Texas Football: 3 reasons why Iowa St could get dominated by the Horns

2) Why Texas football dominates Iowa State

Brock Purdy’s past struggles against the Longhorns

This Texas defense was actually very stout against the standout junior Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy in his two tries in this series. There’s no other Big 12 opponent that Purdy has a worst passer efficiency rating against than he does when facing the Longhorns. His touchdown-to-interception ratio in his tries against the Longhorns is also nothing to brag about.

In those aforementioned two tries for Purdy in his career against Texas, he registered a 56.3 completion percentage on 71 passing attempts, 484 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, two interceptions, 117.3 passer efficiency rating, and -3 rushing yards. It took a very banged up Texas defense for Purdy to even get most of that production that came last season.

Get any sort of pressure and Texas can really take advantage of Purdy not sitting in a comfortable pocket. Texas didn’t get much pressure on Purdy in last season’s loss on the road, as he was sacked just once and and had four additional quarterback pressures and one hit. Even this season when Purdy comes under pressure, he is not good.

When Purdy is under pressure this season, he has a completion percentage below 38 to go along with two passing touchdowns and two interceptions. That’s compared to a 73.1 completion percentage to go along with 11 passing touchdowns and four interceptions when he’s got a clean pocket, so far this season.

There is a clear key presented here for a path to success for first-year defensive coordinator/safeties coach Chris Ash when preparing for Purdy.