Texas beats No. 10 Notre Dame 50-47 in 2OT thriller
Tyrone Swoopes scored on a lunging 6-yard touchdown run in the second overtime, giving Texas a 50-47 victory over No. 10 Notre Dame on Sunday night in Austin, Texas.
The Texas quarterback broke a tackle, burst up the middle and stretched the ball across the line as the Longhorns earned a huge victory for embattled coach Charlie Strong after two losing seasons.
Freshman Shane Buechele got the start over Swoopes, but the senior played a huge role in Texas’ running game with two scores and big runs that punished Notre Dame defenders in overtime.
Buechele, the first freshman quarterback to start a Longhorns season opener since Bobby Layne in 1944, was impressive, with 280 yards passing and two long touchdown throws.
“I said a year ago we probably would have lost that football game because we didn’t know how to finish,” Strong said. “You knew (Buechele) could handle it. You knew the stage wouldn’t be too big.”
Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer rallied the Irish from a 31-17 deficit in the third quarter and finished with 215 yards passing and five touchdowns.
Texas went ahead 37-35 on D’Onte Foreman’s 18-yard touchdown run before Notre Dame blocked the extra point and Shaun Crawford returned it for 2-point score that tied it at 37 with just under 4 minutes left.
Late Saturday
Arizona State 44, Northern Arizona 13: Manny Wilkins passed for 180 yards, ran for 89 and a touchdown in his first college start and the Sun Devils defeated the Lumberjacks in Tempe, Arizona.
The offense was sluggish and the Sun Devils led just 10-6 before scoring on its final seven possessions. They scored 24 points in the fourth quarter.
Northern Arizona’s Case Cookus completed 23 of 33 passes for 369 yards.
BYU 18, Arizona 16: Jake Oldroyd kicked a 33-yard field goal with four seconds left and Jamaal Williams ran for 162 yards, helping the Cougars rally to beat the Wildcats in Glendale, Arizona.
Arizona’s Nick Wilson scored on a 49-yard run with 1:26 left and the Wildcats failed on the 2-point conversion, giving the Cougars a final chance.
BYU’s Taysom Hill was sharp after missing most of last season with a foot injury, hitting 21 of 29 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown.