Live updates: Texas Longhorns lead 24-3 over Louisiana-Monroe at halftime
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Football on the 40 Acres starts tonight.
The Texas Longhorns host the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks in the first game of the season for both teams. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
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The Longhorns narrowly missed a preseason ranking by the Associated Press, but coaches around the country think higher of the squad and rated them No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
The Longhorns and Warhawks have played once before. In 2009, Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley led the Horns past the Warhawks 59-20 in the season opener that year. McCoy had 317 passing yards and two touchdowns and Shipley hauled in eight catches for 180 yards and a touchdown.
Running updates during the game will be displayed below:
Live updates
END 3Q: Longhorns 45, Warhawks 3. Hudson Card has been in at QB for the past two series.
7:13 3Q: D'Shawn Jamison collects a tipped pass and takes it 69 yards the other way for a score. He flew from about the 4-yard line into the end zone. PAT good. Longhorns 45, Warhawks 3
9:41 3Q: Bijan Robinson muscles his way in from 9 yards out. PAT good. Longhorns 38, Warhawks 3
13:08 3Q: Ewers swings it out to Bijan Robinson who does the rest. A 16-yard TD pass. PAT good. Longhorns 31, Warhawks 3
14:15 3Q: On 4th and 3, Texas converts its third 4th down of the game with an Ewers pass to Jordan Whittington for 4 yards.
HALFTIME: Longhorns 24, Warhawks 3. A bad hold on the Bert Auburn field goal attempt at the end of 2Q leads to no points on the drive. Texas will receive the 2nd half kick.
0:19 2Q: On 4th and 9 from the Warhawks' 44-yard line, Ewers completes it to Sanders for a 13-yard gain.
3:14 2Q: Bert Auburn nails a 41-yard field goal after the Longhorns' drive stalls. Longhorns 24, Warhawks 3
6:24 2Q: Xavier Worthy makes his presence felt in the return game. His 21-yard punt return, plus a 15-yard Warhawks late hit penalty, sets the Longhorns up at the Warhawks' 48-yard line.
10:50 2Q: Roschon Johnson checks in and takes his first carry 16 yards to the end zone. PAT good. Longhorns 21, Warhawks 3
END 1Q: Longhorns 14, Warhawks 3. Louisiana-Monroe has the ball on its own 33-yard line to start the 2Q
1:47 1Q: Ewers uses the play-action fake and shuffles to his right to hit Ja'Tavion Sanders for a 19-yard TD, his first TD pass as a Longhorn. PAT good. Longhorns 14, Warhawks 3
5:33 1Q: DeMarvion Overshown makes a big 3rd down stop for the Longhorns and ULM has to kick a field goal. The Warhawks get on the board with Calum Sutherland's 25-yarder. Longhorns 7, Warhawks 3
9:35 1Q: Ewers throws an interception after being flushed out of the pocket on his 2nd attempt. ULM's Jabari Johnson pulled down the pick and the Warhawks take over on the Texas 42-yard line.
10:34 1Q: Barryn Sorrell with a sack to drop Warhawks QB Chandler Rogers on 3rd and 6, forcing a Warhawks punt. Texas didn't block this one and the Quinn Ewers era now begins.
13:12 1Q: Texas blocks a Warhawks punt and Keilan Robinson recovers it for a 6-yard TD return. PAT good. Longhorns 7, Warhawks 0.
15:00 1Q: Texas kicks off and it goes through the end zone for a touchback. Warhawks set up shop at their own 25-yard line to start the game.
7 p.m.: The pregame theatrics are just about over, Bevo XV is secured in his pen just beyond the south end zone, and we're about to play some football.
6 p.m.: Looking at the depth chart and there are 13 positions listed for the Longhorns. This is a bold strategy for Sarkisian and we'll see if it pays off for him.
It's based on formations, but we can still have a little fun with it, right?