While Buechele won the starting job in Tom Herman’s first season in 2017, Sam Ehlinger also started six games as a true freshman, going 2-4 as a starter. Buechele passed for 2,958 yards, 21 touchdowns with 11 interceptions that season, but Texas struggled and finished 5-7. In 2016 it was true freshman Shane Buechele who won the starting job and went on to earn Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors. Texas Longhorns football: It’s game week, and Steve Sarkisian is ‘focused on the windshield’ McCoy was outstanding, passing for 2,570 yards with 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions while completing 68% of his passes. McCoy and the Longhorns lost that game to Ohio State 24-7 before going on to a 10-3 season, including a win over Oklahoma and a win in the Alamo Bowl. Assuming Alabama wins its opener against Utah State and Ewers remains the starter, he will face the top team in the nation in week two at Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium - as McCoy did. 1 Ohio State in the second week of the season. Unlike this year’s Texas team, unranked in the preseason by the Associated Press, the 2006 Longhorns were ranked No.

Young also rushed for 998 yards and 11 touchdowns.įollowing the 2005 National Championship season, Young left for the NFL and redshirt freshman Colt McCoy took over and started all four years. In 12 games, Young passed for 1,155 yards with six touchdowns with seven interceptions. In 2003, redshirt freshman Vince Young took over the job midseason and went 6-1 as a starter. His only loss as a starter was to Washington State in the Holiday Bowl. MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at /newsletters

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