Longhorns Football Spring Game: Live Updates
Fans will get their first look at the new Texas Longhorns roster on Saturday, April 23 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at the kick off of the annual Orange-White Spring Game on Saturday.
A fresh and new recruiting class includes players like quarterbacks Quinn Ewers and Maalik Murphy, defensive back Terrance Brooks, and other transfers such as Ryan Watts and Jahleel Billingsley, a 5-7 record in 2021 could become a thing of the past as quickly as this spring.
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However, according to Steve Sarkisian, things will stay pretty vanilla on Saturday.
“We won't play it like a game with an actual score," Sarkisian said. "We just can't do it because of the lack of numbers on the offensive line, but we will have basically a live scrimmage for about 100 plays or so.”
The game, which is set to kick off at 6 p.m. on April 23 on Longhorn Network, will be the first spring game under the lights for the Longhorns.
We're underway from DKR!
Xavier Worthy starts the day with a catch for a first down on the throw from Hudson Card. New receiver Isaiah Neyor picks up another first down on the right sideline.
Roschon Johnson powers it in for the game's first score. Orange team with the unofficial 7-0 lead.
Quinn Ewers gets the start at QB for the White team and immediately lets a deep throw rip down the middle of the field to receiver Dajon Harrison, but the pass fell incomplete.
The drive stalled inside the 30-yard line, resulting in a field goal from Bert Auburn. Ewers stays in on the next drive. And BOOM. He connects with Isaiah Neyor for a 50-plus yard touchdown.
Ovie Oghoufo gets to Hudson Card in the backfield for the sack on the next drive. Card stays in as the offense flips sides of the field.
Roschon Johnson breaks through a handful of tackles for a 50-plus yard score again. The offense is getting comfortable in the right side end zone.
Sark seems to be giving each QB two drives before subbing them out. Ewers now takes the field, and is immediately picked off by Anthony Cook
Ewers connects with Whittington on a slant from the slot with an accurate bullet pass for a first down.
Card takes the snap on the next sequence and launches a deep pass down the right sideline to a sprinting Kelvontay Dixon, but the pass was a bit too long. A few plays later, Card connected with Keilan Robinson on an out route that resulted in about 20 yards.
After Whittington came up just short of the goal line, Card ran it in for six on the next play for his first score of the day. And on the two-point try, Card ran it in once again.
Ewers re-entered, but the drive stalled quickly. Jahdae Barron had a nice pass breakup against Casey Cain to end the drive.
The drives after resulted in little offensive production. A low snap for Card allows T'Vondre Sweat to get in the backfield for the sack. We are now in "halftime" at DKR.
Card zips a pass to Neyor on the comeback route for the first down. The Wyoming transfer has had quite the day. Another accurate throw from Card finds Whittington on a deep slant for the first down a few plays after.
Tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders nearly powers his way through multiple defenders at the goal line, but is stripped by Jerrin Thompson. However, the officials discussed it and decided that Sanders crossed the goal line before the fumble.
Charles Wright is now in at QB, but is immediately replaced by Ben Ballard, who is then subbed out for Cole Lourd.
