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National Championship Game: BYU Cougars vs. Texas Longhorns

January 23, 2028
59°
Bryant–Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, AL) Attendance: 101,821 (100%)
BYU Cougars 10 0 6 7 - 23
Longhorns 14 24 0 7 - 45

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 2-10-BYU 29 (11:40) 11-Don Anderson pass complete to 81-Bryce Love for 29 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Long. TEX 7 BYU 0
(Qtr 1) BYU Cougars: 1-4-TEX 4 (7:32) 82-Russell Cunningham ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Allen Mata. TEX 7 BYU 7
(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 2-10-BYU 19 (5:54) 11-Don Anderson pass complete to 10-Brittain McCutchen for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Long. TEX 14 BYU 7
(Qtr 1) BYU Cougars: 4-6-TEX 26 (5:01) 13-Allen Mata 43 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 91-Harry Poe was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TEX 14 BYU 10
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 4-3-BYU 10 (13:26) 3-James Long 29 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 17 BYU 10
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 3-8-BYU 8 (5:36) 11-Don Anderson pass complete to 33-Byron Gribble for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Long. TEX 24 BYU 10
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 2-23-TEX 13 (3:07) 11-Don Anderson pass complete to 33-Byron Gribble for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Long. TEX 31 BYU 10
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 1-10-BYU 47 (0:31) 11-Don Anderson pass complete to 19-Frederick Mitchell for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Long. TEX 64-Roger Merkle was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TEX 38 BYU 10
(Qtr 3) BYU Cougars: 4-3-TEX 14 (8:15) 13-Allen Mata 31 yard field goal is GOOD. BYU 65-Nathaniel Devers was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TEX 38 BYU 13
(Qtr 3) BYU Cougars: 4-10-TEX 13 (2:00) 13-Allen Mata 31 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 38 BYU 16
(Qtr 4) Longhorns: 1-6-BYU 6 (10:57) 33-Byron Gribble ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-James Long. TEX 45 BYU 16
(Qtr 4) BYU Cougars: 3-1-TEX 1 (1:34) 4-Larry Ricketts pass complete to 84-Jacob Cassidy for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Allen Mata. TEX 45 BYU 23

Team Statistics

Longhorns BYU Cougars
First Downs 23 19
- Rushing 8 4
- Passing 13 10
- Penalty 2 5
Total Net Yards 553 302
- Offensive Plays 68 62
- Yards Per Play 8.13 4.87
Net Rushing Yards 122 65
- Rushing Attempts 25 21
- Yards Per Rush 4.88 3.10
Net Passing Yards 431 237
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 30 / 0 41 / 29 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 444 237
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 13 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.02 5.78
- Yards Per Completion 14.80 8.17
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 12 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.0 4.8
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 33 4 / 27
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 28
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 26
Time of Possession 33:43 26:17

Drive Charts

Texas Longhorns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:26 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 7:29 1:41 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 4:57 6:34 OWN 25 13 65 Field Goal
2 11:19 5:47 OWN 30 11 70 Touchdown
2 3:49 0:56 OWN 26 2 74 Touchdown
2 1:54 1:30 OWN 24 5 76 Touchdown
3 8:12 1:24 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 1:57 6:03 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
4 10:14 4:03 OWN 24 7 25 Punt
4 4:50 0:49 OWN 37 2 8 Fumble
4 1:30 1:30 OWN 25 3 21 Game

BYU Cougars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:34 4:06 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 5:48 0:51 OWN 25 4 49 Field Goal
2 13:23 2:04 OWN 22 3 1 Punt
2 5:32 1:43 OWN 25 4 3 Punt
2 2:53 0:59 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 0:23 0:23 OWN 25 1 5 Half
3 15:00 6:48 OWN 25 12 61 Field Goal
3 6:48 4:51 OWN 24 13 63 Field Goal
4 10:54 0:40 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 6:11 1:21 OWN 8 3 10 Punt
4 4:01 2:31 OPP 47 9 47 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Byron Gribble 14 76 5.43 12 4 1
Jeff Kleinman 2 16 8.00 15 1 0
Bryce Love 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Augustine Morrison 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
Frederick Mitchell 3 6 2.00 10 1 0
Brittain McCutchen 4 6 1.50 5 0 0

BYU Cougars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Aleva Hifo 8 32 4.00 11 2 0
Russell Cunningham 9 23 2.56 12 1 1
Jacob Cassidy 3 10 3.33 6 0 0
Brenden Knox 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Don Anderson 41 29 440 1 / 13 5 87 0 145.33
Carroll McCartney 1 1 4 0 / 0 0 4 0 83.33

BYU Cougars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Larry Ricketts 41 29 237 0 / 0 1 44 0 93.24

