Texas Football: 3 takeaways from convincing win over Baylor

2) Takeaways from Texas football’s win over Baylor: Run defense comes up big

For the first time since the win over the UTEP Miners back on Sep. 12 in the season opener, by the dominant final score of 59-3, the hire of former Rutgers head coach Chris Ash as defensive coordinator/safeties coach looks like the right move. Ash’s defense played really well, and was put in some tough spots, in this win over Baylor.

Outside of a bad run for the Longhorns defense, giving up 13 points in a matter of just a few minutes in the fourth quarter, this side of the ball looked really good. Texas held Baylor to just 64 rushing yards on 21 carries, good for just three yards per carry. That’s a marker that the Longhorns really haven’t done in their front seven in any game since the win over UTEP.

Baylor couldn’t get any of their running backs, or senior dual-threat quarterback Charlie Brewer, going in this game. The leading rusher in this game for Baylor was senior running back John Lovett, who mustered just 21 rushing yards on four carries.

It’s also worth noting that the Longhorns didn’t allow a single rushing touchdown in this win over Baylor. All of the points for Baylor came from two passing touchdowns from Brewer, and one additional field goal.

In the passing game, Brewer finished up with a decent stat line. He registered 30 completions on 43 passing attempts, good for 256 passing yards, two passing scores, and no interceptions.

Outside of a few bad strings in the secondary, the Texas defense played really well as needed to get the win for this team.