns touchdown to increase the lead to 21-7. The Tigers would take over but the series would end with another fumble recovered by the Longhorns and was recovered by Breckyn Hager. The Longhorns and Tigers would trade punts as we head to halftime with the Longhorns leading 21-7. The Tigers would start with the ball in the second half and on the first play of the drive, Lock would go to Johnathan Johnson for a 79 yard touchdown. The two point conversion would fail and it would 21-13 in favor of the Longhorns. The Longhorns would punt on their next drive and the Tigers and Lockhorns traded three and outs. The Tigers would go on a long 16 play drive that ended with a 28 yard field goal by Tucker McCann to make it 21-16. The Longhorns would go three and out on their next possession and downed the ball at the ten yard line. The Longhorns would get a safety on second and 10 to make it 23-16 and the Longhorns would take over and would go eight plays ending with a 41 yard field goal by Joshua Rowland to make it 26-16 Texas. The Tigers would be forced to punt on their next drive. The Longhorns would drive as far as the Tigers 35 yard line but would be forced to punt and downed at the four yard line. On the first play of the drive, Lock's pass would be intercepted by Davante David at the Missouri 14 yard line. An unsportsmanlike conduct would back the Longhorns to the Tigers 29 yard line with 3:15 remaining in the game. The Longhorns faced a third and 1 and Kyle Porter would go for two yards for a first down. On the next play, Armanti Foreman would go 18 yards for the touchdown to seal the victory with 1:39 left to make it 33-16. The Longhorns would force a fumble and they would recover to give them the victory 33-16.