Receiving Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Byron Gribble 9 174 19.33 87 2
Frederick Mitchell 3 90 30.00 47 1
Brittain McCutchen 5 59 11.80 22 1
Bryce Love 2 39 19.50 29 1
Andrew Jetton 3 36 12.00 18 0
Aaron Gonzalez 5 28 5.60 10 0
Steven Gartman 1 7 7.00 7 0
Jeff Kleinman 1 7 7.00 7 0
Vincent Elder 1 4 4.00 4 0

BYU Cougars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tony Jones 6 98 16.33 44 0
Aleva Hifo 4 31 7.75 11 0
Xavier Gaines 5 26 5.20 8 0
Russell Cunningham 5 25 5.00 16 0
John Amaya 4 22 5.50 7 0
Jacob Cassidy 3 20 6.67 18 1
Brenden Knox 2 15 7.50 8 0

Blocking Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Matt Brimhall 48 28 1 2
Roger Merkle 47 27 0 1
Scott Lackey 8 5 0 0
Brittain McCutchen 1 3 0 0
Ray Williams 2 7 0 0
Vincent Elder 3 8 0 0
Tony Edwards 2 4 0 0
Jeff Kleinman 1 3 0 1
Steven Gartman 0 7 0 0
Bryce Love 0 24 0 1
David Bourgeois 15 7 0 0
James Pumphrey 48 23 0 2
Frederick Mitchell 0 21 0 0
Augustine Morrison 3 11 0 0
Byron Gribble 4 1 0 0
Thomas Vazquez 46 25 0 0
Aaron Gonzalez 17 35 0 2
Barry Edwards 42 26 0 2
Andrew Jetton 0 17 0 0
Chris Best 2 2 0 0

BYU Cougars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Horace Houlihan 40 27 0 0
Jacob Jiminez 10 5 0 1
Steven Gilmore 0 1 0 0
Earl Renner 0 1 0 0
Ray Ferguson 0 2 0 0
Robert Lewis 0 1 0 0
Merrill Taliauli 0 1 0 0
William Cervantes 5 3 0 0
Jestin Morrow 5 1 0 0
James Boney 0 1 0 0
Michael Shelton 0 1 0 0
Devin Miller 0 2 0 0
Vaughn Gil 7 5 0 1
Robert Morehead 3 3 0 0
Will Ulmer 10 2 0 0
Tony Jones 0 12 0 0
Nathaniel Devers 9 2 0 0
Russell Cunningham 10 1 0 0
Aleva Hifo 2 5 0 0
John Amaya 19 20 0 1
Squally Canada 6 8 0 2
Beau Benzschawel 42 25 0 2
Fernando Hartley 0 17 0 0
Brady Christianson 39 28 0 3
Kendrick Sartor 43 23 0 2
Brenden Knox 0 15 0 1
Xavier Gaines 15 19 0 0
Alex Salguero 48 29 0 0
Jacob Cassidy 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Texas Longhorns

BYU Cougars

Fumble Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jeff Kleinman 1 0 0 0

BYU Cougars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Isaiah Armstrong 0 1 0 0
Robert Lewis 0 0 1 0

Punting

Texas Longhorns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harley McShane 2 90 45.00 45.00 47 1

BYU Cougars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Donald Bass 5 229 45.80 45.80 49 0

Kicking

Texas Longhorns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Long 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 6 / 6

BYU Cougars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Allen Mata 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 2 / 2

Punt Return

Texas Longhorns

BYU Cougars

Kick Return

Texas Longhorns

BYU Cougars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Fernando Hartley 1 28 28.0 0

Defensive Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Tackles Sacks
James Strunk 6 0
Chris Best 5 0
Edward Blake 5 0
David Banks 5 0
Walter Gillman 4 0
Budda Baker 4 0
Paul Seaton 4 0
Aaron Hyman 3 0
Carl Granderson 3 0
Kyle Lea 3 0
Nasir Adderley 2 0
Ronald Murray 2 0
Stefan Sanroman 2 0
Herbert McKnight 1 0
Scott Lackey 1 0

BYU Cougars

Name Tackles Sacks
Montez Sweat 7 0
Robert Lewis 7 0
Steven Gilmore 6 0
Brandon Drayton 6 0
Isaiah Armstrong 4 0
Lawrence Cunningham 4 0
James Boney 2 0
Bryan Islas 2 0
Michael Shelton 2 0
Jestin Morrow 1 0
Dontrell Johnson 1 0
Arak McDuffie 1 0
Corbin Kaufusi 1 1
Merrill Taliauli 1 0
Earl Renner 1 0
Khyiris Tonga 1 0